At the end of the pier...

Tricia and I had decided to get some shots of the beautiful Sunshine Skyway Bridge that spans Tampa Bay. Driving up south from Sarasota, we turned off just before the bridge onto the mile-and-a-half long south fishing pier. After paying the modest sightseeing fee, we drove down about mid-pier before stopping and capturing some great photo ops of the bridge from the pier as well as of some of the really serious fishermen around us.

After a while, it was time to leave. However, we were a little leery of making a 3-point turn on that narrow pier filled with fishermen. We decided it best to drive all the way down to the very end of the pier and make a U-turn. The views from the end were too good to pass up. As I got out of the car with camera end hand, Tricia suggested I get a shot of the unmanned fishing poles lined up against the pier wall. She was right: this truly made for a good image. I took the shot, and here it is.