We were traveling through Malta in 2018 when I came across this. According to the locals it had crashed up on shore about a month prior. They didn’t know what to do so they tied it off until they could come up with a solution. My personal favorite of the photos I took. The two guys below were exploring the ship. Thought it would ruin the shot but it ended up adding some good scale.

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Since it was my favorite shot I got it printed. I extended the left edge with Photoshop to get an ultra wide 2:3 print (the original right edge was cropped out of the photo posted here). Got it done on a reflective metal, looks great in the dining room.

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You should be wildly proud of that!

Can you tell me about printing on reflective metal? I’ve printed on the reflectorized vinyl like a street sign, but not directly on the steel. That looks like a million bucks!

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I used these guys

https://www.printpartner.ca/

They were the only ones I could find that did the ultra wide in metal (it’s 40x60). I added the gloss white as metal prints can sometimes dull the colors.

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Apparently now you’d have to go to Gozo (with dive gear…) to get a shot like this!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MT_Hephaestus

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In the months after the grounding, the Hephaestus shipwreck became a popular photo backdrop for Maltese and foreign social media users.

Lulz

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Good find! I was wondering what happened to it

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Nice pic! What does [OC] mean? Im not familiar.

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OP did take the photo themselves, it’s not something they found on the web.

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Original content!

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Thanks!

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Looks like an upside down shoe. A very big one.

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That’s amazing

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