As I was heading up Belle Isle to take a picture of the Algoma Spirit, a ship was going downbound right at the tip of Belle Isle. I thought I would have enough time to catch her as she was passing. As it turned out, I didn't. However, I looked down past the Ambassador Bridge and noticed a ship making her way upbound. I couldn't quite make it out.
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Turns out, she was the Honorable James L. Oberstar which has appeared
before on this blog. Here she is as she is passing under the Ambassador Bridge.
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Since I've taken pictures of her before, I decided to pull the camera out a bit in order to get a decent shot of the Ambassador Bridge.
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Another shot with the ship a little larger.
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Here she is getting a little closer.
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This time, I decided to keep the larger zoom lens on so that I could get some detailed shots of the pilot house.
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Another close up of the pilot house. It's amazing how much water they churn.
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Put the little lens so I could get the full on side shot.
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Another closeup of the pilothouse.
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Here she is pulling away.
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I then decided to drive up to the other part of the Isle to catch her as she heads out to Lake St. Clair.
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In this shot, you can kind of see the Algoma Spirit heading out.
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Here she is way out.
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Pulled back again.
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