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This image was taken from inside the old fort in St. Augustine showing a tour group of school aged children. I liked the soft effect in the image - for info on post-processing, see my blog at www.digitalladysyd.com/?p=5006.
It was six dollars to get inside, and we weren't sure if there was anything about the interior that justified the price.
In any case, the outside is impressive.
Um, no, this is NOT the pirates that the Navy is currently concerned with...
Castillo De San Marcos National Monument
Castillo de San Marcos
National Monument
The oldest masonry fort and best preserves example of a Spanish colonial fortification in the USA.
Ground was broken in 1672.
St Augustine, Florida
St Augustine was established in 1565 by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles and is the oldest permanent European settlement in the continental United States.
Things to see and do in St. Augustine:
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Shot on the Mantanzas River on the grounds of the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. The moon was at 25% Waning Crescent, Venus, Mars and Saturn were showing off, the Bridge of Lions in the distance with the St. Augustine Lighthouse waving in the distance.
On our second day in the Jacksonville area, we headed east to St Augustine, the oldest continuously inhabited European-established city in the US.
Saint Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. He named the settlement "San Agustín", as his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida on August 28, 1565, the feast day of St. Augustine.
The city served as the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years, and remained the capital of East Florida when the territory briefly changed hands between Spain and Britain. It was designated the capital of the Florida Territory until Tallahassee was made the capital in 1824.
It is brimming with Colonial history, and it was also among the pivotal sites of the Civil Rights Movement in 1963–1964.
On our second day in the Jacksonville area, we headed east to St Augustine, the oldest continuously inhabited European-established city in the US.
Saint Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. He named the settlement "San Agustín", as his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida on August 28, 1565, the feast day of St. Augustine.
The city served as the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years, and remained the capital of East Florida when the territory briefly changed hands between Spain and Britain. It was designated the capital of the Florida Territory until Tallahassee was made the capital in 1824.
It is brimming with Colonial history, and it was also among the pivotal sites of the Civil Rights Movement in 1963–1964.
This is one fancy broze cannon! It also appears to be a long-range cannon. A cannon that is very thick around the combustion chamber can stand more pressure. A long barrel gives the black powder time to build up a lot of pressure, increasing the speed of the projectile.
One of the old cannons on the top of the Castillo de San Marcos Spanish fort in St. Augustine. For some post info, check out my short blog at www.digitalladysyd.com/?p=5863
Administered by the National Park Service, the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument represents the oldest remaining European fortification in the continental United States. The masonry fort and its surrounding land comprise 25 acres in historic downtown St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continually occupied European settlement in North America (since 1565).
One more view of the Castillo de San Marcos. Late day sunshine casting the shadow of a palm tree on its thick walls.
Castillo de San Marcos
St. Augustine, FL
This is the outer wall looking towards the river. I think that is a tour boat beside the palm tree.
Taken back in 2010 from the Castillo de San Marcos fort wall looking at our Jeep Cherokee in the parking lot. As you can see there is nothing to stop one from walking across the lawn to the fort, so that is what I did. I took a good long enjoyable time exploring the fort taking many images including this one through the stone wall openings. As I walked out I took the sidewalk to the Jeep and there was a ticket booth I had not seen earlier. A rather upset looking man stood in it staring at me, I looked above him and saw I was supposed to pay a fee to enter. I went over to the booth and said oh, there's a fee to get in....he said Yeeeees in a long drawn out voice. I paid him the price and walked away chuckling at his mannerism, I had not seen any signs saying you had to pay to get in. The fort was built between 1672 and 1695.
Basically the same shot... but I'm experimenting with some new ways of processing my images, and I really liked the way the lighting turned out on this after all. I was actually able to very closely mimic about what the scene looked like.
The polarizer made the sky a bit strong, but I kind of like it. I tried desaturating it and it just didn't look right.
Thoughts?
I know it's a duplicate composition, but I'm definitely looking for some feedback between the two.
Shot on the Mantanzas River on the grounds of the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. The moon was at 25% Waning Crescent, Venus, Mars and Saturn were showing off, the Bridge of Lions in the distance with the St. Augustine Lighthouse waving in the distance.