Two-Years Ago (13-September-2012) — Belgium

Gone to see Europe. Semester at Sea. Fall 2012 Semester Voyage on the MV Explorer. Day 21: Antwerp Zoo, Belgium.

Female Snowy Owl at the Antwerp Zoo. Image taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec). Additional Processing with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CS6.

Female Snowy Owl at the Antwerp Zoo. Image taken with a Nikon D800 and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec). Additional Processing with Capture One Pro 6 and Photoshop CS6. (David J Mathre)
Female Snowy Owl at the Antwerp Zoo. Image taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec). (David J Mathre)

Thursday (21-August-2014) — English Channel

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 82: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. English Channel Approaching Southampton.

Silhouette of the RV EGS Pioneer at Sunrise in the English Channel from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 200 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic and Photoshop CC 2014.

During last year’s Semester at Sea Spring Enrichment Voyage on the MV Explorer I managed to get 9 images of ships transiting the sun at sunrise or sunset. This year I was on the ship for both the last segment of the Enrichment Voyage, and the Summer Semester voyage — more days, but only got a couple of ship/sun/sunrise/sunset transit images. This one was close during our final sunrise as we approached Southampton.

RV EGS Pioneer at Sunrise in the English Channel from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Voyage. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 200 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic and Photoshop CC 2014. (David J Mathre)
RV EGS Pioneer at Sunrise in the English Channel from the Deck of the MV Explorer.  Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 400, 200 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic and Photoshop CC 2014. (David J Mathre)

Sunday (17-August-2014) — Poland

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 78: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Gdansk, Poland.

To save energy, there were several days the MV Explorer remained in-port for Classroom Days. We were not allowed off the ship, even if we didn’t have any classes. John Rosenburg the Piano Man kept us entertained during the day. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Define, and Photoshop CC.

John Rosenburg the Piano Man. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Voyage stuck on an in-port day in Gdansk, Poland. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Define, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
John Rosenburg the Piano Man. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Define, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

Thursday (14-August-2014) — Poland

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 75: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Gdansk, Poland.

Sunset at Westerplatte in Gdansk, Poland. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Voyage. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/16, 1/125 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.

Sunset at Westerplatte in Gdansk, Poland. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Voyage. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/16, 1/125 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Sunset at Westerplatte in Gdansk, Poland. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/16, 1/125 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

Wednesday (13-August-2014) — Poland

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 74: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Gdansk, Poland.

Panorama of Pirate Galleon Ferry and Old Town in Gadansk, Poland. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Voyage. In camera panorama taken with a Fuji XT1 camera and Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 12 mm, f/16, 1/180 sec). JPG processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.

Panorama of the Pirate Galleon Ferry and the Old Town in Gadansk. In camera panorama taken with a Fuji XT1 camera and Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 12 mm, f/16, 1/180 sec). JPG processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Panorama of the Pirate Galleon Ferry and the Old Town in Gadansk. In camera panorama taken with a Fuji XT1 camera and Zeiss 12 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 200, 12 mm, f/16, 1/180 sec). JPG processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)