Drakes beach, a photo from California, West

Photographer's Note

I took this picture on Drakes bay, in Point Reyes peninsula, north of San Francisco.

First version for the name, the bay is named for Francis Drake. The bay has long been considered the Drake's most likely landing spot on the west coast of North America during his circumnavigation of the world by sea in 1579.
Second version, the Spanish named the bay Saint Francis in the 17th century. An english expansionist converted the name to Puerto Francisco Draco, which translated back to Francis Drake.

Whatever name it may have, it is a very beautiful place, despite the frequent fog.

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Robbienight (621) 2006-02-18 18:20

Very nice shot, congratulations. Especially for the composition, it's not easy to capture the bird.
The landscape is very good too.
Great!

Seena (0) 2006-02-19 2:50 [Comment]

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redrubin (398) 2006-02-19 3:21 [Comment]

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johnnymag (490) 2006-02-19 12:37

Hi Marie,
I prefer the first version, definately Francis Drakes landing! Great photo, lovely compo with the seagull in the FG. Good light as well. I love how the cliff is being picked out. Great work, well done and TFS,
John

bigtim (3518) 2006-02-19 17:59

Bonjour petite!
Cette photo est vraiment trés reussi , le cadrage est trés soigné, le placement de la mouette avec son léger reflet, le placement de la ligne d'horizon et le format panoramique, bravo!
Amicalement
tiM../.

devimeuxbe (58557) 2006-02-19 18:10

Bonjour Marie
J'aime bien l'ambiance qui se dégage de cette image. La mopuette semble gelée. Très belle lumière sur la falaise. Le cadrage est parfait.
Bravo
Bertrand

Mistral (15396) 2006-02-22 16:19

Ciao Marie,
very good composition with good light on the cliffs as well reflections on the shore. Seagull it's well balanced in your image. Yes, it's a beautiful wild place!
A smile
Luca

baudoin (98) 2006-02-28 15:03

Belle photo de paysage maritime malgré un ensoleillement ingrat. Je ne pensais pas qu'on trouvait dans ce coin d'Amérique des falaises calcaires coiffées de prairies comme en Manche.
Amicalement
Gérard

donluicu (24692) 2006-03-10 14:18

salut Marie
super cadrage pour cette mouette devant ces falaises..c tres bien cadré..

loic