Coastal View South to Manhattan Beach Pier and Flying Seagulls

View South with Birds

Panorama coastal scene and view South with Manhattan Beach Pier, the strand, the bike path, the ocean (Santa Monica Bay), sandy beach, clear sky. and a flock of seagulls.

'View South with Birds'.

I had come across this view in the early 1980s'. After 1990 I began exclusively shooting photos with the Fuji617 Panorama format camera (4 shots per 120 roll) and

in the early '90s I shot my first panorama of this scene. One sunny afternoon years later I revisited the location to update my older image. Things looked good so first I set up my 8ft ladder and composed the scene, then put in a roll of film and waited for the sun to get lower and things to be right. While on the ladder waiting I watched as groups of seagulls flew by, I thought I should try and photograph a flock as they flew by. I was able to take a few shots before there were no more birds, this 'View south with Birds' was the result.