~ Shipwrecked ~ by Meisiekind

Photography • Sea/Undersea • posted on Jul 18, 2009

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This old dame, The Zeila, ran ashore on the coast of Namibia in August 2008. She was apparently sold to an Iranian company as scrap metal and on her way being towed, she broke loose in a storm and ended on her belly about 60-100 feet from the shoreline! So much for that idea! As this is cold water, no coral will be growing on her, so I guess she is just good for seabirds to nest and poop on!!! Thank you for popping in and for your valued comments and favs on my upload of the little bridge yesterday! Take care! Hugs, Carin xx

Comments (50)

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pauldeleu

5:37PM | Sat, 18 July 2009

Strong and wonderful picture.

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Chaosphoto

6:37PM | Sat, 18 July 2009

Excellent shot Carin, great angle and the rough sea and grey stormy sky are perfect for a shipwreck shot

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Digitaleagle

10:17PM | Sat, 18 July 2009

Great capture and your post work adds drama and an atmosphere of mystery, great sky and motion of the water helps tell the story, very micely done!!!

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junge1

10:46PM | Sat, 18 July 2009

Great shot and postwork Carin!

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auntietk

1:03AM | Sun, 19 July 2009

Fantastic image! You got my attention right away with this one. When I was a kid, there was a ship wrecked out on the coast here, but it was really close in ... I think they had towed it in to turn it into a restaurant. You could walk out to the ship and climb on board, and we used to carefully walk the decks (at about the same slant as this one)! Gosh ... that was so much fun, and I remember it like it was yesterday! We would take pictures of people standing on the deck, and line up the photography horizon with the deck so it looked like the people were all leaning over ... like magic! Well, now you've got me going! LOL! Dit was so goed om te praat met jou vroeer ... ek was vermis jou! Druk 'n soen. :X

whaleman

3:04AM | Sun, 19 July 2009

A fitting sky for such an end!

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ShadowsNTime

7:16AM | Sun, 19 July 2009

What a very beautiful subject she makes tho! Superb capture and composition Carin!(((C)))

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Santa29Klaus

8:17AM | Sun, 19 July 2009

It is so beautiful - so tragic.... and so mysterious....! Awesome image...XXX

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Mousson

8:44AM | Sun, 19 July 2009

WOWWWWWW Fantastic image!!!

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debbielove

9:06AM | Sun, 19 July 2009

Really dramatic and....sad! AND, what an incredible sky!! Awesome..... Rob.

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nikolais

1:02PM | Sun, 19 July 2009

dramatic scene and wonderful postwork, Carin

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tizjezzme

8:21PM | Sun, 19 July 2009

Seeing the thumbnails in your gallery, (yes, all the ones I have yet to see!!), I couldn't wait to get to this one; what a shot this is!!! instant fav!

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Fred255

5:40AM | Mon, 20 July 2009

Wow! That's the kind of photo I would buy to hang on my wall, it's superb!

tpx1

6:19AM | Mon, 20 July 2009

great photograph!

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erlandpil

7:33AM | Mon, 20 July 2009

Great capture picture erland

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Richardphotos

1:56PM | Mon, 20 July 2009

I agree with Maria.superb subject

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danapommet

4:17PM | Mon, 20 July 2009

So that's what happened to the old stern trawler, Zeila. I also thought it was a painting Carin. Awesome post work on this great photo. The ocean is relentless, isn’t it? Dana

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