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San Martin Island Photos
Approaching the island located approximately 5 km off San Quintin's Pacific shoreline.
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Harbor buoy marooned on the island beach
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Shot taken from the island beach looking east towards the mainland
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Sharing a hot cup of coffee (with tequila) on a cold windy afternoon inside a local fisherman's shack on the island. I decided not to use a flash so
as to capture the real lighting effect inside
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Looking north along the island beach
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An idea: Keep the photo of the fishing shack and give printed copies to the men about twenty years from now.
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Great idea...
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Nice photos. Thanks BG. It looks like some of the fisherman use old wooden dorys and some use pangas.
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Those are exceptionally sharp pictures. I love the framing of the first one and...is that a two-burner hot plate on top of the stove?
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Thats an awsome shot in the fishing shack it has a genuine feel to it, the real drama of life.
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Is that beach at Caleta Hassler? It's been many years since I've been there.
BG, what ISO did you "push" that to? Such low light, and yet no slow shutter smear. Or the guys happened to be motionless.
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Good job BG! Seeing interesting places on maps or in photos makes me want to go there!
[Edited on 12-22-2008 by David K]
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Great Photos, BG! That photo inside the fishcamp shack has so much character. How cool to capture that!
I am trying to figure out what those images are to the right of the man standing next to the window. It looks like two frames of photos; maybe women.
That effect of back lighting and/or front lighting almost looks like flames. That same effect is not only within the frames, but also surrounding
them. Do you recall the details of that?
Besides that, the lighting of the whole photo is very well done.
It looks like a great fishing spot. David K's map shows the reef. Did the local fishermen let you fish too?
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Thanks for the nice comments and I'll try to answer your questions.
The fishermen use a variety of boats based on whether they are working in the harbor or out around the island where the sea is more demanding.
In the picture of the fish shack you can see a two burner propane stove on top of the oven. They told me the old stove had rusted through and was no
longer safe to use.
The fish camp is at Hassler Cove and in the photo the ISO was set at 1600 due to low lighting. That is also why it is a bit grainy. It was very dark
inside.
The images you see in the photo next to Lupe who was making coffee is light coming through a window that was covered over with an old yellow tarp. The
shelf in front had some odd shapes to it and created the "images" you see. When I first entered the shack it took some time for my eyes to adjust to
the low light and my first impression was much like yours.
I do get to fish as well as dive around the island. One of the gentlemen in the photo is a very close friend who was just awarded the fishing
concession for the entire island and with that comes a responsibility to clean and preserve the island. I have attended many work parties out to the
island doing just that these past few months. A lot has been accomplished but even more remains to be done. The next step will be to raze most of the
old and dilapidated fishing shacks. The Navy is going to help us with moving garbage out that has collected over decades on the island and hopefully
we will have the island looking much as it did before. It is a very challenging but rewarding project and I feel very honored to have been allowed to
participate. After the island is cleaned up there will remain a few fishing shacks that are fixed up with solar/wind generated power and manned 365
days a year to tend the abalone that will be seeded early next year. I have been invited to participate in that adventure and I am really excited
about that.
Just south of Hassler Cove is a lagoon. That is a spectacular place as well and within short walking distance of the camp. I will post some photos of
the lagoon in another thread.
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Very, very cool BG. What a great experience!
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out standing,, I really enjoyed your post and photos
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I like the volcanic crater almost right in the middle of the island. At least that's what I think it is. If so, I wonder when it last erupted.
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The volcano which is now San Martin Island is part of the San Quintin volcanic field which consists of 11 volcano's which all originally began
submarine. There are differing opinions as to the last eruption and they range from 3 to 20 thousand years ago.
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Photo taken from island peak towards the mainland with the cove visible below.
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One of the island's lava tubes.
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