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The Last Standby ~justeline

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Waterscapes

_{stand (n.): 1. a final defensive effort. 2. a cessation of motion; halt or stop. 3. the place in which a person or thing stands; station.

We never found out the name of that ship. For the locals it’s just “The Shipwreck”. A brief mention of it in a forum revealed that it made its last stand against the raging sea more than half a century ago, lost that last battle and that rocky Karpathian beach became its last station.}

…that wasn’t the last station on our trip to Karpathos Island, but it sure was our longest so far and one of the the most adventurous. Having undertaken the project to record all of Greece’s shipwrecks before they rust or sink to oblivion we chose Karpathos for our summer destination and surely enough the sight of that ship was our first welcome since it’s located right outside the airport. Getting there was not an easy task though. The fact that there are no close-up photos of that ship seemed suspicious to us in the first place and we soon understood why: that was a military area, guarded and well fenced and all signs on the fence made perfectly clear that photography was prohibited.

We spent the next few days counting people in high positions we knew that could bail us out in the highly possible case we were arrested and came up with zero connections. The conclusion was “S#%t, there’s no way we can do it” and the decision was “Let’s do it anyway”! The location indicated that it would be best to capture it at sunrise which meant taking the forbidden (and tricky cause it was rocky and full of thick thorny bushes) trek right in the middle of the night, carrying huge bags like smugglers and proudly announcing our position with our flashlights. Way too risky both for our bones and our impeccable criminal records! The only alternative was to visit the place on the previous afternoon, carrying our sleeping bags so that we could spend the night there and be there to capture the first light and that’s what we did.

When we got there we realized there is a reason that ship had stranded on that particular beach: it was too damn windy. Sea spray was flying all around and it seriously narrowed down our choices of composition (trust me; you don’t want to shoot against water spray). Shooting startrails was a good way to pass the long hours but it ensured that our tripods and cameras were covered in brine. Anyway we had a pretty turbulent and very windy night (when we returned to our room the next morning the sudden absence of the howling of the wind made me think I turned deaf for a second), but at least we were there to capture the first light touching the wreck and we later managed to return to our car sleepless, dizzy, salty and pickled but at least with no confrontation with the local authorities.

That was the first time I spent a whole night under the stars and I’m sure it won’t be the last. As *KirlianCamera said “we still have open business with that ship”!

Hope you like it!

<edit>Many thanks to my friend ~fokalexandris who managed to find more info about the shipwreck!
Name: GEMAR I
Nationality: Turkish
Date lost: 19/11/1982 </edit>

PS This is driving me a bit nuts, viewing this image using Opera web browser I see it sharp. Viewing it in Firefox I see undersharpened patches on the rocks If you see it this way too, trust me it IS sharp throughout.

Location: Karpathos Island, Greece

_{tech stuff

Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikkor 18-200 @ 24mm
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 60sec
ISO: 200

*filters*
Hoya ND400 (9 stops Neutral Density)
Lee 3 stops ND soft graduated filter (0.9)}

love 35 35

joy 10 10

wow 15 15

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

fear 1 1

~~neutral 0 0~~

`foureyes Aug 11, 2012

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~aidaabozaid Mar 5, 2012

I love it, it is amazing, just like imaginary stories.

~justeline May 19, 2012 Professional Photographer

Thank you so much Aida!

~aidaabozaid May 19, 2012

All are amazing, I wish I could add them all to the favs

~justeline May 19, 2012 Professional Photographer

~MABoyer Feb 4, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Stunning. I like the story that just the photo tells.

~justeline May 21, 2012 Professional Photographer

Very late but many thanks Marissa, really glad you like it!

~oceaniclove Oct 15, 2011

Beautiful image!

~BrookPool Sep 3, 2011

This image is beautiful & powerful, & evokes something symbolic for me, relating to something my elderly father expressed today. The feeling was about his trying to take a stand about something important to him as he approaches the end of his life. This image I came across [in browsing your beeautiful gallery!] captured the emotion so well, I feel it wasn't an "accident".

Thankyou so much for your incredible eye!

*Psychothrone May 30, 2011

What a location... and great shot! (:

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