Boats at the Big Sandy

 Here are some of the dozens of boat pictures I got today at Huntington, Kenova and Catlettsburg.

First, I went to Chesapeake, Ohio to see Crounse's Lynne Cissna. The river was calm and reflective when I got this shot. You might see a little fog on it.

The thing is, I wanted to get a closer shot of the boat in the remaining fog when it came past my position. For some reason, the camera's autofocus and exposure control both went out of whack when the boat got close. I couldn't get it to work. After the boat passed, I turned the camera off and on again, and it worked OK. Go figure.

So make up for it by going to the Big Sandy or going home with what little I had? Big Sandy.

As I parked at Virginia Point Park in Kenova at the Big Sandy's mouth, I heard a boat coming. It was the Dave B. Fate of Florida Marine coming out of the Big Sandy pushing an empty.

Here's another shot I spent a little more time with.

The MAP Runner heading up the Big Sandy.

The Dave B. Fate across the river as it dropped off the empty at the Marathon Petroleum fleet at South Point, Ohio.

Superior Marine's Stephen T coming up the river.

Left to right, the Nashville, the City of Chicago and the Dave B. Fate.

As the Nashville passed me, I got this image of two guys out near the tow knees.

And the Nashville with the Norfolk Southern bridge in the background.

To be continued.

M/V City of Chicago

Some days you go out on the river and you see very little. Some days you see a dozen boats. That's close to what happened to me today, although I got good looks at only 11 boats.

Here's one, Kirby's City of Chicago as it dropped its tow at Virginia Point in Kenova WV before it went down to the former Boggs Landing.

The light was interesting. When the sun was out, it was pretty bright. When the heavy clouds covered the sun, it got kind of dark. This was winter light, which is different from summer light when it comes to photography.

I'll process and post a few other pics from today soon, I hope.

And if you were on one of the boats around the Big Sandy from about noon to 2 p.m., that was me in the blue shirt and the black jacket.