Rust, yes I love rust and these are three rusty whale oil tanks from Deception Island in Antarctica. I just loved the way the light fell on these tanks for this image.
Tag: deception island
Ladders
Ladders are cool. Back in my firefighting days, I was the first to line up to climb ladders. The 50 foot and 100-foot ladders were the best. I’m not or maybe when I was younger wasn’t afraid of heights. I now have a slight fear of heights. Maybe because I have gotten a tad smarter in my old age. These ladders were shot on Deception Island, Antarctica. They are attached to what were old Whale Oil tanks. There is something about the repeatability of pattern and of course the rust that works for me in these images.
Whale Oil Tanks
Rust is a favorite subject of mine and I am always surprised at how much rust I find in Antarctica. These are whale oil tanks on Deception Island. This place is an abandoned and kind of surreal place. It’s an old whale processing plant from a hundred years ago. They slaughtered thousand of whales here without any regard. When you walk the beach there and then see images of the beach back then littered with whale bones it kind of creeps you out. Thus I shot this image to illicit some mood and tone for what used to take place there.