Sea of Blood

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    Hemoglobin is a strong pigment. Blood from slaughtered pilot whales, diluted in sea water.

    Unedited JPEG straight from the FinePix A330.

    'Sea of Blood' On Black

    Used wth permission at societe.fluctuat.net/diaporamas/iles-feroe-le-mercure-sau...

    Neil Sinclair, leVan_i, CatsFive, and 26 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    1. HeiðaS 84 months ago | reply

      Grindadráp?

    2. Jan Egil Kristiansen 84 months ago | reply

      ja men det er hemmelig

      Grindadráp

    3. katiek2 84 months ago | reply

      incredible! What an incredible place!

    4. Felix van de Gein 84 months ago | reply

      impressive!

    5. jungl thomas 77 months ago | reply

      Romantic shot! ;)

    6. DonahuePhoto 77 months ago | reply

      This is blood from whales... not too romantic in my eyes. Great shot!

    7. Jan Egil Kristiansen 77 months ago | reply

      Ah, come on. Think of Lord Byron or the goth subculture. Blood and death is very romantic.

      So is the sustainable harvest of Mother Nature's resources.

      I believe jungl thomas is ironic, and this is indeed not a romantic shot. On the contrary, it is an attempt to document the 'real color' of bloody sea water. The romantic version is
      The Faroe Islands: Grindadráp

    8. leVan_i 74 months ago | reply

      outstanding....

    9. Jan Egil Kristiansen 74 months ago | reply

      thanks...you have something going on with gray and red yourself - less clear if your red is blood or not...

    10. electrolito 73 months ago | reply

      Amazing shot...
      I don't see it very romantic neither...
      Whales are animals with a very sophisticated nervous system and intricate social relationships. I'm totally against this slaughter.
      Out of this I still think at the Faeroe Islands as a mystic and romantic place.

    11. CatsFive 68 months ago | reply

      Wow.

    12. byramjoseph 65 months ago | reply

      lets go for a swim...oh wait...

    13. Peter Laurent 62 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fundamental! Fantastic! Photography! Post1, Award3--Vote Now, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

      wow

    14. dito cujo 62 months ago | reply

      Hi, I've just started a group called Blood is Beautiful, and it would be cool to have this photo in our pool!

    15. Yenamara 45 months ago | reply

      Where on the Faroe islands is this?
      I'm studying the Faroe islands for a short art project. I'm including the whale hunting in it.

      Tamara x

    16. Jan Egil Kristiansen 45 months ago | reply

      It is in Sands bygd (Sandur village) on Sandoy. I'll try to click a map.

    17. Yenamara 45 months ago | reply

      Cool thanks very much :)
      I'm trying to pick something for each place on the islands.
      Like a legend/where a pioneer artist lived/worked.
      I havn't got anything for the little north east islands yet or Skuvoy and the island south of that. I understand if your busy, but any thoughts?

    18. Jan Egil Kristiansen 45 months ago | reply

      For Skúvoy, I think the obvious choice is Sigmundur Brestisson.

      And for Stóra Dímun, Annika í Dimun is an equally obvious choice. Executive summary: Her father lost her in a game of cards, she killed her husband and was executed for murder.

      Both stories fit in with my Sea of Blood theme...

      Sigmundur posing as Christ (or - The One That Got Away)

    19. Yenamara 45 months ago | reply

      Thank you! :) :)

    20. Paula Gonzalez. 33 months ago | reply

      Oh I thought this was where they kill the millions of dolphins in Japan.

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