Impressive photos of Queen Mary 2 and her Captain

These photos appeared in Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper - pretty innovative photo shoot I thought!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/travel/holiday-ideas/the-captain-of-the-queen-mary-2-gets-close-to-his-ship-like-never-before/story-fnjjv4qx-1226847634863

Thanks for posting. Awesome pix. Never seen that shot before.:D

Cunard had them on their FB page this morning, but without the article. Saved one as my wallpaper.

Fabulous! Thanks for sharing!

Wow, what great photos! I looked at the first one thinking it was the only one and wondering "how did they do that"? Then I looked at the next shots...had to laugh.:D They did a great job! Thanks for posting!

Awesome but I'm glad it wasn't I standing there alone hoping a sudden swell wouldn't come along. Thanks!

Just a shame that he couldn't have worn the safety gear under his uniform jacket.

Undignified publicity. My opinion.

Awesome:

No passengers to meet down there. ;):D

Awesome:

Thats an amazing one, isnt it!

Amazing pictures that really show the magnitude of QM2.

Absolutely fantastic pics. She does need a dry docking and a good scrub, that amount of marine growth must add to her fuel bills.

Undignified publicity. My opinion.

Why?

Absolutely fantastic pics. She does need a dry docking and a good scrub, that amount of marine growth must add to her fuel bills.

Carefully balanced by the bean counters, antifouling costs vs efficiency. Some serious spread sheet calculations take place to make sure the fuel costs are minimised.

Amazing pictures that really show the magnitude of QM2.

Yes, it certainly does.

Gave me pause, when I recalled the instructions during the muster drill: if called to abandon ship - "don't jump, just walk off the ship". Looking at the photo, and seeing the distance from Deck 7 to the ocean, I can't imagine whether it would make a difference either way.

This photo was shown at the end of a national news program last night. Good advertising for the ship and very impressive.

Undignified publicity. My opinion.

Yes, well, it certainly is different. I can't recall the last time I saw a captain of a ship posing for a photo on the bulbous bow. An homage to Stanley Kubrick, perhaps?

Thanks, Bodogbodog, for sharing this. I think it is pretty neat!

Ricki

Thanks for sharing.. looks intimidating.:eek:

How they did it and Quercus shower gels to win:

http://blog.cruisecritic.co.uk/index.php/2014/03/14/video-and-competition-how-did-cunard-do-that/blog#

How they did it and Quercus shower gels to win:

 

http://blog.cruisecritic.co.uk/index.php/2014/03/14/video-and-competition-how-did-cunard-do-that/blog#

Ray, I thought you were just kidding about the shower gels, but I see that someone was being serious :eek: Just imagine the question contestants would need to answer correctly to win a bar of soap!

A previous poster suggested that the photo was "good advertising" for Cunard. Here is article from AdWeek that might be of interest: http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/cruise-ships-now-depend-parents-bringing-kids-along-156143

Edited to add: My personal opinion is that photographer James Morgan's work is exceptional.