I think all of the photos should expand to a decent size with a bit of clicking, tapping or wosisname.
Royal Sovereign at Margate Jetty 1928
Queen of Thanet
Queen of Kent
Essex Queen
Southern Belle
Cynthia
Talisman
Royal Sovereign
Conqueror 1897
This map which should also expand to big enough to read with a bit of clicking, dates from before the arrival of railway trans here in Thanet. Stage coaches travelled at about 5mph and were expensive.
The paddle steamer provided a reliable and fast, about four hours service from London Bridge, back in the day before the train, making Thanet one of the few viable and affordable journeys for most Londoners
This is a piece from my copy of Richardson's book, Fragments of the History of Ville and Liberty of Ramsgate, about the local paddle steamers.
On to today's pictures
I am still using the Nikon P610 which I bought secondhand in November
these first three shots all being taken from Harbour Street
The camera having put up with being carted around in my pocket for four months. They cost around £150 secondhand.
As you can see from this series of shots the zoom is pretty good
Considering the shots are all hand held, that is just holding the camera up to my eye and not using anything to steady it, the image stabilisation is pretty good.
Of course later on when the Ship had got further away from Wetherspoons here in Ramsgate the distortion caused by moisture in the air becomes a factor.
Another thing is that a brighter day can give a sharper image.
The strange orangey red line at the top of the hills on the other side of Pegwell bay was really there, mid afternoon, not a sunset so probably due to air pollution or atmospheric conditions, I tried verious camera settings.
Light setting wise, you can't reabrightnesslly win all the time with camera's, in this one my watercolour paining is about the right
and this one the view is nearly in the right brightness ballpark.
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