Spinnaker Tower telephoto from Ryde (6 miles away)
This is Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower as seen from the seafront at Ryde via a 300 mm telephoto lens on a CSC camera giving a 600mm film equivalent performance.
The straight line distance between Ryde and Portsmouth is approx 10 km or 6.5 miles
A very low tide meant the hovercraft had to travel slowly over the vast sandbanks at Ryde shown here as the hovercraft approaches the beach and slipway.
The compressed perspective of the 300 mm lens makes Portsmouth look a lot closer than 10 km.
Surprisingly the reflection of the Spinnaker Tower is just visible in the reflections in the wet sand on the beach at Ryde - 6.5 miles away.
Spinnaker Tower telephoto from Ryde (6 miles away)
This is Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower as seen from the seafront at Ryde via a 300 mm telephoto lens on a CSC camera giving a 600mm film equivalent performance.
The straight line distance between Ryde and Portsmouth is approx 10 km or 6.5 miles
A very low tide meant the hovercraft had to travel slowly over the vast sandbanks at Ryde shown here as the hovercraft approaches the beach and slipway.
The compressed perspective of the 300 mm lens makes Portsmouth look a lot closer than 10 km.
Surprisingly the reflection of the Spinnaker Tower is just visible in the reflections in the wet sand on the beach at Ryde - 6.5 miles away.