Merchant Marine Memorial

I recently was invited to be a guest speaker at a National Maritime Day (May 22) Ceremony at the American Veterans Merchant Marine Memorial in San Pedro. I decided to visit the Memorial a day early. The Memorial consists of a series of walls inscribed with all the names of the Merchant Mariners who have died in the line of duty during WWII and later, and a large sculpture/water fountain called the Jacob's Ladder. The sculpture features a mariner reaching down to help pull another mariner out of the water, both hanging from a jacob's ladder dangling from an unseen ship. The light wasn't the greatest, but I took a few pictures anyway. Here is a "Memorial Day" photo with old Glory lit up by the sun behind a siloheutte of the Jacob's Ladder. Taken with my 50D, F 6.3, 1/100, ISO 100, 35mm with my Canon 28-135 lens. Taking pictures at this spot is challenging, lots of background clutter, and the sun set behind the buildings nearby, blocking out the warm light of the sunset on the sculpture.