Sealers
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A simple, yet magical astronomical phenomina. When there is a very thin crecent moon, the earth reflecets enough light to illuminate the dark part of the moon just a little. This earth shine makes the grey disc of the moon visible along size the sliver of light. Add a deep purple sky and a bit of prom ridge line and I reckon you have a pretty amazing sight.
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Sealers Cove was first visited by George Bass in 1798 and in keeping with the culture of the time he named it in accord with what commercial exploitation could be gained from it. Within a year a business associate of Bass’s had commenced sealing with activity peaking a few years later when up to 200 boats a year plied their trade in what was by then known as Bass Strait. By 1806 the population was so decimated that it was no longer profitable so attention was turned onto annihilating the whale and shearwater population instead (Shearwaters are commonly known as Muttonbirds in reference to their commercial value, these amazing birds migrate 15,000km every year between Bass Strait and the Berring Sea). This in turn was followed by logging with the Cove at one stage supporting a population of 60 souls, intent on deforesting it. Thankfully Wilsons Promontory National and Marine Park now protects these waters and once again nature is being left to run its course. This particular shot was taken the day after 140mm of rain fell and you can see the tanin stained water coming out Sealers Creek and the way the entire cove has been diluted in colour compared to the more aqua water beyond the entrance. Earlier that morning I tragically counted 54 dead shearwaters on the beach that had succumbed to the previous day’s storm. For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Seasons can be very important in photography. This shot for instance was taken in mid winter and the increased rainfall at this time of year had increased the flow of Sealers Creek which in turn had washed more sand out into the cove. The effect of this was a much lower beach which allowed me to get right under this branch and take full advantage of the first rays reflecting off the sand onto its underside. When I last visited in mid summer the gap under this tree was more like 6 inches than 6 feet making a similar shot impossible. For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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This shot happened quite serendipitously while taking another shot (see Dawn – Sealers Cove). For me it perfectly encapsulates the ideal of what our relationship with nature should be. A simple, childlike, and playful appreciation of natures beauty both mentally and physically. For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Sealers Cove, Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia. / Fuji GSW690II, 6×9cmformat, Velvia film. / © Ern Mainka
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"Another Sealer Bites the Dust"
by Crockpot04/16/2008 Another Sealer Bites the Dust / [to be beat of “Another One Bites the Dust”] Commentary by Captain Paul Watson / Found…
04/16/2008 Another Sealer Bites the Dust / [to be beat of “Another One Bites the Dust”] Commentary by Captain Paul Watson / Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society And Another One Gone and Another One Gone…………… Oh! Shepherds Let’s go / The sealer walks warily on the ice / With his club and knuckles dragging low, / No mercy in his heart, he isn’t very nice, / Hak-a-pik ready to go / Are you ready hey are you ready for this? / Are you hanging on the edge of your seat? / Out of the gloom the Sea Shepherd does rip / To the sound of the beat yeah / Another sealer bites the dust / Another sealer bites the dust / And another sealer gone and another one gone / Another one bites the dust hey / Hey we’re gonna get you too / Another sealer bites the dust / How do you think we’re going to get along / Without them the seals are gone / You took from the ice everything that they had / And kicked them in the face. / Are you happy, are you satisfied? / How long can you stand the pain. / Out of the ice the Sea Shepherd rips / To the sound of the beat look out / Another sealer bites the dust / Another sealer bites the dust / And another one gone and another one gone / Another one bites the dust hey / Hey I’m gonna get you too / Another sealer bites the dust / Hey / Oh take it – Bite the dust bite the dust / Hey Another sealer bites the dust / Another one bites the dust ow / Another sealer bites the dust he he / Another sealer bites the dust hay yay ya ya ya / Ooh shout / There are plenty of ways that you can hurt a seal / And bring him to the ground / You can beat him / You can skin him alive / You can wound him bad and leave him / When he’s down yeah / But we’re, yes we’re for you / We’re standing on our own two feet / Out of the fog you can see us rip / Repeating to the sound of the beat / Another sealer bites the dust / Another sealer bites the dust / And another one gone and another one gone / Another sealer bites the dust yeah / Hey we’re gonna get you too / Another sealer bites the dust / Shoot out / E-he! Alright! And yesterday two more sealing ships bit the dust. The Newfoundland sealing vessel Lacey May burst into flames and burned to the waterline some 37 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland. All five seal killers were rescued by the coast guard after the men abandoned their boat and hopped onto an ice floe. About the same time a 15 metre sealing vessel the B S Venture ran onto the rocks on the coast of Newfoundland. Apparently their engine broke down, they lost power, and went up on the rocks. Now that was a sight for a poor seal’s eyes. Two weeks ago the sealing boat L’Acadien II capsized while being towed through the ice by the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Sir William Alexander. Four men died in that tragedy. That was not the first time this bizarre accident has happened. In 1997, the Newfoundland sealing boat Angela and Brother’s flipped and sank while being towed by the Coast Guard ice-breaker Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Sealing vessels were crushed and sunk last year in thick ice and numerous vessels have been damaged again this year. Not that the sealers care. The government of Canada is always ready to pay compensation for losses just as they subsidize the slaughter with surveillance to locate seals, they break the ice to allow access to the seals and they march around the world trying to drum up markets for seal products ranging from seal fur to powdered seal penis. Tax-payer founded purveyors of snake-oil sex potions and heavy metal laced seal oil “health” tablets. The seal slaughter is a glorified welfare scheme and the sealers nothing more than uneducated welfare bums seeking to practice their barbarous trade at the expense of Canadian tax-payers and Canada’s reputation. All of this because Canadian Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn is encouraging sealers to use flimsy non-ice class wooden and aluminum hulled vessels in extremely hazardous ice conditions. In their lust to kill seals the sealers are being encouraged by a man seeking to further his own political ambitions by declaring himself the champion of fishermen and the scourge of seals and seal defenders. After all, most Canadians did not elect Hearn, he only needs to keep the fishermen in Newfoundland happy to win re-election. He can ignore the concerns of all Canadians because only the sealing vote counts for him. Meanwhile the ever hilariously hysterical Hearn is having his thugs tear apart the Sea Shepherd ship Farley Mowat looking for safety violations. It appears that a steel hulled, Norwegian built, ice class ship is suspected of not being safe to navigate the ice yet flimsy little boats are being blessed by the same Coast Guard and sent off to sea to be dashed on rocks, burnt or sunk by the Coast Guard. Meanwhile Hearn distracts the anger of the fishermen away from government incompetence by scape-goating seals and seal defenders. In his effort to harpoon all opposition to the barbaric sealing industry, Hearn has made a spectacle of himself, spouting off with juvenile schoolyard name-calling, shooting mis-information from the hip and sending his gun-toting henchmen onto a foreign registered yacht in international waters and then bold faced lying about it, obviously completely ignorant of the fact that there is a device called GPS that can pinpoint the position of vessels to within a few metres anywhere in the world. As sealing boats sink, get crushed in the ice, burn and smash themselves on the rocks, images of horrific cruelty are being published worldwide. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s campaign to defend the seals has been an enormous success and everything has gone better than planned as we take the battle off the ice for now and into the courtrooms. Meanwhile, another sealing boat bites the dust and another one gone and anther one gone – alright!
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BUY PRINTS AND CARDS OF THIS ART ABOVE SUPPORT THE ARTIST BELOW / Anonymous donation to further my work. / Share my work with friends & family. This is an adaptation of ” View to the Amalfi Coast ” by Carl Fredrik Aagaard of Denmark, 1833-1895. It was commissioned by M. Morris in Dallas, TX who contacted me and asked if I could do a mural on tumbled Italian marble. The 12” x 19” tiles were shipped to me and Ms. Morris and I collaborated via e-mail regarding how she wanted the image portrayed. It was hand painted and airbrushed using acrylic and tile sealer. The finished mural was shipped back to Dallas where it was installed onto a kitchen wall.
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This Panorama was taken at Sealer’s Cove on the east coast of Wilsons Promontory National Park. I thought it was great to have the natural patterns in the sand and water, with the sets of couples walking in the distance.
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My quick and somewhat flawed artist’s impression of this amazing beach at Wilson’s Prom. Nat. Park. Australia / watercolour on 300 g arches paper.copyright Taariq hassan.
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Shell Sealers Cove,Wilson Prom National Park VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
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Beautiful bay with a perfect beach has a dark past. In 18th century sealers and whalers stationed here, they say you can still find giant bones in this area… / Mono conversion shows both the beauty and secrets of this place. / Taken at Sealer’s Cove in Wilson’s Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia. Canon EOS 450D Ef-S 18-55 IS / Tv 1/8sec / Av f/22 / ISO 100 / Converted form RAW / Lightroom 2 + Photoshop CS4
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This is a bridge on the Telegraph Saddle to Sealer’s Cove track in Wilson’s Prom National Park in Victoria, Australia Canon EOS 450D Ef-S 18-55 IS / Tv 1/5sec / Av f/13 / ISO 200 / Converted form RAW / Lightroom 2 + Photoshop CS4 12 Jan 2009 Featured in group “100%”
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It took us a day to walk in and out with the out part finishing a couple of hours after dark. This was not by design, but we could not walk any faster. It was a glorious trip, nit to be missed by any who can do it. One of our grandchildren has now done it in two days staying overnight at Sealers Cove and he thought it easy. Taken with Pentax camera and Pentax 28 mm shift lens on Kodachrome film.
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Sealers Cove, with Sealers Creek in the foreground. Shot taken around midday, on a glorious clear day.
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Sealers Cove, looking to the north from Sealers Creek
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Sea mist drifting into Sealers Cove. Whilst resting in the shade after hiking to Sealers Cove, we watched huge amounts of mist floating into the cove, gently floating across the water, and across the nearby hills. A great sight to see!
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On a beautiful warm spring day, the beautiful Sealers Cove saw sea mist drifting in from the adjacent ocean….
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