Geltwood Beach by Dohmnuill

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Geltwood Beach by

Near Rivoli Bay, South-East of South Australia.

Named after the barque “Geltwood”, 1056 tons, wrecked here during a great storm with the loss of all hands, on its maiden voyage from Harrington (Cumbria) via Liverpool, to Melbourne, June 1876.

Ref.

Dean, Lois (1989) “The Wreck of the Geltwood”
Lovell, Joe (1984) " Harrington Harbour"

May

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geltwood, rivoli bay

Comments

  • Denis Molodkin
    Denis Molodkinabout 3 years ago

    Stunning scape, great composition and details!

  • Hi Denis, Good to catch up and thank you for your comment. Rather a dull day, but very much calmer than when the “Geltwood” went down!

    – Dohmnuill

  • Jan Timmons
    Jan Timmonsabout 3 years ago

    Beautiful shot! Love the dramatic clouds a good third above the rough waves and wonderful beach.

  • Thank you, Jan. This beach offered no chances for sailing ships caught in a south-westerly storm – about 100 never made it past the South-East coast. Maybe you are familiar with Elgar’s “Sea Pictures” – the last song is set to words of Adam Lindsay Gordon, written about this stretch of coast.

    – Dohmnuill

  • Brian Carey
    Brian Careyabout 3 years ago

    Great shot!

  • Thank you, Brian. I’ve just been admiring your shots of Newfoundland. I did see it in the distance (!) several months ago, and I must get back to explore an obviously fascinating place. Donald.

    – Dohmnuill

  • Robert Armstrong
    Robert Armstrongover 2 years ago

    Beautiful shot, very moody sky! :-)

  • Many thanks, Robert. A very moody place in winter!

    – Dohmnuill

  • van049
    van049over 2 years ago

  • Sorry, Van, missed your comment. Thank you so much for your very impressive reply above.

    – Dohmnuill

  • Brandie1
    Brandie1over 2 years ago

    A lovely image

  • Hi Brandie, thank you very much. Sorry this reply is late.

    – Dohmnuill

  • Scott  d' Almeida
    Scott d' Almeidaover 2 years ago

    outstanding,

  • Many thanks, Scott, Sorry for the late reply.

    – Dohmnuill

  • Karin  Taylor
    Karin Taylorover 2 years ago

    truly impressive, lovely mood

  • Thank you for commenting, Karen. Much appreciated.

    – Dohmnuill

  • Sorry re my spelling – Karin.

    – Dohmnuill

  • EchoNorth
    EchoNorthover 2 years ago

    This is a stunning composition, and I love the effect of your post-processing on light and tone variation! You have a very beautiful portfolio!

  • Oops, reply below…

    – Dohmnuill

  • Lisa Roberts
    Lisa Robertsalmost 2 years ago

    Beautiful :) x

  • Lisa, thank you very much.

    – Dohmnuill