Tall Ship Race 2013 Helsinki in B&W

Continuing on my post from yesterday. As I worked through the pictures I took at the Tall Ship Race, I first had the feeling I'll just toss them all into the garbage bin. But after a little while I was indeed seeing the beauty I originally saw when taking the pictures. They just needed a little work to come out as my inner vision had seen them. Some pictures came out great by converting to B&W in Lightroom 5 and using a little Lens Effects to solve the problem of beautiful ships and details being absorbed by a detailed background. This actually brought a slight feeling of old times ti the old ships. What do you think?

 A sailor dressed up in old fashion standing on the dock beside the gorgeous Göteborg.

 The ship wheel of Albanus. Albanus is a traditional Finnish sailing vessel built of local pine tree at the Åland Islands.

 Astrid and a few other ships.

 A ship wheel.

The Gulden Leeuw.

Göteborg seen from across the harbor.

More ships coming in on wednesday morning

A lfeboat of the Mexican ship Cuauhtemoc