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My friend tells me this was a Korean ship being taken to the Philippines to be broken up when it came free of its ropes and grounded on the rocks in southern Pingtung.
This image was taken at Woody Point in Queensland Australia. This was Australia's first commissioned gunship, which is now a wreck sitting on the Woody Point for many years.
Acquired to deal with the perceived threat from the Russian Pacific fleet, Gayundah and her sister ship Paluma were the first vessels ordered by the Queensland government for the colony's Maritime Defence Force. Their names are aboriginal words for 'lightning' and 'thunder' respectively. Built at a cost of £35,000 each, the vessels were of a 'flat-iron' design and mounted a formidable armament for their size. Both ships carried out trials on 26 September 1884 and reached a speed slightly over 10.5 knots in full power trials over a ten mile course.
Gayundah sailed from Newcastle-on-Tyne for Australia under the command of Captain Henry Townley-Wright, RN, on 13 November 1884. Wright had been appointed Senior Naval Officer of the Queensland Maritime Defence Force in 1881.
Proceeding via Gibraltar, Malta, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Batavia, Thursday Island and Townsville, Gayundah arrived at Brisbane on 28 March 1885. Being fitted with masts and yards, she carried sails to assist her during the long journey. Thereafter Gayundah's chief duties were the protection of Moreton Bay and training ship for the Queensland Maritime Defence Force.
In 1886 the Queensland government offered to place Guyundah at the disposal of the the Admiralty if required and Rear-Admiral George Tyron, the Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station, subsequently authorised the gunboat to wear the White Ensign of Her Majesty's Fleet.
This caused problems in 1888 when, after disagreement over salary, Captain Wright was ordered to pass command to his first lieutenant, Francis Taylor. Reluctant to comply, and arguing that because his ship wore the White Ensign he was not under Queensland authority, Wright moored Gayundah in the middle of the Brisbane River and threatened to sail for Sydney.
A boarding party led by the Police Commissioner, D.T. Seymour, arrested Townley-Wright at gunpoint and defused the crisis. On 30 September 1892 Gayundah was laid up in reserve in Brisbane. Although paid off she was manned as required for training members of the Queensland Naval Brigade. In 1898 Gayundah recommissioned under the Queensland Blue Ensign.
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Apart from cropping and usually minimal brightness and contrast adjustments, all of my images are presented as they were when the shutter closed unless otherwise stated.
Wreck beach,
Great Ocean Road
This particular spot along Wreck Beach is a location I would love to revisit in all kinds of different conditions - several rock shelves bear the brunt of the incoming swell before water rushes over giant kelp. Different tidal conditions make a huge difference to the appearance of this scene. [Deviant Art Gallery] [Facebook] [Web Gallery] [500px][G+]
She was a 2.089 ton schooner rigged vessel with a crew of 24 and bound for Trieste from Newcastle with a cargo of coke. This voyage of the Laura was to be her last as during the night she ran ashore on the sand to the South end of Filey Bay below the Speeton Cliffs.
Here you see two boilers, the stern-post, and the rudder-post.
Butoften hidden under the water are the fore-foot plates and her cast-iron ribs.
Not photographed these wrecks for a couple of years, Of the wooden boats there is getting less to photograph.
Took this on the way back from Freeport after Christmas shopping, The sun had gone behind the clouds and never came out again
Tried for some cloud movement 360sec, f13 at 16 on a 16-35mm + 10 stop ND & 3 stop grad
Hulcher Services out of Gettysburg Pa. are attending to the cleanup of the wreck of EL SE-98. The wreck occurred east of Lake Hopatcong in Roxbury Township on the bridge going over Shippenport Road. It was determined that the wreck was caused by rotted ties on the bridge allowing the rails to spread. A pair of Caterpillar "Sidewinders" from Hulcher are in the process of getting the trucks back under a Dressler Minerals hopper that was carrying rock salt. EL had two cranes in operation at various times during the cleanup and restoration process. I do not believe the road power was directly involved in the wreck and was no longer at the scene when I got there. Howard Kent Jr. 02-13-1974
This is the wreck of the Mediterranean Sky ship, in Elefsina Bay near Athens, Greece. You can read some info about it here
Went to see the location yesterday (after a couple of years from my last visit) and found some interesting places and angles.
Also had the unexpected bonus of full moon (barely seen rising in this one)
I have a few more from yesterday, but I'm certainly gonna go back, I'm sure with the right kind of weather it can be fascinating.
The Flowing Stream ran aground and was towed to this bay in Skye. It sat out front of a man's house. He salvaged it over time. Sadly his work is complete and so my foreground interest in front of MacLeod's Tables is long gone. Due to general business and poor photographic weather I am currently re-processing old stock, or photo-synthesis as I call it. All comments welcome, oh and favs too!
Photo of the Plassey wreck taken in glorious weather on the island of Inis Oirr.
First weekend away in ages and we crammed every minute...
This is probably better known as the wreck from the opening credits of Father Ted.
This was the first composition I took on my trip past Stranraer last week. It was a similar area to where I shot in 2006, but I took more time over it.
I'd been there since before dawn - conditions were odd, it was basically foggy, with a gap where I was. Which was pretty lucky!
I took a few shorter exposures that I'm still to look at, but I prefer this long exposure to them at the moment - the shorter ones are a bit 'messy' for my taste I think.
'Wrecked' refers to the shipwreck just to the left of the vertical centre-line.
Its strange to remember that your inside a wreck that's upsidedown. The steel hull panels have rotted away and allowed light to enter the interior. It illuminates the wreck like a cathedral
Boa Vista island - Cabo Verde 1999 - Hasselblad 500 CM - obj. Zeiss Compur T-Planar 1:2,8-80 mm - Kodak film 120 TMAX 100
The remains of a ship...
Technical info:
ND110 - 10 stops.
CP Filter 2 stops
f/9
ISO100
90 mm
180s (3min0s) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 2.0
PS CS4 - Silver Efex Pro
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Anyone else excited for the upcoming Disney movie Wreck-It Ralph? This is based on a scene from the trailer where the main character confesses to his fellow villains that he doesn't want to be a bad guy anymore.
I took a trip to Rhossili, Gower with Angela and Leighton Roberts and their tribe. Was a glorious evening although if I was being fussy, I'd have liked a couple of fluffy clouds. This is the wreck of the Helvetia with Worm's Head in the background.
Here I wanted to make a feature of both the wreck AND the Worm so to avoid the Worm looking tiny in the distance, I managed to wrestle the 10-22mm from the camera and make use of telephoto compression.
Hope you like it! View On Black
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Just Wrecked: These two parents now must tell their child that they can't use the bathroom of her choice. This was the most powerful moment of the Title IX protest tonight at the White House. Protest against the Trump Administration, which repealed Title IX, protecting transgender students right to use the restroom they prefer.