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In my previous photo today I mentioned that this wreck is actually the "Pon Rabbel II", a dredge that was used to clear the Tamar River of silt from the 1920s to the 1960s. The fire in 1979 seemed to have put an end to any serious revival of the Port of Launceston, and this wreck has remained here ever since. www.dredgepoint.org/dredging-database/equipment/ponrabbel-ii
I was delighted to find a Facebook group dedicated to some of this history and I'll give you a few outlines from their findings: www.facebook.com/pg/ponrabble/posts/
"The Ponrabbel operated as a steam 'bucket dredge' in the Tamar River from the 1920s until the 1960s. The Port of Launceston authority was determined that as many ships as possible should berth at wharves close to the city centre." This changed once the decision was made to move the cargo berthing to Bell Bay where the Tamar is much wider and deeper so it can accommodate modern cargo ships.
"The Ponrabbel was used to dredge the channel near Launceston to facilitate shipping access. As larger ships were brought into the Tamar some strategic rocks in the Tamar were blasted and removed by the Ponrabbel to improve navigation. She was also used in the building of the Bell Bay berthing facilities. Albeit that commercial shipping barely persists in the upper reaches of the Tamar, the silting of the estuary 'interferes' with the waterway's aesthetics and its recreational 'utility' – and is thus seen as tourism detractor and simultaneously as evidence of environmental degradation."
In any case this wreck is now part of the "visual furniture" of this part of Launceston. And those rusty tones do look good against the green reeds and the hills of Trevallyn on the other side of the river.
I was out for a walk yesterday evening in this rarely visited forest when I stumbled across this wrecked car. In the vicinity there was a vehicle ramp and a very small shed. It would appear that someone had been using this as some sort of outdoor garage which is most strange. The light was diminishing fast so I was lucky enough to get this shot, happy days
Been wanting to get this wreck at night for ages, but never been brave enough to go on my own, and the tides/moon phases/clearness of the sky have never quite been right! Anyway, big thanks to Bladerunner2008 for keeping me company! He got a great shot of the wreck using the stacking method which cuts down on the noise and keeps the sky nice and dark. www.flickr.com/photos/35589108@N04/5651629643
Mine is a 54 minute exposure at f/4.5 iso 200. The noise was horrendous, must turn noise reduction on next time! :)
Wrecked during the first days of March 1897 when a howling south westerly gale swept up the Bristol Channel.
Many ships soon found themselves in distress, among them the Norwegian barque SS Nornen which had tried to ride out the storm in the lee of the Lundy Roads but had found her anchors dragging. She was being driven towards Berrow mud flats.
When the mists cleared on the morning of March 3, the crippled ship was spotted just off Gore Sands, her sails blown to rags by the gale. Down the ramp to her aid went the Burnham lifeboat, the John Godfrey Morris.
The lifeboat with its crew of ten oarsmen battled through high seas and winds to the SS Nornen.
The ship's crew of ten, together with their dog, were taken off by the lifeboat and landed safely at Burnham. The rescue is recorded on the honours board of rescues made by the three lifeboats at Burnham during the period from 1867 to 1930 and which today stands in the entrance to the Burnham RNLI Station.
I've been trying for years to capture some good underwater images of sea turtles but I never seemed to have much luck...until last week!
This Big Kahuna surprised me while I was scuba diving on a wreck in St. Kitts in the Carribean and helped me break the 'jinx.'
Check out my blog for more images and the full story of this incredible experience: www.firefallphotography.com/blog/
Jeff
Last year has been a roller coaster ride for many of us, but am hopeful that this year shall be filled with positivity. Take a moment and reflect on how you've come out of this year and am pretty sure you would be surprised.
M.V. Dayspring, or Corpach Wreck as she is better known broke her moorings in December 2011 and ran aground where she stands now. Although looking rather precarious perched as she is, she hasn't moved in the 8 years she has been here.
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The Fleetwood Wrecks are a group of old boats abandoned on Fleetwood marshes, which are slowly rotting away. It is possible to walk up to them, but wellingtons are definitely required in the winter months when the ground can become extremely boggy. Care is also required at high tide as there are some deep channels on the marshes.
The Plassey wreck on Inisheer
an image from my trip to Inisheer on saturday with Blackwater Photograpic Society in what can only be described as foul weather ,the ferry crossing was so bad we nearly saw fish out the window , luckily the wind was at our backs when we arrived at the wreck
Fuji XT1, 10-24 , Hitech irpro 10 stop and 85 seconds exposure
Three wreck damaged GE locomotives are in transit to Norfolk Southern's Juniata Locomotive Shop. Loaded up on TTX flatcars, the units are parked on the swamp track in Rose Yard.
We were passing by Corpach on our way to Mallaig so we stopped off to get some shots of this wreck.
I took the shot in the afternoon and even after being in the sun all day the shaded parts were still covered in frost.
The stunning backdrop to this wreck makes it very popular with photographers as a search on Flickr will prove.
History of the wreck.
The Corpach shipwreck is actually the rusting remains of a fishing vessel known as ‘MV Dayspring’. The 26 metre-long boat was built in 1975 and was used as a fishing boat, trawling the North Sea to catch herring and mackerel.
The ship was later re-named ‘Golden Harvest’. When the vessel’s skipper retired he sold Golden Harvest and she was shipped to Kilkeel in Northern Ireland where the boat continued a life of fishing.
In the early 2000’s Golden Harvest returned to Scotland and was moored at Kinlochleven Pier in Loch Leven until 2009, situated south-east of Fort William. The name Kinlochleven is Gaelic for ‘head’ of Loch Leven. The owners at the time had plans to convert the boat into a floating sea food restaurant but this never materialised.
The boat was now retired, increasing oil prices and a depletion of fish numbers contributing factors to this.
In 2009 the old fishing boat was moved to Camusnagaul Bay on Loch Linnhe, now under new ownership. In the year that followed, numerous repairs were done to the ship.
On 8th December 2011 a huge storm came in and the raiser chain which kept the vessel moored in Camusnagaul Bay failed. Golden Harvest was torn from its mooring. The local coastguard helped to control the landing of the vessel on the beach, between the villages of Corpach and Caol. Golden Harvest has lain there since, now an iconic landmark on the beach.
Desks in a wrecked classroom at a fast decaying university site in Belgium.
3 shot panorama - Pentax K3
Have been back here a few times and getting better results as time goes by. Juggling weather, tides, swell and wind can be challenging to get a reasonable image of these relics of disaster from over a hundred years ago.
Information, credits and an additional photo showing the entire bikini are on the blog post! rissasecondlife.blogspot.com/2020/05/wrecking-ball.html
This is an old one I found from last year, some of the wrecks on the coast of Mull that I shot while there and experimenting with long exposure black and white. Do not think it really worked properly but still like it. Probably becuase it comes with memories for me.
Cargo from the wreck of the Yolanda. It is at a depth between 10 metres and 30 metres near Ras Mohamed peninsula, Egypt.
Taken at a depth of 20 metres.
Utilising a Sea & Sea DX-D50 housing, YS-90 Auto strobe, together with a YS-90TTl Duo strobe in slave mode.
With the setting sun resting on top of the Wreck Lead Bridge, LI 876 crosses over the channel at walking speed. In the background is an inbound airliner preparing to land at JFK.
Landing craft wreck in the Harbor of Refuge on Guam. The boats name is Guahan 2.
Photographed with an Olympus OM-1 using an F. Zuiko Auto-s 50mm f/1.8 lens. The film is Agfa Vista 100 that expiered 12/2007.
Breaking News! The sequel to one of my favorite animated movies of all time has been announced and is coming out on March 9, 2018! Holy shit, another 2018 movie, that year is going to be LIT! The director of the film commented on the story of the movie saying "[Ralph] leaves the arcade and wrecks the Internet. ... What could go wrong?" Do you guys like the sound of this synopsis? Leave your thought in the comments below!
Prompt: Create a hyper-realistic thumbnail of a stranded wrecked VOC ship. The thumbnail should feature a rainy day on an ominous beach. Include a dramatic spotlight or above water drone light shining on the wreckage, highlighting key details. Add a hint of debris floating nearby to evoke a sense of mystery and discovery. Include 17th century survivors next to the wreckage, 8k ultra realistic, 8k, --ar 14:11 --personalize pqawvv7 --v 6.1