Heavy push up the Mississippi

[James23p]

The Towboat Marquette Warrior  using all her 8000hp to push her load upriver! The Mississippi is very swift and the current is strong it amazes me the size of these barges and the growl of the Towboats engines going up stream and how quiet they are going down stream. But as this has become my favorite place to walk, relax and shoot I plan on spending a lot of time here during the summer.

 

Fuji X100s

ISO 200

f4(not sure why I picked f4 should have been around f8 

Shutter speeds from 1/1250 to 1/2000

 

 

Jim

 

 

 

 

[FUJI]

Just wonderful.....one day you will have to record those noises for us, or even make a short video clip, so we too get an idea of what it is like.

I have very distant cousins who live in St Louis, they too talk of the river and of a property they have in the Ozarks.

FUJI

[Denis]

I hope to hear it for myself next year, we are going to visit Memphis and then on to friends in Little Rock !

[kev7d]

I remember seeing these from my days working on lpg tankers going up this river.  

[CMunzel]

It's enjoyable to read about this as much as see the photos you have taken. What a river.

[James23p]

Thanks guys I appreciate all the kind words.

 

Jim

 

Might go to the bridge again tomorrow!