Bass Harbor, Maine Lighthouse
One of the most photographed spots in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island is the Bass Harbor Head Light. This image was one of a series that I took recently. Since it was an earlier one, the colors are not quite as dramatic as it got when the sun got lower on the horizon. This area of the rocky Maine coast often has pink granite (which appears like a darker red when wet) and black magma intrusions that were inserted between sections of granite creating contrasting bands. Please view this image large.
Another difference with this shot is that, although I shot the series of images in AdobeRGB and as RAW files, I decided to set the color profile in the Adobe RAW software as ProPhoto RGB for its wider color gamut. In case most of you may not know, standard computer monitors are for viewing primarily sRGB files - a color space with a limited color gamut. Even though I worked on the images in Photoshop set for the ProPhoto RGB color space, the wider color range cannot be produced by the monitor that I have - only partially. Once finished adjusting the images, whether in Adobe RGB or ProPhoto RGB, I go through a process to convert the images to sRGB files for viewing on the Internet.
NOTE: All images are Copyrighted by Greg A. Hartford. No rights to use are given or implied to the viewer. All rights of ownership and use remain with the copyright owner.
Bass Harbor, Maine Lighthouse
One of the most photographed spots in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island is the Bass Harbor Head Light. This image was one of a series that I took recently. Since it was an earlier one, the colors are not quite as dramatic as it got when the sun got lower on the horizon. This area of the rocky Maine coast often has pink granite (which appears like a darker red when wet) and black magma intrusions that were inserted between sections of granite creating contrasting bands. Please view this image large.
Another difference with this shot is that, although I shot the series of images in AdobeRGB and as RAW files, I decided to set the color profile in the Adobe RAW software as ProPhoto RGB for its wider color gamut. In case most of you may not know, standard computer monitors are for viewing primarily sRGB files - a color space with a limited color gamut. Even though I worked on the images in Photoshop set for the ProPhoto RGB color space, the wider color range cannot be produced by the monitor that I have - only partially. Once finished adjusting the images, whether in Adobe RGB or ProPhoto RGB, I go through a process to convert the images to sRGB files for viewing on the Internet.
NOTE: All images are Copyrighted by Greg A. Hartford. No rights to use are given or implied to the viewer. All rights of ownership and use remain with the copyright owner.