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Not an exact match for the moment on screen I'm comparing it to, but I knew I'd be in the area and I did the best I could with what sailed.
Naming the ocean is welcome, but I understand this is about location globally (and in a Bond film). In this case, story and filming location are the same.
So where did a vessel (maybe a tanker or military vessel) sail on the horizon in a similar way in a Bond film?
That's not what I'm looking for @QBranch.
I should say a similar (but not same type) vessel on the horizon in the background is not relevant to the plot, while activity involving Bond takes place in the foreground.
It appears in two shots, then from other camera angles or due to the length of filming does not further appear. Once noticed, I see it every time I view the film.
no doubt, but those guys are ten times more intelligent than I am ;-)
I cant picture it in my head, but I imagine San Fran Bay in AVTAK would have been a nightmare for shipping continuity?
So my original photo was taken from the same general location as the film shot.
So not Moore, Dalton, Brosnan. Also not Connery. From what land-based viewpoint would you take a photo or film with the horizon appearing in the background like this?
Dropping my bags at the hotel Monday morning, I had the day to myself in Lisbon. First stop was northwest to Praia do Guincho (Guincho Beach) where the pre-title sequence was filmed.
Upper screen left a vessel is visible, more noticeable with Blu-Ray and 4K.
Bond enjoys (or doesn't enjoy) some of the local attractions here in the city, something grabs his attention, and it builds into a mission at another location/country.
The brownish structure on the right features in the text, and other local fixtures called out are just right of the image border.
Funny thing, I've been to Victoria a few years ago, but I would not have recognized it again.
And used in John Gardner's Brokenclaw as you said.
The Royal British Columbia Museum is actually to the right, with other landmarks the Legislative Building, the Queen Victoria statue (and its disapproving look).
The highlight for me is back to the image I posted, that being the Fairmont Empress Hotel. Seeing it from street level it's hard to relate to a horizon type photo I admit. I can give more detail and images on the Pilgrimages discussion I had a very nice experience in the city. Includes "High Tea" (Tea at the Empress, they called it; and no card description). And another time, a martini.