On Apr 7, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
Love the bumblebee. Beautyful colours, good comp ...
The second one makes me seasick. The horizon is strait, but my
stomach tells
me it leans to the left. Is being seasick a good thing? For me... not.
That photo was taken at an opening to Cook Straight which divides the
North & South Islands. It's notorious for being choppy, partly due
to the very strong tides. I recall that when I took that photo I was
starting to feel a little green but I am prone to that in rough
water :) The fishing was no good in that location so we went back
into the sheltered waters before long, much to my relief.
You might feel a little worse after looking at the photos at the
bottom of this page, which shows Cook Straight in full fury:
http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/index.php?static=2001summer3
The ship in the photo is freight-only: I think the passenger ferries
would have stopped sailing long before the swell reached that kind of
level. You'll be pleased to hear that that ship (the Suilven) was
built in Norway.
- Dave
