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Sand Castle at Sunset


	Sand Castle at Sunset Mission Bay, San Diego, California (8x10, 11x14, 16x20 Prints) Robert Jensen

Robert Jensen

Note: This image was originally shot with a Fuji 670 medium format camera using Fuji 6x7 transparency film. The sunset was a separate image added to this. This sand sculpture was built by my friend Gerry Kirk, of www.sandworld.com. This is just the top of it - it was 64 feet high and set a Guiness record for tallest sand sculpture. The theme was "The Lost City of Atlantis". The top of the castle represents a space ship.

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May 22, 2010

Merna L. Nobile

Hi Robert: This image is just amazing.
Would love to see it in person...Your description is so complete, thank you for sharing this wonderful Sand Castle!
Sincerely, Merna

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May 22, 2010

Robert Jensen

Thanks Merna. I drove down to San Diego a couple of times during the month it took to construct this. Unfortunately, shortly after it was done they had to tear it down for safety reasons. I have a lot of photos of it. This particular image was Gerry's favorite. I will post some others.

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May 22, 2010

Richard D. Love

This is beautiful, Robert. Excellent comp, detail, and effects. Well done.

Rick

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May 23, 2010

Carla Capra Anderson

I'm amazed at the details of this "sand sculpture". I especially enjoy the view point, looking past the winged sphinx towards the top and the stunning sky; my eye moves and is drawn to the top. Great focus and very well done.
Thank you for sharing this.
Enjoy,
Carla

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May 24, 2010

Carla Capra Anderson

Congratulations your image is WEYG's Daily Photo Winner.