Free time during holiday incarceration – Game Over: All are on board again; for dinner! (3/3)

            Ocean and river cruises couldn't be more romantic with regards to views from the ship. But it gets a whole different ball game when a cruise ship arrives in a port of call. Then it over with fun, relaxation, the freedom of travel and being able to do whatever you want. Upon arrival there seems to be a secret scheme between the town and the cruise line in place. And that secret is to actually never leave the pax (as passengers are called in the industry) out of side of the ship. They are contained! Or even suppressed into arrangements in which the cruise liners are still in complete control over “their” pax. On top of that, pax most of the times have to deal with strict schedules when leaving the ship. So much that it may remind you of prison life. 

By now you may have guessed al little that I personally are not widely enthusiastic about taking a cruise. But that doesn’t mean I’m not interested in the cruising live from a more photographic point of view. So, when I visited Basseterre, I deliberately locked myself into the pax-depot called Port Zante – from the outside world. 

According to the port’s web site Port Zante is a sparkling world-class port fronting. It offers beautiful promenades.  A divers range of elegant and local shops, bars and restaurants. The development (company) includes roughly forty individual lots which are defined by the pre-determined foot-prints of the buildings identified in preliminary form and use. 
But in actual fact this is a small extension of the prison yard.  Port Zante is well enclosed. The depot has a hard to find exit. And before you reach the exit, you have to battle yourself through a herds of tourist agents who offer excursions that have been approved by the liner and in 99 percent of the cases take place under strict guidance by bus or cuffed to a guide. Plus Port Zante has the same kind of coordinated shops then the one’s you can visit on the prison itself.

So, on this mission I tried to make some shots that reflect on the impression that at face value one might be free but is actually is kept on a leash… And this shot is all about supervision during the air time for the pax. As one can imagine quite easily, the ship’s captain oversees all activities of the pax.

Technical stuff 
This is a single shot HDR. I opted for HDR because of the hard light conditions. The photo specs are 500 ISO, f8, 1/420, -2/3 and 16 mils.
The HDR post-production was done with Aurora HDR 2018. This includes several layers of pre-sets that I adjusted accordingly. The – further – general post-production was done using Lightroom.  Finally, I added a copyright sign (in PS). The latter is, alas, there to stay due to the fact that my photos were frequently copied. So, don't bother commenting on that.

Taken in: St Kitts and Nevis / Saint George Basseterre / Basseterre (show map)

Taken on: February 8, 2020

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