Wreck of the Gayundah

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Wreck of the Gayundah

Postby the foto fanatic on Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:09 am

The Gayundah was a former Queensland Navy ship that was transferred to the RAN after federation. After surviving WWI she was converted to a gravel barge, then in the late fifties she was scuttled off the Redcliffe peninsula to be used as a breakwater.

This is what remains of her as of last week.

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This is what she used to look like in 1890:
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Re: Wreck of the Gayundah

Postby Remorhaz on Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:40 am

Still quite a lot more left of her than other wrecks I've seen
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Re: Wreck of the Gayundah

Postby surenj on Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:10 pm

Seems to be in better condition than the Sygna wreck in Newcastle. Although I think they took parts of the Sygna away for recycling.
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Re: Wreck of the Gayundah

Postby Mr Darcy on Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:29 pm

Amazing. She went from
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in 1912 to this in only 100 years.

I quite like the treatment you have used in 2012 Perhaps, if anything, the white vignette is a little heavy handed for my taste
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Re: Wreck of the Gayundah

Postby the foto fanatic on Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:44 pm

Fixed!

Thanks for the heads-up Greg.
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Re: Wreck of the Gayundah

Postby norwest on Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:38 pm

I like the timeless feel to this this quite a lot but would like to see how it was without the vignette.
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Re: Wreck of the Gayundah

Postby the foto fanatic on Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:57 am

Once again - this time with no vignette and a different historical image (copyright expired). I actually think she is better looking as a wreck :wink: :

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Re: Wreck of the Gayundah

Postby norwest on Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:30 pm

The contrast is a little heavy for me, but i still personally prefer it to the other. I like the shot.
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Re: Wreck of the Gayundah

Postby biggerry on Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:22 pm

I prefer the second contrasty version, but then I am a bit of contrasty bloke :)
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Re: Wreck of the Gayundah

Postby surenj on Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:46 pm

Contrast is a bit much for me. I wonder how different monitors show contrast. Whether calibration helps with it?
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