The jetty at the entrance to the Point Wilson marina was recently replaced and offers some interesting views. The marina was closed for months while the jetty was replaced and any boat that was left in the marina was unable to leave for the duration. As a result, there are a number of empty slips now … although I expect they will be filled up by summer.
The town center of Port Townsend is around the point of land coming into the water from the right. That is Point Hudson and just around the corner is one of the big marinas. In the distance is Marrowstone Island and Indian Island, while the buildings are mostly housing left from the days when Fort Worden was active. It’s now a state park and some of the housing is available for short term rental. It was also the location for filming some of “An Officer and A Gentleman”.
I liked the grass greening up as spring approached.
The top photo shows the Point Wilson Lighthouse and Admiralty Inlet into Puget Sound. The clouds are hiding Mt Baker in the Cascades. The lower photo shows the ramp that was used for moving a searchlight out to the edge of the bluff to watch for enemy ships (pre-WWI). Both were taken from Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend.
While these are taken with my Nikon FM3a on Tri-X film (and processed in a professional lab), I get scans back from the lab that I work on in Lightroom on my computer. I liked the treatment here of having large areas of solid black … and the interesting silhouettes.
I usually try to avoid having my shadow in the photo. But I decided to intentionally include it in these shots (really!) … just because you should always break the photo rules once in a while. I kinda like how these turned out.
The Port Townsend Vineyard’s tasting room in right along the waterfront in downtown PT. Besides a very nice interior space, there is an excellent patio that is enjoyed year round (by those souls brave enough). When the sun comes out in the middle of winter, bundling up around a fire with a nice glass of wine is enjoyed by many.