Absent Fishing

i randomly took this picture when i went to SeaCliff when we went to Santa Cruz

i actually entered this picture to a Photo contest here in my town 

im really happy i had the opportunity to enter! 

ive never entered for anything! 

anyways! i really love how this picture came out! hope you enjoy it! 

info on the ship in the background:


SS Palo Alto was a concrete ship built as a tanker at the end of World War I. She was built by the San Francisco Shipbuilding Company at the U.S. Naval Shipyard in Oakland, California. She was launched on 29 May 1919, too late to see service in the war.


She was mothballed in Oakland until 1929, when she was bought by the Seacliff Amusement Corporation and towed to Seacliff State Beach in Aptos, California. A pier was built leading to the ship, and she was sunk a few feet in the water so her keel rested on the bottom. There she was refitted as an amusement ship, with amenities including a dance floor, a swimming pool and a café.


The company went bankrupt two years later and the ship cracked at the midsection. She was stripped of her fittings and left as a fishing pier. Eventually she deteriorated to the point where she was unsafe for even this use and was closed to the public. Today she remains at Seacliff Beach and serves as an artificial reef for marine life.


i straight up copy and paste the paragraph above lmao!


but here's the link where i got it from!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Palo_Alto


also! there's an before and after picture of the ship!


http://www.concreteships.org/ships/ww1/paloalto/


:))