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Ruins of Fort Crown Point, built by British and provincial troops on Lake Champlain in 1759 to guard against French invasion from Canada. A fire destroyed the fort in 1773, leaving only stone officers and soldiers barracks and earthen fortifications behind. During the Revolutionary War the fort was held first by the Americans and then by the British, who abandoned it in 1780, after which it was left to decay. Today the preserved ruins are part of the Crown Point State Historic Site in Crown Point, New York.
White-point moth, Mythimna albipuncta. 30 May 2023. Ealing, London, England, UK.
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The Point Sur Lightstation sits 361 feet above the surf on a large volcanic rock. Point Sur is the only complete turn-of-the century Lightstation open to the public in California, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. www.optimalfocusphotography.com
This trip to Coal Point is one of the best photographic excursions I have ever done, yielding me with many usable images. I hope you like.
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Low tide at Dana Point. I bought a 10-stop ND filter months ago and have never used it so I finally decided to try it yesterday and see if I could get that silky water look. By the time I got the right exposure settings I was losing the light but next time I'll try a longer exposure. I do love those exposed green algae covered rocks visible only at low tides..
A closer view
The lighthouse at this site was constructed in 1870. The brick-and-mortar tower included ornate iron balcony supports and a large keeper residence with enough space to house several families. In April 1906, a devastating earthquake struck the light station. The keeper's residence and lighthouse were damaged so severely they had to be demolished.
The United States Lighthouse Service contracted with a San Francisco based company to build a new lighthouse on the site, and specified that it had to be able to withstand any future earthquakes. The company chosen, normally built factory smokestacks, which accounts for the final design for the new Point Arena Lighthouse; featuring steel reinforcement rods encased in concrete. This was the first lighthouse built this way.
The new lighthouse began operation in 1908, nearly 18 months after the quake. It stands 115 feet (35 m) tall, and featured a 1st Order Fresnel Lens, over six feet in diameter and weighing more than six tons. The lens was made up of 666 hand-ground glass prisms all focused toward three sets of double bullseyes. It was these bullseyes that gave the Point Arena Lighthouse its unique "light signature" of two flashes every six seconds. This incredible optic, that held an appraised value of over $3.5 million, was set in solid brass framework, and was built in France. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Arena_Light
Sunset on the shores of Crescent Beach in Siesta Key at an area known as "Point-of-Rocks."
Point-of-Rocks is a natural outcropping of flat, smooth beach rock located at the far southern end of Crescent Beach. It can be thought of as a natural boundary between Crescent Beach and Turtle Beach. The rocks begin on the beach and extend out into the water for about 300 feet.
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I visited this favoured site with the dual purpose to check out the reno work that has been undertaken and to find some waders. A little disappointed on both counts. Very little work undertaken since the clean-up last year. The few waders we found were a little too far away for decent pix. But I did come across 5 of these.
Finlay Point is a small community near Mabou on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 16, 2015.
Camera: Nikon D7100 & Nikkor 18-105mm lens
This absolutely screamed out to be tweaked and twiddled.
So I obliged to within an inch of its life.
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Made on my Hasselblad Xpan on 45mm f/4 lens with Ilford XP2 film. Scanned and developed by Kenmore Camera, Kenmore, WA #filmisnotdead #grainisgood
Glacier Point was the wonderful surprise of the holiday that I wasn't expecting to get to see. Reading guides to the park before I left suggested that the road up to Glacier Point doesn't normally reopen till mid May but this year, the road was open from the end of April.
From this massive vista, you sit almost 1000m directly above the Yosemite Valley floor, looking down towards North America's tallest waterfall and some of the most distinctive mountains in the World. I did promise I wouldn't stand right on the edge and I generally keep my promises but in this case, getting a good look at impending death was something I just couldn't resist.
Sunset Point offers vistas of some of the most famous and breathtaking of Bryce Canyon's hoodoos. Directly below the point and to the south, the Silent City rises from the canyon floor, a maze of hoodoos and fins packed in tight formation.
Rollei 35 SE • Rollei HFT Sonnar 2,8/40
FujiFilm Neopan Acros II developed in Caffenol CL 60min stand @ 20°C
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 120 at 2400dpi with Silverfast AI Studio 9
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Caffenol CL
500 ml Filtered Water
8gr Anhydrous Washing Soda
5gr Vitamin C
20gr Instant coffee ("Cora")
10 slow inversions then let stand for 60 minutes