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Photograph of the Point Pinos Lighthouse in Pacific Grove, CA

By Mark Bruno

Real Estate Agent with Monterey Peninsula Home Team - Carmel, CA - Keller Williams Coastal Estates DRE# 01715978

January 18, 2011 02:01 PM

Pacific Grove Point Pinos Lighthouse

Just for fun I thought I would upload a picture I took of the Point Pinos Lighthouse in Pacific Grove, CA. For those of you who don't know, the Point Pinos Lighthouse is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the west coast. It was put into operation in February 1, 1855 and has been a beacon of light warning sailors of the potential rocky dangers off the coast and it marks the southern tip of the Monterey Bay.

In 1602, Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino named the northern tip of the Monterey Peninsula "Punta de los Pinos," or Point of the Pines while exploring the California coast. Back then the pine trees grew thick right to the waters edge.

For more information on the Pacific Grove Lighthouse you can click here.

This photograph was taken with a Canon 5d Mark II and is three different exposures blended together (HDR) to give it better detail and more dynamic range. To see more pictures of the Monterey Peninsula you can check out www.MarkBrunoPhotography.com.

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Gloria Todor

Premier Property Sales & Rentals - Springfield, PA

& Doug Durren (484) 431-3686 in SE PA

Mark, Great photo with a bit of history. Great clouds!

Gloria

Jan 18, 2011 03:25 PM

Mark Bruno

Monterey Peninsula Home Team - Carmel, CA - Keller Williams Coastal Estates - Pebble Beach, CA

Monterey Peninsula Home Team Leader

Thanks Gloria! The light was kind of surreal. The sun was being filtered by the clouds a bit. It was a great time to shoot the lighthouse.

Jan 18, 2011 03:30 PM

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Wende Schoof - Menlo Park, CA

WendeByTheBay.com - 650.504.0219 - SF Peninsula

Mark, this is such a cool light house. I have seen it before and always wanted to know more, so thanks for "enlightening" us! LOL

Jan 18, 2011 03:50 PM

Mark Bruno

Monterey Peninsula Home Team - Carmel, CA - Keller Williams Coastal Estates - Pebble Beach, CA

Monterey Peninsula Home Team Leader

LOL! You are welcome Wende. Is that the GG Beridge I see behind you in your picture? One of these days I will get up to the City with some time to shoot the Bridge!

Jan 18, 2011 03:55 PM

Linda D. Pufford

Stage with Divine Style - Home Staging - Novato, CA

ASPM, Marin/Sonoma Home Stager

Mark,

Awesome Lighthouse... and you took such a gorgeous picture of it. Very Remarkable!!!

Jan 18, 2011 04:36 PM

Chris Alston

Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA

Silicon Valley, California

Wow, this is a great picture... It is such a wide angle, it makes me feel that I am there! Great one!

Jan 18, 2011 04:47 PM

Myrl Jeffcoat

Sacramento, CA

Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Mark - For one reason or another, I have missed this lighthouse during my visits to the coast. I've seen the one that isn't too far away that I think is on the Pebble Beach Golf Course. I like that you posted the history as well. The photo is stunning with the way you have positioned the lighthouse with the clouds as a backdrop. CONGRATULATIONS on having this photo FEATURED in the PHOTOS group.

Jan 19, 2011 08:15 AM

Kristine Ginsberg

Elite Staging and Redesign, LLC - Short Hills, NJ

NJ Home Stager

Mark - I live in the cold, snowy North East and your pictures makes me want to hopon a plane and see this beautiful lighthouse for myself. Great picture!

Jan 19, 2011 11:11 AM

Mark Bruno

Monterey Peninsula Home Team - Carmel, CA - Keller Williams Coastal Estates - Pebble Beach, CA

Monterey Peninsula Home Team Leader

Myrl, You are close. The Pacific Grove Golf Course, commonly referred to as poor mans Pebble Beach was built all around the Point Pinos Lighthouse and is the only lighthouse in the area. There is one south by Big Sur and one north in Santa Cruz but this is the only one on the peninsula. Thanks for featuring it! Kristine, come on out. it has been beautiful here. It was 68 degrees and sunny today and supposed to be nice all week. Linda and Chris, thank you. I'm glad to have a cool place to start posting some of my photos!

Jan 19, 2011 04:32 PM

Michael Jacobs

Pasadena, CA

Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Mark --- great photo. I remember seeing this lighthouse about six or seven years ago on a trip to Monterey. You have captured it very well.

Jan 20, 2011 05:22 AM

Mark Bruno

Monterey Peninsula Home Team - Carmel, CA - Keller Williams Coastal Estates - Pebble Beach, CA

Monterey Peninsula Home Team Leader

Thanks Michael! It is a great subject to shoot and the weather was cooperating that day. Our office is not even a mile down the road from the lighthouse (we are on Lighthouse Ave...Go figure!) and I cant tell you how many days we would have those nice high clouds at the office but when I would get to the lighthouse it would be fogged in and you couldn't see them. So persistance paid off!

Jan 20, 2011 05:53 AM

Myrl Jeffcoat

Sacramento, CA

Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

I had a brother in-law that lived in Pebble Beach directly across the road from the 9th hole of the golf course. It was a wonderful 4000 square foot Early California styled property. That was in the 1970s. But, I really love Pacific Grove. It is one of my favorite places to visit!

Jan 22, 2011 05:44 AM

Mark Bruno

Monterey Peninsula Home Team - Carmel, CA - Keller Williams Coastal Estates - Pebble Beach, CA

Monterey Peninsula Home Team Leader

I hear you Myrl! Growing up here I couldn't wait to get out...After a year of being someplace else (LA) I couldn't wait to get back!!! It is truly a special place and I love living here and helping people fulfill their dreams of buying a home here. What a great job I have huh!

Your brother-in-laws place must have been spectacular! The ninth hole is right on the ocean above Carmel Beach and looks out at Carmel Bay and Point Lobos. It doesn't get any better than that!

Jan 26, 2011 07:59 AM

Toni Weidman

Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL

20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Mark - that is a gorgeous picture; looks like a painting. I love lighthouses and really enjoyed seeing this one.

Feb 02, 2011 12:26 AM

Carol Zingone

Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Florida Network Realty - Jacksonville Beach, FL

Global Realtor in Jax Beach, FL - ABR, CRS, CIPS

Great photo and thanks for the brief history lesson. I love lighthouses!

Feb 09, 2011 03:04 AM

Mark Bruno

Monterey Peninsula Home Team - Carmel, CA - Keller Williams Coastal Estates - Pebble Beach, CA

Monterey Peninsula Home Team Leader

Thanks Toni and Carol! You need to come out and see it in person. Point Pinos is a beautiful location right on the ti of the Monterey Peninsula.

By the way, I was playing golf last week at Pacific Grove golf course and noticed the Lighthouse is being renovated. I will have to post a picture once it is completed.

Feb 09, 2011 03:17 AM

Carol Ryniewicz

CR Premier Properties LLC - Woodstock, CT

Broker / Owner - CT & MA

I love this photo! Great job!

Feb 09, 2011 08:16 AM

Mark Bruno

Monterey Peninsula Home Team - Carmel, CA - Keller Williams Coastal Estates - Pebble Beach, CA

Monterey Peninsula Home Team Leader

Thanks Carol!

Feb 14, 2011 02:41 PM