Well, it’s a “picture perfect postcard”; my eye goes right to the lighthouse, then wanders around, getting to the road which brings it right back to the lighthouse. Nicely done.
@be51 - again, I like how the road/path takes me right to the lighthouse. That path looks very slippery! Part of me wishes the lighthouse was lit up better, but the silhouette is perfect. The interior shots are awesome - were they really that bright? Nicely photographed!
Not so sure about “the lighthouse that smokes” though. I wish I could see more at the bottom of the image, and less at the top. Just me - it’s probably a cute image just the way you’ve shown it.
@Joanna there is so much “eye candy” in that photo, I don’t know where to start. Lovely scene.
And for @cloclobreizh, to me the first image is wonderful (but I wish there was more water at the bottom), the middle image would look better to me if the ship was to the left or right of the lighthouse, and while the last photo is great just the way it is, I find myself wondering what that boat actually looks like. My imagination is coming up with all sorts of ideas/thoughts, all of which are likely wrong.
Last question - the last photo of “Marblehead”, is that a historical site, or is it (also) a working light-house? In the days of GPS, are light-houses still functional? I’m guessing they are, but now I’m wondering about this.
The Marblehead Lighthouse is a still-operational historical site at the tip end of a peninsula in northern Ohio that juts into Lake Erie. It is one of Ohio’s smallest state parks, and the lighthouse is said to be the most photographed structure in the state.
The lighthouse was built in the early 1800s to help barge traffic navigate safely into Sandusky Bay where they would offload their bulk cargo. Several structural modifications were made over the years to increase the height, which eventually reached its current 76 feet. The light sources have ranged from whale oil to lard to kerosene, until it was eventually converted to electric bulbs in the 1920s. In 1958 the system was automated so no lighthouse keeper was needed. In 2013 the lamps were converted to green LEDs and the clockwork mechanism and Fresnel Lens were removed.
The onsite museum displays the 3½ order Fresnel lens imported from Paris, France that was installed in 1903. It is a big and beautiful work of art!
The shoreline around the point is very rocky and scenic, and is a place that my spouse and I enjoy visiting several times a year.
cloclobreizh
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This 105-fts trimaran had just broken the single handed round-the-world record with Francis Joyon at the helm.
In the background you can see the “Petit Minou” (ittle cat!) lighthouse at the entrance to the Goulet de Brest .
Wow! That top image is stunningly beautiful, in so many ways. Love it!!!
No more “suggestions”. To me, you “nailed it”!!! Perfection!!!
Now everything works together.
Hmm, is this a photo now of a “sailboat” or of a “lighthouse”?
cloclobreizh
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The Pharos Lighthouse (also known as the Upper Lighthouse) is a 93-foot (28 m) tall Runcorn red sandstone lighthouse situated in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The lighthouse was designed in 1839 by Decimus Burton and Capt H.M. Denham. Burton has been commissioned three years previously by Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood as the architect of the new town of Fleetwood. Construction was completed in 1840. Unusually for a functioning British lighthouse, it stands in the middle of a residential street (Pharos Street). Though officially named the ‘Upper Lighthouse’, it has been known as the ‘Pharos’ since its construction, after the celebrated ancient lighthouse Pharos of Alexandria.
The lighthouse was designed and constructed in conjunction with the much shorter (34 feet (10 m)) Lower Lighthouse (also known as Beach Lighthouse) which stands on Fleetwood sea front. The lighthouses are designed to be used as a pair to guide shipping through the treacherous sandbanks of the Wyre estuary.
