ghosts of giants

Gallery: EPA 2009Posted March 11, 20091,966 views14 comments

EPA 2009 - First Honorable Mention - Environmental Photojournalism Gallery

At the long abandoned whaling station of grytviken in south georgia (abandoned, that is, by whalers: there's quite a lot of activity there by the british antarctic survey, researchers, etc) the bones of whales and wrecks of whaling boats litter the place: veritable ghosts of giants. a sobering place. the pressure boilers and whale oil silos are ominously large.

thanks for looking; comments welcome.

d300, 12-24mm @ 17mm, 1/3s, f16, ISO200

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Hank Pennington on March 11, 2009 at 10:33 PM

This is superb photography Stewart. While shots of whales towed at the side of factory ships are graphic, this has a more lasting impact in my mind. Excellent top to bottom and side to side, from the framing to DOF, the lighting to the post processing.

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Comment posted by Rohn B. McKee on March 18, 2009 at 1:11 PM

Important photo, thanks for sharing, beautifully crafted.

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Comment posted by Russell G Hunt on March 19, 2009 at 2:22 PM

Great image. Sad story. Whaling is such a nasty business.

Registered on March 11, 2009, 8 Posts, 41 Comments

Comment posted by Shane McDermott on April 20, 2009 at 12:23 AM

Amazing story telling! Such depth into this image and our disturbing history. Well done.

Shane

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 2, 2010 at 8:03 PM

Congratulations on the EPA, Stuart. This is a very evocative image indeed.

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Comment posted by John Williams on January 2, 2010 at 10:31 PM

Perfect capture of a bit of history, congrats!

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Comment posted by Sally King on January 3, 2010 at 1:54 PM

This image packs a punch. Definitely sobering. Congratulations on your EPA.

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Comment posted by David Bostock on January 3, 2010 at 4:12 PM

Well done and congratulations on the EPA.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 3, 2010 at 7:55 PM

Congrats on the EPA 2009 Stuart! Well done!

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 5, 2010 at 4:15 AM

Congratulations, Stuart. What an image.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on January 5, 2010 at 7:52 PM

Excellent on many levels. Congrats.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 6, 2010 at 9:36 AM

Wow , amazing Conngratulations!

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on January 13, 2010 at 11:13 PM

thanks to all for kind comments on this image - they are much appreciated. and of course i am very pleased that this was selected for an EPA 2009 despite its sad tale.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 27, 2010 at 2:58 AM

Congrats on the 2009 EPA! Wonderful image..
Sandy r

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