MARCH 2004 – Petra Zanzig poses at the official landmark indicating the southernmost point of the African continent near Cape Agulhas, South Africa. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Earlier today I blogged a photo of the southernmost point of the African continent near Cape Agulhas, South Africa.
Now, this photo shows the top of the official landmark – a windrose indicating the distances to different places in the world (e.g., New York 12745 km, Cape Point 147 km). I deliberately opted to put the focus on the center of the windrose (instead of Petra) as I really aimed for the slightly blurred look that increases with the distance.
I think it’s exciting that this photo was taken exactly 18 years ago. Petra has not changed one bit in all that time (and I think the scenery at Cape Agulhas hasn’t changed either.) Lovely.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | 17-MAR-2004 |
| Location | Cape Agulhas, South Africa |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Lens | Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 |
| Image Source | Fuji Slide Film |
| Digital Image Source | Minolta Dimage Scan Elite II |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, AdobeRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 2384 x 3576 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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