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Point Iroquois Light is a lighthouse on a Chippewa County bluff in the U.S. state of Michigan. Point Iroquois and its light mark the division line between Whitefish Bay and the western end of the St. Marys River, the connection between Lake Superior and other Great Lakes.
The thunderstorms had been following us all day, we got out to Dead Horse Point just in time for the boomers to start. At about the same time, the sun dropped just below the cloud layer and the lighting was intense.
There were a few other fools out there besides us, and some of them actually thought it was funny when our hair started standing straight up. One guy said something about being a human lightning rod, and when the rest of us beat it for cover under the metal roof, he was still out there on the point.
Dumb as it was, I had to keep venturing out from under the cover because the light was un-freakin-believable as the storms swept through. Every time lightning would strike down below, I could feel it in my scalp before I heard it, a very weird sensation. When they were mostly overhead, there was a continuous buzzing like an old-fashioned alarm clock going off, it was the electrical charge finding ground via the metal roof right over our heads.
We shouldn't have stayed out there at all. I've seen lightning do some freaky things, like going to ground (sea, actually) through a hydrophone staff and blowing the hydrophone apart but leaving everything else untouched. Or taking multiple paths through a piece of instrumentation, leaving fused metal and components in it's wake. Or striking a dead tree, finding ground through our electric fence (and the fusebox in the house), and leaving a charge in the punky tree that left it glowing blue for days afterward.
It was dumb to stay out there.
But we got the photos.
So I'll be putting up a few more, because they came out well, and if you risk your life a little to get a photo, you probably oughtta post it.
The Point Pinos Lighthouse in Pacific Grove, California.
Its Third Order Fresnel lens has served as an active aid to maritime navigation since its lamp was first lit in 1855.
I used a KITE to fly the camera.
Here's another shot from sunrise at Kittery Point in Maine. Venus can be seen here in the sky.
I've been away from Flickr for a bit. Hope everyone is doing well and I will have to see what everyone has been posting lately.
If you live in the Boston area, some of my photos will be on display at an exhibit in the bookstore at UMass Boston next week, from December 6-10. It will be with other artwork from other artists.
Nikon D50
Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8 @ 17mm
ISO 200
Exposure: 79.3 sec
Aperture: f/8
Filters: Tiffen Circular Polarizer, Lee GND 0.9 + 0.6
Smile on Saturday theme for Dec. 17 is "vanishing point." This is the front entrance to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, W.Va.
Acros 4x5 inch mit 100 ASA belichtet, in Finol 1+1+100 Dosenentwicklung, Vergrößert auf Ilford Galerie G3 im Separol HE 1+7 und abschließende MT1 Selentonung
Low tide at Victoria Point ( Vicky Point, as the locals call it ) in Queensland. The mud flat went out for about 50 m or so, and I learnt a valuable lesson about the further out you go, the softer the mud, and the more you sink ! I guess every good photo has a story behind it.
A trip to Carmel, California meant a visit to Point Lobos, and an attempt at some Edward Weston-inspired photos of the famous state park.
This is another view of the sunset from Point Wilson where the lighthouse is located. I was calling it the Fort Warden lighthouse but after some internet enlightenment.....I defer. I beg of your forgiveness if I've mislead in any way.......(not really).
Tomorrow's that day!!!!!
"Twas a dark and gloomy nigh".... but we were able to get a bit of nice sunset... then turned to see the light on at Whitefish Point Lighthouse. A fascinating spot & a favorite lighthouse, but they are doing a lot of work on the lighthouse so there is a lot of scaffolding around the base... this was about the only place to shoot it without all the stuff around it.
The Point Betsie Lighthouse was built in 1858 and is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. It marks the southern entrance to the Manitou Passage, and is located just south of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and a bit north of Frankfort, Mi on the west coast of the state. The Lighthouse is owned by Benzie County and has strong volunteer support in its operation, maintenance and renovation.
Black Point is one of the most remote places in the lower south west.
we got there in the evening and the swells were magnificent.
Ice building up at Point Betsie last month. No light just bitter cold wind. But the ice was spectacular!!
Pigeon Point Lighthouse - on Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) in California. Having passed this place on numerous occasions, always in the fog, I finally got lucky - and what an amazing sunset I got to see :-)
© Paul Reiffer 2013 - From the wider collection available on www.paulreiffer.com
The Point Wilson Lighthouse and keeper's quarters at Fort Worden near Port Townsend, Washington.
Built in 1913, its Fourth Order Fresnel lens, and its modern replacement, have aided mariners sailing in and out of the Puget Sound ever since.
That isn't snow on the roof of the keeper's quarters!
I used a KITE to fly the camera.
© 2017 Shari Ortiz All Rights Reserved. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission.
While out birding and traveling along the 17-mile scenic route between Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach, I spotted this lighthouse that I apparently missed the last two times we drove this route, we stopped to take a few shots. The only other lens I had with me besides my big birding lens was my Nikon 28-300 mm lens, so I order to get a shot I had to go down the hill a bit and shot upwards. If only I had my 17-35mm lens I wouldn't have had to shoot upwards. I know the rules of third should've been used here, but I liked all the trees on both sides. We will definitely have to go back to check it out more as we were on our way home and didn't expect to find this treasure.
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I rarely get to take photos in the morning. (Unless its grabbing a quick shot around the house before my wife goes to work.) But I was on vacation last week so I took the opportunity to get out to Oak Openings as the sun was rising.