The Wreck

Steve Chapple

The Wreck

A re visit today to the shipwrecked sailing vessel, “Pisces Star” that came aground over ten years ago near the Lighthouse at Carpenters Rocks, Limestone Coast, South Australia.

Extremely low tide today and great sky’s allowed for some panorama sets with an old tripod sitting in salt water….

Canon 400D – 18-55 with CIR Polarising lens. 5 shot set stitched in Photoshop CS3.

The Wreck belongs to the following groups:

Beach Art, Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), Nature's Reclamation, Nautical, SEA and Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints

The Wreck by Steve Chapple
The Wreck by Steve Chapple
  • Kelly  J

    Kelly J

    WOW!! Love this steve!! :)

  • KenWright

    KenWright

    Very cool!

  • Sarah Moore

    Sarah Moore

    Woah – so beautiful!

  • Elana Bailey

    Elana Bailey

    Fab comp and capture, Steve. Well done. An instant fav.

  • Shelly Hiebert

    Shelly Hiebert

    VIEW LARGE! for sure. Fabulous shot Steve! I love the textures and details and all the elements in this image.

  • salsbells69

    salsbells69

    Instant fav. This is gorgeous Steve! Wonderfully captured and viewed larger just puts you there in that silky water. Awesome!!

  • Sharon House

    Sharon House

    Great shot Steve. The clarity is great and colours are gorgeous. I hope you had a good grip on that tripod.

  • midzing

    midzing

    fantastic capture Steve,,,well done

  • kathy s gillentine

    kathy s gillen...

    WOW Steve, outstanding capture

  • Dave Law

    Dave Law

    Excellent capture Steve, well done.

  • Basia McAuley

    Basia McAuley

    Excellent work Steve!! Love the wide angle capture,, the colour and those clouds,, very well done.

  • AndyGii

    AndyGii

    Great shot Steve

  • Jennifer Woodward

    Jennifer Woodward

    Gorgeous shot, Steve! Love the sky and that beautiful water!! :-)

  • Suzanne D Jaeschke

    Suzanne D Jaes...

    Sheree (6yr old) – Say’s this is ‘Amazing’ I love water.

    Suzanne – This is so Amazing Steve I love the colours and composition. I don’t recall Carpenters Rocks ever looking that good….Instant Fav..

  • Tori Buck

    Tori Buck

    Stunning work. This is beautiful. I like how the water around the rocks are a differ color. Very nice. A fav for sure.

  • OZZREBELXTI

    OZZREBELXTI

    Brilliant shot Steve.

  • Vanessa Anderberg

    Vanessa Anderberg

    AWESOME capture!! Great textures, and colors!

  • Danielle Knight

    Danielle Knight

    what perfect conditions for this perfect shot. Fantastic

  • retsilla

    retsilla

    Magnificent.

  • Olga Zvereva

    Olga Zvereva

    Great work, Steve! The cloud’s formations and water colour are amazing.

  • David Geoffrey Gosling

    David Geoffrey...

    Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • ian taylor

    ian taylor

    fantastic shot

  • Crispin  Gardner IPA

    Crispin Gardn...

    very well done Steve.

  • Steven Maynard

    Steven Maynard

    Very nice Steve top result here

  • AngieBel

    AngieBel

    Nice work indeed…really effective POV :)

  • handprintz

    handprintz

    Lovely shot and beautiful clarity

  • Shaun Whiteman

    Shaun Whiteman

    Great shot, amazing colours and composition!

  • Wayne  Pearson

    Wayne Pearson

    Eyecatching Steve, as usual. Well done.

  • Marcus Jones

    Marcus Jones

    WOW. Thats cool. Love the Channel thats surrounding the boat

  • Katja Fønss

    Katja Fønss

    Wow I love this. Everything just comes together perfectly!

  • Robert Mullner

    Robert Mullner

    Awesome image…Love this shot…

  • jason owens

    jason owens

    fantastic.!!!!!

  • simonesphotos

    simonesphotos

    Fantastic work Steve, well done mate!

  • Andrew Bosman

    Andrew Bosman

    This is stunning Steve. Man’s misfortune and nature’s wonder have combined to provide you with the scene which you have captured to perfection.

  • MelanieSpeaks

    MelanieSpeaks

    Love this one Steve…great capture!

  • cherylc1

    cherylc1

    Incredible!

  • cherylc1

    cherylc1

    Incredible!

  • ElRobbo

    ElRobbo

    Great scene!
    Well-crafted, Steve!

  • joolz

    joolz

    Amazing work Steve.

  • JimFilmer

    JimFilmer

    beautiful work Steve..was worth getting your arse wet for that one

  • Shannon Mowling

    Shannon Mowling

    That’s a stunning shot, looks so good in the frame too

  • Karin  Taylor

    Karin Taylorcommunity helper

    that’s an incredible take…i love the colour of the water, and just the angle and whatever you’ve done to make it look this way….i am no photographer…much more a painter…..but I can certainly see what talent you have!

  • Antonio Zarli

    Antonio Zarli

    Excellent Steve.

  • Janet Fikar

    Janet Fikar

    Super shot. I love the clouds and the pool of water around the wreck. It doesn’t get much better than this.

  • Joel Hall

    Joel Hall

    Great work Steve

  • Laurie Search

    Laurie Search

    So cool and beautiful!

  • linda858100

    linda858100

    LOVELY

  • Megan Martin

    Megan Martin

    WOW Steve! This is absolutely gorgeous! =)

  • Sharon Johnstone

    Sharon Johnstone

    WOW….Gorgeous work Steve!!!!!!

  • Sc0ttB

    Sc0ttB

    Fantastic shot. Well captured.

  • Nick Hunt

    Nick Hunt

    This is the winner, only trouble is I can see how shallow the surrounding water actually was, taking away the bravery factor I’d been imagining!

  • Dharna

    Dharna

    This is a fantastic shot Steve. Great cloud formation and I love the water. Both the shallow and the pool of turquoise. Great pano

  • DApixara

    DApixara

    amazing!! :O

  • FelicityB

    FelicityB

    Clouds are amazing, and so is that water!

  • bill  oneil

    bill oneil

    brilliant my friend,

  • Robert Jenner

    Robert Jenner

    Great shot steve…. Im on my way to Carpenter Rocks…... with Sprinkla close behind.

    Rob J :))

  • Bryce09

    Bryce09

    Great shot Nick and lucky find

  • debb

    debb

    wonderful work – stunning viewed large – beautiful comp – colors :)

  • Gary L. Suddath

    Gary L. Suddath

    wide angle and clouds give it wonderful depth….beautiful

  • capecodart

    capecodart

    Lovely shot!

  • Diane Schuster

    Diane Schuster

    Beautifully done, Steve! Fantastic dof! Dee

  • Lozzle

    Lozzle

    amazing!! really stunning work

  • Angel Warda

    Angel Warda

    this is fabulous steve! love it!

  • Al Bourassa

    Al Bourassa

    AWESOME work!! It almost looks fisheyed.

  • Paul Louis Villani

    Paul Louis Vil...

    Oh Steve!! This is an absolute stunner! Perfect! :D

  • Rosalie Scanlon

    Rosalie Scanlon

    Stunning work with wonderful light and a beautiful scene

  • Michael Bainbridge

    Michael Bainbr...

    beautiful photograph, great work Steve

  • Fremme

    Fremme

    great work you did here, well composed, stunning colors and what a sight, great job

  • rosedew

    rosedew

    Brilliant

  • Globalphotos

    Globalphotos

    Super shot Steve, wonderful colour range :))

  • Sue Nueckel

    Sue Nueckel

    Awesome shot!Well done

  • Denis Dalby

    Denis Dalby

    Great point of view and composition Steve.

  • Jason Fewins

    Jason Fewins

    Awesome Capture Steve. A rare calm day at the rocks. Composition spot on.

  • sunsetgirl

    sunsetgirl

    cool shot! nice composition!

  • Nicole Whittaker

    Nicole Whittaker

    That is great. awesome shot!

  • Joyce Dickens, IPA

    Joyce Dickens,...

    Awe-inspiring beauty; beautiful imagery!!!

  • Tom Smith

    Tom Smith

    nice nice nice

  • MacroMadness

    MacroMadness

    incredible capture

  • Tracey Mac

    Tracey Mac

    Superb Steve…..love all your images of this wreck….as if you didn’t know lol….

  • marillu79

    marillu79

    gorgeous…

  • J-C Saint-Pô

    J-C Saint-Pô

    gorgeous photo!
    the colors are overwhelming beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

  • John Beamish

    John Beamish

    Fantastic shot.

  • luis ferreiro

    luis ferreiro

    Awesome!!

  • Tina Longwell

    Tina Longwell

    Great shot Steve! Wonderful!

  • PhotosByG

    PhotosByG

    Hi Steve. Style, Class, Elegance, Excellence are looking for photos of this quality and calibre if you are interested in submitting this photo and any other photos you may have of the same quality, (that fall within the guidelines).
    Cheers, Graham.

  • Steve Chapple replied

    Thank you for the invitation Graham, on it’s way!

  • Richard  George

    Richard George

    WOW what impact!! Stunning!

  • PhotosByG

    PhotosByG

    Congratulations! Your photo has been featured in “Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!”

    This photo was chosen because it was of a very high quality and it captured exactly the sort of work we are looking for in this group.

    Please keep up the great work and we hope you continue to add more of your excellent photographs to our group.

  • Terry Everson

    Terry Everson

    Superb image Steve, with all the elements just right.

  • Vicki Ferrari

    Vicki Ferrari

    Wow! Incredible shot Steve! Instant fave!! (hope you washed the salt out of your tripod!!!) Worth getting it wet for this though! Gorgeous!

  • DawsonImages

    DawsonImages

    Great sky and the way the waves frame the wreck is quite a nice addtion, well done!

  • Trish Woodford

    Trish Woodford

    This is great, the colours are lovely and the clouds are amazing :)

  • Robert Armstrong

    Robert Armstrong

    Wow! What an awesome and beautiful shot! :-0

  • Rodney Trenchard

    Rodney Trenchard

    Awsome work mate… did you use a pano head og hand held

  • Jerame    *

    Jerame *

    Steve, I’m a major fan of your work and I’ve been behind in seeing work on redbubble but everytime I see your work, I have the same reaction to each shot:
    “AMAZING!”
    So I’m just going to copy and paste this comment on everything that I’ve missed. You are in a league of masters on here!
    (this comment will only be copied on your work)

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    great composition, well done

  • Stephanie  Werden

    Stephanie Werden

    This is so cool! What an awesome image!

  • Waleska Luker

    Waleska Luker

    I find this work captivating and so beautiful! It fits perfectly in the First Things group!

  • Simmone

    Simmone

    Stunning image!

  • dinghysailor1

    dinghysailor1

    fantastic work!! love the coloured framing from the pool shes made hereself to sit in.. wonderful viewpoint and capture

  • Brandie1

    Brandie1

    Brilliant shot.
    Great lighting..

  • ltruskett

    ltruskett

    This shot looks like something straight out of a movie. Such a perfect capture. All elements are right with this shot…......... Very well done.

  • mm1208

    mm1208

    great colors,
    rubbish can be pretty too!
    only not too much ;)

  • CarolM

    CarolM

    Great panorama, Steve. It’s amazing how the clouds and the water seem to mimic each other the way they spread out. I love you work. This is another stunning image.

  • Cody  VanDyke

    Cody VanDyke

    Amazing capture!

  • Laurie Search

    Laurie Search

    Gorgeous!!

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