The Tall Ships in Bergen, 1993 (VIII), a photo from Hordaland, South

Photographer's Note

Three views of the Polish fullrigger Dar Mlodziezy in Bergen harbour in 1993, the best of the three being this one, with the Rusian Sedov in the background.
And there was some blue sky in Bergen for 2 out of 3 pictures!
In workshop 1, the rear part, which is typical of that serie of 4 ships (one Polish: Dar Mlodziezy ; 3 ex USSR now split between 2 Russian ships: Druzhba and Mir and 1 Ukrainian: Khersones).
In worshop 2, a side view taken during a period of grey weather (unfortnatly the most common in Bergen during my stay in 1993).

From Wikipedia:
Dar Młodzieży ("the gift of youth") is a Polish sailing training ship designed by Zygmunt Choreń and launched in 1982 in the Gdańsk shipyard, Poland. Its home port is Gdynia (Poland). It has replaced Dar Pomorza.
Specifications:
Length: 110.6 m
Width: 14 m
Height: 62.1 m
Depth: 6.3 m
Sail surface: 3,015 m²
Crew: around 200

Scanned film, PS Elements 5.0

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COSTANTINO (115645) 2009-09-24 13:35

Hello
You are very lucky to take pictures like this one
You photo collection loooks to be perfect
Nice lightness and sharpness
All the details are very well composed,great work
regards and compliments
Costantino

denisn72 (8314) 2009-09-24 13:43

Bonsoir Emmanuel,
Le point de vue est vraiment très bien. On a une excellente vue de ce bateau bien cadré à gauche. C'est un bateau vraiment impressionnant avec tous ces cordages et ces mats.
Je n'ai pas l'impression que la photo est numérisée. La qualité est comparable à une image non-numérisée. Les détails et couleurs me ravissent.
Amicalement
Denis!

herowono (0) 2009-09-24 13:59

Old stock photo according to the date but really nice shot, composition and presentation. Well done!
Regards,
Ismojo

asajernigan (21427) 2009-09-24 17:19

Emmanuel,
This is a nice shot of these fine old ships. I wish you could have included a little more space on the left side of the scene, I think that it would improve you composition a bit. The lighting and colors are fine and the photo has excellent sharpness.
TFS,
Asa

batalay (41261) 2009-09-24 20:43

Hello Emmanuel,

The four-masted Sedov I recognize. You've framed it nicely with the Dar Mlodziezy. What a remarkable series of photographs of tall ships you have in your archives. Once again a beautiful scan of a sixteen-year old image. Is the film Fuji or Kodak?

Warm regards,

Bulent

Matthew-Watt (5934) 2009-09-24 23:05

Hello Emmanuel,

A great photo from Norway. It has been converted well to digital form. The old photo (I was only 4 years old when it was taken) captures the colours and tones very well. The boats are very impressive, fuel-driven boats of nowadays do not have the same sort of wonderful look about them. I like the combination of green, blue and white here. All colours are very soft and natural.

Matt

Buin (42580) 2009-09-24 23:37

Hallo Emmanuel!
What a sight! A truly impressive nostalgic view taken from a favourable angle. This vivid sky adds a lot to the picture here.
Greetings from an a bit autumnal Germany!
Frank

ktanska (44492) 2009-09-25 3:27

Hi Emmanuel,
A well framed shot from your archives. Good colours considering it's a scan. Details of all the ropes show well too. And yes, you were lucky to capture these on such a nice weather.
Kari

amstel (2388) 2010-06-29 0:36

Wow! Mir encore sans la bande bleu! Parce'que c'est pas Dar Mlodziezy!

Christophe