Poll

What are you three favourite photos?

Off the fog banks of Newfoundland
1 (0.8%)
Closed -- High Winds
3 (2.3%)
QE2 wake in an Atlantic storm
3 (2.3%)
QE2 and perfect weather
3 (2.3%)
Chasing the White Horses of the Atlantic
4 (3.1%)
QE2 Icy Hull
12 (9.2%)
Escaping the Fog
1 (0.8%)
Tasman Sea showing us her worst
7 (5.3%)
Sunshine in the harbour of Acapulco
5 (3.8%)
Brilliant sunshine in Bridgetown Barbados
8 (6.1%)
Way up north to Iceland
0 (0%)
An afterglow at sunset
1 (0.8%)
A double rainbow for the QUEEN
8 (6.1%)
QE2 - What Weather?
7 (5.3%)
Despite the fog crowds wave her off!
5 (3.8%)
Take Shelter as we approach the Tyne!
1 (0.8%)
Black
4 (3.1%)
Blue
6 (4.6%)
Hobart Stormy Sky
0 (0%)
Sailing towards a rainy day
1 (0.8%)
Drizzle in Sydney
0 (0%)
F.U.F. or funnel under fog
8 (6.1%)
Very British by splendid sunshine
1 (0.8%)
A place to be
3 (2.3%)
 QE2 in fog at Nova Scotia
2 (1.5%)
Snow covering the decks
7 (5.3%)
Sailing away in a snowstorm in New York
10 (7.6%)
Threatening sky across the Bay of Biscay
4 (3.1%)
QE2 looking for shade
6 (4.6%)
 Cloud build up on QE2
1 (0.8%)
The calm seas in the Med
0 (0%)
Spew bags at the ready, We are in for a fun night
0 (0%)
QE2 arriving at Bremerhaven for drydocking on a misty evening
3 (2.3%)
QE2 in drydock at Bremerhaven on a foggy day, seen from the Norway
5 (3.8%)
QE2, last minutes in Blohm&Voss Dock 11 - Dec. 15th. 1990
1 (0.8%)

Total Members Voted: 41

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Online Lynda Bradford

Photo of the month competition - instructions on how to vote for your favourite photo

The theme of the January competition was "QE2 and the weather" and what a brilliant selection of photos of QE2 in the snow, the fog, in calm seas and not so calm seas.  Thank-you to everyone who contributed. 

Forum members can vote for their favorite photo(s).  Each member has 3 votes (but please do not vote for your own photo). Voting is open to all members regardless of whether or not you submitted a photo.

To make it easier for you we have posted the photos below.

But you can also view the photos submitted by members in the Gallery - where you will probably get a better view of the photos and where you can see them all at once, in thumbnail form. You can then click on the pictures shown, and click again, to see them in large size.

Click on the Gallery button from the forum or click on this link :

https://www.theqe2story.com/forum/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=88

Choose up to three photos you want to vote for, noting photo details, then tick the relevant boxes on the voting poll.

You will not see the results until the voting has closed on 28 February 2013 (closing time for your time zone is indicated at the bottom of the poll), after which the winner will be announced.


Good luck everyone who entered photos and thank you to everyone for voting!
« Last Edit: Feb 28, 2013, 08:39 PM by Lynda Bradford »
I was proud to be involved with planning QE2's 50 year conference in September 2017 in Clydebank

Online Lynda Bradford

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #1 on: Jan 30, 2013, 12:20 PM »
Off the fog banks of Newfoundland


Closed -- High Winds


QE2 wake in an Atlantic storm


QE2 and perfect weather


Chasing the White Horses of the Atlantic


QE2 Icy Hull


Escaping the Fog


Tasman Sea showing us her worst


Sunshine in the harbour of Acapulco


Brilliant sunshine in Bridgetown Barbados


Way up north to Iceland


An afterglow at sunset


A double rainbow for the QUEEN


QE2 - What Weather?


Despite the fog crowds wave her off! Southampton 1 May 2004


Take Shelter as we approach the Tyne!


Black


Blue


Hobart Stormy Sky


Sailing towards a rainy day


Drizzle in Sydney


F.U.F. ,or funnel under fog


Very British by splendid sunshine


A place to be!


QE2 in fog at Nova Scotia


Snow covering the decks


Sailing away in a snowstorm in New York


Threatening sky across the Bay of Biscay


QE2 looking for shade


Cloud build up on QE2


The calm seas in the Med


Spew bags at the ready, We are in for a fun night!


QE2 arriving at Bremerhaven for drydocking on a misty evening


QE2 in drydock at Bremerhaven on a foggy day, seen from the Norway


QE2, last minutes in Blohm&Voss Dock 11 - Dec. 15th. 1990
« Last Edit: Feb 28, 2013, 08:24 PM by Lynda Bradford »
I was proud to be involved with planning QE2's 50 year conference in September 2017 in Clydebank

Online Lynda Bradford

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #2 on: Jan 31, 2013, 11:10 PM »
What a fantastic selection of photos for the January Photo of the Month competition. 

A difficult choice but I am sure you will enjoy choosing your 3 favourite photos  :)
I was proud to be involved with planning QE2's 50 year conference in September 2017 in Clydebank

Online Lynda Bradford

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #3 on: Feb 10, 2013, 03:30 PM »
Ten days into voting and only nine members have voted so far.   :(

Maybe having a look at the photos in the Gallery will help you to make a decision on your three favourite photos

https://www.theqe2story.com/forum/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=88


I was proud to be involved with planning QE2's 50 year conference in September 2017 in Clydebank

Offline frazscot

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #4 on: Feb 20, 2013, 12:52 PM »
One picture really stood out for a reason that I can't say until after the voting has closed.
But that apart it was very difficult to make my second & third choice.     As I always went on board for a rest I didn't take a great many pictures so I have now let you all see anything that I considered decent so probably no more comp entries.
That does not mean to say that I will be losing interest, far from it !      I will be just as interested every month in seeing what great shots you all have.

Online Lynda Bradford

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #5 on: Feb 21, 2013, 07:16 PM »
Fraser we really appreciate your participation and we are glad to hear that you will continue to support the competition. 

I hope that all members are enjoying seeing the range of photos that members are submitting, I know that I am amazed at the standard of photos.   

I wish that I had taken more photos when I was onboard QE2.  I think that people who sailed on the ship, after it was announced that she was being decommissioned, had the foresight to take lots of photos. Well done!
 :)

Thank-you to everyone who voted in response to the newsletter I sent yesterday.  We have had a really good response.  :)
I was proud to be involved with planning QE2's 50 year conference in September 2017 in Clydebank

Offline StephanG2312

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #6 on: Feb 22, 2013, 07:47 AM »
I wish that I had taken more photos when I was onboard QE2. 

So do I...unfortunately when I was onboard twice in the late 90's, I put a focus on filming. Unfortunately the quality today is so bad that it's even not worth to get some captures out of the film. I remember that we had bad weather on our transatlantic crossing, I stood forward on boat deck (at the closed stair up to observation deck under the bridge) when a huge amount of water spray passed by on the same level as I were. I wish I took a photo than instead of filming...  ::)

Offline frazscot

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #7 on: Mar 05, 2013, 02:47 PM »
I said that there was one photograph that really stood out in this competition but it was not fair to say anything until; after the winner was decided .
I guess I can now say which one it was.............................it was the double rainbow !           This is one of the most difficult things to capture on film and whoever it was that took it should be very pleased with himself.

Offline RobertQM2

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #8 on: Mar 07, 2013, 07:13 PM »
......it was the double rainbow! This is one of the most difficult things to capture on film and whoever it was ......
That's very kind of you and you are right, I was fascinated by the view, ran back to the cabin for the camera, and just managed it to get it. A minute afterwards the second rainbow was gone!
All the best
Robert from Austria, for whom it is just one "way to cross"

Online Lynda Bradford

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #9 on: Mar 07, 2013, 07:36 PM »
It is a fantastic photo Robert and one of my favourites too!  :)
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Offline Twynkle

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #10 on: Mar 07, 2013, 10:07 PM »
Hi Robert

Well Done!
Yours really is the best....and what brilliant competition there was for you!

Hoping that you are both keeping well.
Wishing I could remember, did I ever send you the pics of you on the tender...now almost exactly 2 yrs ago....?
It'll be v embarrassing if I didn't
Please do let me know!
All the best
Rosie

Offline frazscot

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #11 on: Mar 08, 2013, 04:54 PM »
Now I know that it's RobertQM2 that took the double rainbow pic, my congratulations on an excellent picture.  I guess it's a bit like a hole in one at golf, some people will never get one but we live in hope !!

Offline RobertQM2

Re: Poll for the January Photo of the Month: QE2 and the Weather
« Reply #12 on: Mar 09, 2013, 03:46 PM »
Thank you btw for all the nice respones to the double rainbow, my secret favorite was #6, which turned out to be the winner. I also liked the one off Southampton pier in the fog. This always reminds me on a news announcement a long time ago, wich went like "Fog in the Channel, the continent is isolated".
Kind regards to all of you across the pond or just across the channel, from the heart of Europe.
Robert from Austria, for whom it is just one "way to cross"