51 Comments Posted by rich

The fingers digging into the legs...wanting to claw and share the pain... Nasty, but vividly accurate.

If I didn't know better and the wings weren't there, I'd think that was a shot of my daughter. Her institution has better paint and lighting though.

This one and the subject matter hit a nerve VERY hard... My daughter is that age and IS in a nut-hut. This one brought back her "I'm going to scratch your face/eyes out !!!" effort. VERY realistic and makes for shudders.

Keep doing the hallway shots. They are great. I feel like i'm being darwn into the picture and want to see what is beyond.

I see a dog face on the right side of the door.

Ned Moran, I didn't know she was built as the Apollo - I didn't know that Mescek owned the Apollo, Since the Ned was formaly the Fredrick T. Mescek, but then again the TES and Steven Lang could be wrong. No Matter what name she was she still is a Lady and yes she did help dock some of the great liners, I very sure she helped dock the Queen. Didn't mean to step on any toes.

Im not really sure why but when I look down the hallway...it kind of reminds me of The Shining. Just popped into my head when i first looked at it.

Once a ship is up on a reef like that, you get so many holes in the bottom that it is both incredibly expensive and dangerous to attempt to move it. You have to have a number of powerd pumps on board and to plug or weld each hole. Also, as you move the ship, it will twist and continue to break apart. As it floats, new holes will open. Add time and deterioration of the hull structure and you can forget it.

Finally, once it's been there a while, it gets so deeply buried that it becomes even harder to move.

Unless it is a hazard to navigation or to the environment , I don't think it will get moved. The only way to remove this would be to cut it up a piece at a time by hand and haul it away ... Bangladesh style. And there, the ships dry out at low tide. I don't know if this one does.

I also disagree with Carl. The subject was dark. The photo renders it beautifully. The detail is more than sufficient. Whether it was the original lighting or use of the Photoshop 'Shadows' function, I think he got it right.

If I had my 'druthers, I'd shoot these ships near sunrise or sunset, for more dramatic light and less contrast, but I can't imagine a much better job being done given the time of day.

I'd love to get in here with a rowboat and a wide angle lens!

Never mind ... I just saw the next frame. It's a subchaser or minesweeper all right.

It's iron sheathing on a wooden hull. I wonder if it's a ferry and the iron plates were to protect the bow from repeated impacts at the dock. The big low rubbing strakes on the side also make me think ferry.

I think the wheel thing is a reel for firehose. It's an incredible site!

I don't know, but it's VERY OLD. that style of bow went out of fashion before WW2. Also note the riveted plates, as opposed to the welded plates on the post WW2 wrecks.

A wooden hull! I love it

Actually, the rust line is far above the waterline and looks like it follows the sheerline of the ship. I'm inclined to think the fire theory may be right. The heat of a fire not only removes paint, but kickstarts the oxidation process.