Old Neptune
from the abandoned fuel dock at Minstrel Island
thank you to all for your interest in my latest photos from Minstrel Island ....
one has to imagine a very small island covered by bush and rock, inhabitated by bears, far away from the Mainland and from Vancouver Island, accessible only after passing through dangerous waterways full of currents or by seaplane ... there is no electricity, no running water, no store, no doctor, no library, no, no, no, no .... and then comes the fog and the winter storms. What first was idyllic gets difficult to handle - and when leaving the place you only have a small boat to pack things into and .... maybe you plan to go back.
Well, I have been trying to imagine what it must have been like, but the isolation and just meeting people who happen to come your way would make life so hard !!!
Manu T. 24/01/2016 11:54
Excellent details and tones in this fine close up.Gr.Manu
Berthold Klammer 24/11/2013 17:53
Excellent capture including your text, which gives the whole a story. regards Bertholdaline64 24/11/2013 8:36
une impressionnante machinerie bien mise en valeur par ton NB, bravoamicalement
Lawson McCulloch 23/11/2013 16:10
An excellent and well detailed monochrome shot.best wishes,
Lawson
Conny11 23/11/2013 15:51
Hier ist dir eine sehr gute Detailaufnahme in SW gelungen..Ich glaube schon, dass es sehr einsam und eine Herausforderung ist auf einer solchen kleinen Insel zu leben...Idylle ist das eine aber der Alltag sieht oft ganz anders aus.
LG und ein schönes WE Conny
BRYAN CRUTE 23/11/2013 11:57
I love all these kind of pictures of old engineering marvels this is is no exception. Great details and well converted shotRegards
Bryan
TeresaM 23/11/2013 9:25
Ces détails superbement cadrés dans ce NB sont une vision fantastique et excellente, Adele !!Bisous & bonne journée :-)
Joëlle Millet 23/11/2013 0:53
Joli traitement qui donne beaucoup de force à ta réflexion . Le noir et blanc est très très beau . Bisesmelkart (pepe jaime) 23/11/2013 0:14
Buen detalle y mejor edición. Besosadriana lissandrini 22/11/2013 22:10
You say that the inhabitants had to leave the island for the conditions meteorogiche?the black and white high contrast makes it very interesting these abandoned objects that are no longer needed, excellent realization
hugs, Adriana
Terje Nicolaysen 22/11/2013 20:36
Beautiful photo ! Very nice in B wAngelika El. 22/11/2013 19:49
Ein Motiv, das in s-w ganz wunderbar zur Geltung kommt! Du zeigst ganz unterschiedliche Motive von dieser Insel.... auch dieses hier ist wieder super gelungen!
LG! a.
Dragan Milovanovic 22/11/2013 18:55
Photo is sharp and heavy as the isolation itself.Reading the title and description makes it even heavier.
Excellent work!
Vitória Castelo Santos 22/11/2013 16:13
It`s very interesting........!regards
Vitoria
Claudio Micheli 22/11/2013 13:05
Splendida immagine!Ciao