I agree with (tony martin ) i was not even born then i am 51 now, it's great to see old magnificent vessel's like this i have always had from been a young boy a great interest in ship's i have load's of book's i am on this site every day it's what i like to do ? especially in lockdown ?? as a boy my mum &dad would take me & my sister from fleetwood to the isle of mann on ferries /the lady of mann / was one definitely , i can't remember the other's tiny to this vessel though ( Queen Elizabeth )

Keep it under "for preservation" category.It is a photo which cannot be taken again in any port ever.Some scenes cannot be replicated, ports have changed, ships long scrapped etc.
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Emmanuel.L.(Malta)

Thank you for these comments. We do our best to apply the guidance as it is now. However, I am happy to have another try to develop a clearer view on what is appropriate or not for the Harbour Overview category. Last time we reviewed this, in 2015, only two members expressed any views at all. However, here is not the place to have that conversation as it is not primarily about this image in particular. So I have re-opened the consultation here:
http://forum.shipspotting.com/index.php/topic,14461.0.html

Please contribute specific proposals only there (no more comments here please). I have moved this photo to "Holding..." so that it will only be reconsidered in the light of any changes to the guidance.

Thanks for your patience, Wolfgang.

David

Seriously why would that photograph be considered for deletion. That view is an insight into a time long gone and should be kept as such. If the moderators are looking for quality, maybe they should start deleting the multiple views of the same vessel from the same angle by the same photographers which are mostly posted at the same time.

Those were the days when you could just walk into the port and wander round as a child. No parents needed. Spent many weekends +camera+cycle in Southampton and London Docks.

I really had to take care, Cisco, because I was a young schoolboy spending holidays on my own in Bournemouth to improve my English. Knowing the schedule of Cunard liners I made a day tour to Southampton to see the largest passenger liner of the world arriving - what an adventure and magnificent view!

Wolfgang... if you had a camera like mine in 1967... I had a Voigtländer ... any attempt to get the whole ship in would have resulted in you falling in the water!
Brilliant photo.

Most members would agree that quayside images can be rather charming...

As a photographer, with an interest in ships, I would consider deletion of images like this to be a gross error of judgement. There should be a category for images like this.

I was afraid that it could be deleted (although other photos show only part of ships like: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=400811); therefore 'port overview' was chosen. Due to the view, not showing the whole ship, the huge size of the largest ship in the world in those days is underlined by the relation to the (also large) ocean terminal. Such a view should be within the scope of shipspotting.com because the ship is still the main subject and it is a pleasure to view it - as the comments show.

Cisco, same with me I have many photos from both my father and Grandfather taken during the Wars. Unfortunately I cannot post for the fear they would be deleted.

Tony, I couldn't agree more. I have quite a few photos that have been handed down to me by my father... not 'quality' but certainly of 'historical significance' ... such as photos taken aboard Stanvac Japan after the explosion in the Arabian Sea in 1958 and the rescue of troops from the stranded 'Wahine' in 1951.

Its a shame there is not a category for quality photographs such as this. Captures the atmosphere of the 50's and 60's.

"considered for deletion" good grief.....what a superb, evocative picture.

What a magnificent overview of the Ocean Terminal in its heyday..... late 50's or early 60's by the look of the cars.

Honestly DA, how you can criticise a great photo as this is beyond me.