Left to Rust
by Linda Lees
Title
Left to Rust
Artist
Linda Lees
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
K'gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, off the coast of Queensland, Australia is the world's largest sand island. Its length is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) and its width is approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi)
A major landmark on K'gari (Fraser Island) is the shipwreck of the S.S. Maheno. The Maheno was built in Scotland in 1905 as a luxury passenger ship for the trans-Tasman crossing. During the First World War she served as a hospital ship in the English Channel, and was then returned to her owners to resume her usual commercial operation. By 1935 the ship had been taken out of service was sold to a ship-breaker in Japan. On 25 June 1935, while being towed to Osaka to be broken up, she was caught in a strong cyclone about 80 kilometres (50 miles) off the coast of Queensland. The towline parted, and on 9 July 1935 the Maheno became beached on the east coast of K'gari (Fraser Island). ~ wikipedia
K'gari means paradise in the language of the local indigenous people.
The word Maheno means 'island' in Maori, which is the native language of New Zealand.
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May 1st, 2013
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Comments (25)
Mother Nature
F/L. I love rust:>). These colors and the way the boat makes a leading line are wonderful.
Jurgen Lorenzen
Great perspective and detail, Linda, congratulations on your top finish in the C IS FOR CORROSION contest!
Luther Fine Art
Linda, congratulations on your third place win in the ABC GROUP weekly contest, C is for Corrosion! Your fantastic art will be proudly featured on the home page of the ABC GROUP this week. Be sure to add your win to the ABC GROUP Contest Winners Circle in the discussion tab of the group.
Kym Backland
Awwwh.. this is so sad! What a wonderful image though.. I have friends in Queensland, and have seen this before, but YOUR photo is excellent. I like the angle in which you took this! You really got right up there close, and captured the rust and flavor of this old ship! You must be in the water when you took this? FV... (Thanks for writing the info on it..) makes it so interesting. Also thanks for coming by my gallery the other day, and leaving a vote and comment Linda! I keep singing that song.. "Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee!" But, have inserted your name into the song, so I am now singing.. "Linda Lee, Linda Lee"... hehe... VF...
Linda Lees replied:
How nice to have someone singing my name!!!! Thank you for your lovely message Kym. To tell you the truth I had to get up nice and close because there were tourists everywhere! I went to Fraser Island on a tour, there are no sealed roads on the island, they're all sand and my Harley wouldn't like that. I'm happy that you like this image.
Edward Fielding
Love the wide angle on this!
Linda Lees replied:
Thanks Edward, it was quite a task to get a photograph without a busload of people in it.
Anna Ewa Miarczynska
Wow!!! Sooo ineresting... love the contrast between the wreck and the serene sky... fav$V
Laurie Search
Wow, you really captured that texture remarkably, Linda!! Wonderful composition, too!!! :)))fv
Linda Lees replied:
Laurie, I really appreciate you visiting my work and leaving such lovely comments! Thank you
Atousa Raissyan
saw this on FB ... very nice :)
Linda Lees replied:
Thank you for taking the time to visit Atousa, I'm happy you like it. I'm also pleased that my facebook page is working :-)
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