This was taken a few years ago at Ft. Stevens State Park in Northern Oregon. The ship was a large one, at 285 feet long, with a steel frame and hull. It ran aground on October 25, 1906 after strong current and winds in a heavy fog pushed it into a bank where it partially broke up (none of the crew were seriously injured). Today most of the ship has been buried or broken up by the waves of the Pacific Ocean. While the rust of the hull is nice, I think that mono is a better choice for this shipwreck. I used Photoshop to convert to monochrome and the sliders to make the sky darker. I left the people with the umbrella in the image since I think that it adds scale and some interest. I used a Nikon camera and 18-200mm lens at 26mm, 1/500th second, f13, and ISO 400. Do you think that the people should have been left?
6 comments posted
Stephen Levitas
Nice work with the sky. Yes, the people should stay for scale. This is so interesting a subject. Thanks for taking us there. Posted: 07/05/2025 18:01:49
Wes Odell
B&W is indeed better and more appropriate to the subject and its vintage. the people are good and as you say, add perspective as well as a story. Posted: 07/07/2025 01:43:10
Ed Ogle
Nice image! I really like the people in the image for scale otherwise I would have no idea how large this thing is. My son lives in Portland so next time I visit him I will look for this. Posted: 07/13/2025 15:53:48
Stephen Levitas
The more I look at this, the more I feel I am looking at an image from a ***creative*** group. It is very Dali-esque. Posted: 07/19/2025 09:13:07
Jennifer Doerrie
I agree that the conversion to monochrome is very effective in this image. I can only imagine how massive this ship was to have such a large part of the frame still intact after over a century of being battered by salt water and weather. Yes, I agree about keeping the people for scale. I also like the water running down the beach behind them. Posted: 07/28/2025 04:53:04
Tom McCreary
Thank you. I had not really noticed the water running from under the boat, the tide must have been going out. There had been a bit foggy and light drizzle, that is why the couple had an umbrella. Posted: 07/28/2025 11:42:11
