Cape Otway is a photograph by Kim Andelkovic which was uploaded on May 15th, 2013.
Title
Cape Otway
Artist
Kim Andelkovic
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital Photography
Description
Taken in Victoria - Australia
Cape Otway is a cape and a bounded locality of the Colac Otway Shire in southern Victoria, Australia on the Great Ocean Road; much of the area is enclosed in the Great Otway National Park.Cape Otway Lighthouse was built on the point of the cape in 1848.Eight ships were wrecked along the coast of Cape Otway. These included the Marie (1851), Sacramento (1853), Schomberg (1856), Loch Ard (1878), Joseph H. Scammell (May 1891), Fiji (September 1891) and the Casino in 1932. The first American vessel sunk during World War II, the SS City of Rayville, was also sunk off the Cape by a German mine. Following this, the Americans built a radar bunker on the cape in 1942; it is now open to the public
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May 15th, 2013
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Comments (75)
Al Powell Photography USA
Congratulations, this image is now Featured on the "Lighthouse Photography" group home page.
Kent Nancollas
Nice composition but the lens vignetting detracts from the overall photo. This can easily be repaired in Lightroom.
Kim Andelkovic replied:
Thanks Kent but its not lens vignetting, I put it there as I wanted the focus on the pathway to the lighthouse.
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