Within Prison Walls

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted January 24, 2017243 views2 comments

This is old Fort Jefferson, at the Dry Tortugas National Park. This was from one of the corners of the Hexagon. I liked the light coming through the archways. The cool breezes coming through all of the open windows looking out on the ocean were nice in the shade. Fort Jefferson was used for a prison during and after the civil war in America.

Canon 5DIII, f16, 1/4 sec, iso 800, -1 exp bias, 24-105 lens at 32mm. Thank you for your thoughts and suggestions.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on January 24, 2017 at 11:43 AM

Very nicely composed, Ed - I like the way the eye is drawn through the image to the inviting light in the distance.

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Comment posted by Kent Staubus on January 27, 2017 at 9:06 AM

I've always wanted to visit there, and your shot just encourages me. "Tortuga" means turtle in Spanish, and the island was so named because sea turtles would nest there. "Dry" means there is no natural source of fresh water. All water had to be brought in by ship. I believe that after the Civil War it was used as a prison for rebellious Indians from the Great Plains.

Kent in SD

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