Story by Gary Larsen
On August 22, 2009 a group of Photochrome members visited Point Bonita Lighthouse as well as Battery Mendell. These members included Willis Zhoe, Bob Nelson, Jim Elliot, Gary Larsen, Burr Preston and his guest Alan Hotchkiss. Even with overcast weather, we managed to get a few good shots that were presented at our September 3 meeting.
The rustic brick structure is situated at the tip of Point Bonita, 124 feet above sea level. We photographed sea lions resting on the rocks below and sea gulls too busy watching tourists coming and going to even take notice of our interest in their close presence. The flashing lighthouse lens and the suspension bridge which resembled a miniature Golden Gate Bridge were also photographed at several angles by our group. Another element of interest was the hand carved 118 foot tunnel we walked through to reach the lighthouse. Red lichen growing on the side of nearby cliffs offered nice photographic opportunities as well.
We hung around Battery Mendell and the lighthouse for about three hours before calling it a day. Even so, some of us still stopped off at the Marin Headlands Visitor Center to check it out before going home. Across the road was a group of deer grazing in the field just begging to be photographed. We couldn’t pass up the opportunity, so off we went to shoot some deer. After filling our memory cards we quickly left for San Francisco to download our images and see if any photographic treasures might be amongst our catch of the day.
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