Mein Schiff 3 in Cadiz

As a bonus perk when traveling on such an amazing ship as the Mein Schiff 3 is you have some rare opportunities to capture truly remarkable imagery. The following images show the ship in dry-dock, located in Cadiz, Spain. The vessel had just arrived back to Europe after spending six months in the Caribbean, passing such fantastic locations such as Dominica, Barbados, St. Kitts, Aruba, Tortola and so forth. During this time in Cadiz, contractors spent over a week rebuilding, testing and cleaning. The interior received a facelift including a new bar and the outside received a new side-thruster. The ship was now ready to spend it's following six month sailing the beautiful Mediterranean.

What was vital for this image to work, was to present a valid size-comparison. What better way than to just place a person in said image. Since there was no-one else available, I packed lightly and took the Fujifilm xt-10 with the kit 16-55mm lens and a small tripod. Unfortunately this is the widest lens I have on this platform, so it had to do. The shear greatness in size when standing directly under the ship was truly a fantastic thing to see (and feel)! 

And yes, if you haven't been reading, these images are all of me using a tripod, camera set on a timer and multiple attempts trying to find the right spot to stand within the frame. Eventually, I was able to capture these three the way I wanted them. Part of the project was also to document the work being done to the ship-- here I was able to capture some pretty cool footage. For now, these three gems may have to suffice.

The above image shows both rudders covered while work was progressing. I was hoping to capture this image without the tarp and completed however time just didn't allow for that.