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23 January 2005 Zane Paxton

Last Light at Montara Beach

Montara Beach, California

The derelect WWII bunker on the hill beyond added a sense of something mysterious about this place.
The bunker is actually a WWII era "base end" station for the gun batteries that protected the Golden Gate,
mostly the 16" batteries on the Marin headlands, and South of the GG.
The bunker contained a telescopic sight that was trained on a enemy ship, and the bearing and speed were automatically sent by phone line to a plotting center,
where an advanced analog computer aimed the guns, which had a range of well over 20 miles.

The gull was a perfect addition to the image as it landed on the rock to see what I was up to.

Sadly, I have lost the original of this image...

FujiFilm FinePix S2 Pro ,Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S ,Digital
1/6th @ f/9.5 ISO 100, RAW, Tripod full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Bill Taylor19-Nov-2009 22:04
Beautiful Shot ! I was at Pt. Montara Monday , but I didn't think about shooting on the beach.
Bill Robinson12-Jan-2007 10:34
Beautifully put together Zane. Love the space front left and the historical bunker and gull are lovely touches.
nomada15-Nov-2006 20:28
Stunning image! V
Kees Terberg24-Jun-2006 22:07
Superb! The lone bird, pelican or seagull, juts makes the shot for me. The fantastic swirl of moving water just leads the eye through to the finer details such as that lone bird. Wow...
Guest 23-Jun-2006 23:43
Lovely picture! Wish I was there! Nice shot! Lynne
Guest 22-May-2006 08:42
Beautiful composition & light, great shot! Zane
Guest 16-May-2006 04:37
Beautiful, beautiful work, Z!
I guess no one worries about having large images downloaded and printed anymore, becasue I sure a lot of them being loaded.
Karen Moen12-May-2006 08:34
Beautiful color and composition. What is perched atop the rock? Voted.
Guest 12-May-2006 08:29
Lovely.. It reminds me of a place in Brittany where Monet use to go painting..
Robert Socha07-May-2006 05:22
Beautiful composition. Lots to look at here.
Guest 05-Apr-2006 21:29
So much to like here
Tom Heim14-Mar-2006 14:15
Beautiful image, Zane. I love the interplay of water among the rocks in the lower-most foreground.
Vote
Richard Calmes17-Nov-2005 16:42
This is a lovely shot. Great colors and that one bird!
Guest 16-Nov-2005 08:04
very beautiful, moody and mysterious.... thanx for the interesting note beneath the photo:)
cheers
Guest 20-Oct-2005 19:02
Nice composition, Love this image Zane.
Henry
Gar Cropser19-Sep-2005 05:55
Wonderful compostion and light.
Brian Klimowski27-Aug-2005 05:34
Superb image here, Zane. The exposure, coloration, and presentation here is fabulous...
Brian
Besati27-Jul-2005 04:28
Stunning shot!!! Perfect color and composition. The bird is a real big bonus.
Dean Swope18-Jul-2005 07:49
Fantastic !!! very captivating and moving...waht more can i say, right down to the motion of the water in the foreground all i need to be there is the sound and smell... great work !!
Dean
Robert Kitay30-Jun-2005 09:06
Fantastic in every way - down to the bird on the rock.
Della Huff11-May-2005 16:28
Gorgeous composition. I love the slight movement of the water - gives the image an interesting dynamic as the movement contrasts with the still rocks and bird.
Ron Horloff01-Mar-2005 22:13
Very nice composition, with the swirl of the water leading the eye to the rock and bird.

Ron
José Pinto16-Feb-2005 12:30
You have the certainty of that you did not come here in Portugal to take off this photo:.
I's very beautiful and I like the detail of the bird in top of the rock.
Regards
José Pinto
Guest 06-Feb-2005 10:15
Unbelievable image: Perfect light and composition
Guest 05-Feb-2005 21:30
Superb. There's almost a 3-D quality to this.