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June 30 update: Thank you, Lonely Planet! The travel site's judges chose this Polaroid as the winning entry for its The World on Polaroid contest.

Point Cabrillo Light Station, Mendocino, CA, originally posted on April 21, 2008.

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For Day 1 of Polaroid Week 2008. The week at a glance.

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Comments

PinkTulip says:

beautiful!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Adamwithoutanyhands says:

oooh.
easy on the eyes.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

picma says:

This is a beautiful image....expired film and all.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

sharwest says:

very nice!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

nicolai_g says:

this might be the best lighthouse picture in the universe.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

maryboz says:

I love this effect! Very cool, kinda spooky, ethereal almost.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

AGrinberg says:

Very nice use of the old film.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Dean Forbes says:

very cool polaroid!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

SeenyaRita says:

beautiful!

like a wyeth only better!

happy birthday mom!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

La Route says:

Again I love the metallic sheen of your photo.
My best wishes Mrs. Heid
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

bemjjg says:

very beautiful color, I love it
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

christyscherrer says:

ghosty~
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

B. KATT says:

beautiful:)
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

tobym says:

I agree with Rita. First thing I thought...Wyeth, but better. ethereal, beautiful.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

bcgart says:

wonderful with that look of memory and time gone
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

livinginacity says:

I always enjoy your images. There is such a range to them that I look forward to the odd surprise in your postings. This image is one of them. It is beautiful and haunting.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

buster/ken says:

beauty of a 'roid
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

lawatt says:

i think nick is right
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

stinkerbell1 says:

add that to the list... aiming to get the tickets tomorrow :)
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

photobonnie says:

It's a lighthouse... makes it an instant fave. And a Polaroid, even better. So soft and dreamy.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

mittens oh my! says:

a lot of life swirling around there
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

astrocruzan says:

perfect polaroid.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

chpaquette says:

very nice......
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

* cate * says:

what nick said.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

roamin says:

gorgeous, jim, like time itself
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

mittens oh my! says:

yes, i immediately noticed the double yellowing here that i have in my ostrich photo. it is expired spectra and it happened in only one other photo and not the whole pack which i find extremely interesting.
now what would be really interesting is if my ostrich turned up in your lighthouse photo.:)
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

cindi says:

and a happy 'roid week to you!
this is wonderful - methinks the lighthouse could be haunted.
and happy birthday mama. :)
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

david haggard says:

excellent piece, jim
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

dangerpaws says:

there's something eerie about this...it's totally beautiful.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

dangerpaws says:

no way! I lived on Concord St from 95 til I moved to NYC a couple years ago. I lived in the skinniest house on the street, next to the Christian Science reading room, and then another house down the street. I only worked at the diner for a summer, but I go there every time I visit.
On Grove..if you're talking about the place that's perpendicular to the street, closer to downtown, same side as the river...I had a friend in middle school who lived there. Small world, eh?
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Cynner_SF says:

yay!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Room With A View says:

Since its a local icon and since I have not seen it in about 12 years and live so very far away and since your film is expired this image succeeds in capturing my memory perfectly.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

.Surya. says:

so dreamy! love it :)
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Daulphin says:

Wonderful shot, shows it's past along with it's present...
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

deborah d. lattimore says:

:)
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

emilie79* says:

wow, these expired spectra colours are just fantastic!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

thank u very little says:

you are amazing !!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

lawatt says:

congratulations, Jim! they chose well...!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

georgeheid says:

Atta-buoy
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )