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Portland Bill Lighthouse is a functioning lighthouse on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. The lighthouse is located at the very south of the island, warning coastal traffic off of Portland Bill. The lighthouse and its boundary walls are Grade II Listed.
Both Portland Bill and Chesil Beach are the locations of many wrecks of vessels that failed to reach Weymouth or Portland Roads. Portland Bill Lighthouse guides vessels heading for Portland and Weymouth through these hazardous waters as well as acting as a waymark for ships navigating the English Channel.
As Portland's largest and most recent lighthouse, the Trinity House operated Portland Bill Lighthouse is distinctively white and red striped, standing at a height of 41 metres. It was completed by 1906 and first shone out on 11 January 1906. Originally, both the Old Higher Lighthouse and Old Lower Lighthouse were the two functioning lighthouses on the island, where both were opened in 1716 and continued to warn ships of the coast until 1906, when both were decommissioned. The Old Lower Lighthouse became a bird observatory whilst the Old Higher Lighthouse became the home of Marie Stopes, and today remains a holiday let.
The lighthouse was was built with stone from surrounding quarries at Portland Bill. The area was quarried for centuries until they were abandoned by the early years of the 20th century, following the lighthouse's counstruction.
Arguably Portland's biggest attraction and most photographed feature, the Portland Bill Lighthouse is open to the public, where tours are operated by Trinity House, and a visitor centre is also a big part of the lighthouse.
Portland Bill is a narrow promontory (or bill) of Portland stone, which forms the most southerly part of Isle of Portland. One of Portland's most popular destinations, Portland Bill is also noted for its rough coast.
The light pollution in the sky just above the horizon is from the coastal town of Weymouth, 11 km (7 miles) away.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keepers' house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park.
Construction began in 1787 at the directive of George Washington, and was completed on January 10, 1791, using a fund of $1,500, established by him. Whale oil lamps were originally used for illumination. In 1855, following formation of the Lighthouse Board, a fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed; that lens was replaced by a second-order Fresnel lens, which was replaced later by an aerobeacon in 1958. That lens was updated with a DCB-224 aerobeacon in 1991 (Wikipedia.)
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Portland Head Light is located on Cape Elizabeth, south of Portland Maine. Construction began in 1787 at the directive of George Washington. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine.
Taken 7/29/10 at Fort Williams Park Cape Elizabeth Maine
Captured in: Cape Elizabeth, ME
Seen here is an early morning capture of one of my favorite lighthouses -- the Portland Head Light. This image was captured just shortly after sunrise in Portland Harbor.
The Portland Head Light was built in 1791, and was the first lighthouse constructed in Maine.
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"Good Morning Portland" is a blended exposure image that was assembled from 3 bracketed shots, with a differential of 1 stop between images. The blended exposure process is a bit different than traditional HDR, as it brings together the bracket images not with HDR software, but rather using luminosity masks instead. The intent is to create a more natural looking final image, and still pull great detail from both the shadows and highlights.
The resulting HDR image was processed using a combination of ACR and Photoshop (includes the use of Topaz Labs plugins -- Adjust, Clean, Denoise, Glow, and Impression).
The quaint bridge in Portland, Michigan passes over the Grand River. Portland is known as the city of two rivers; they are the Looking Glass River and the Grand River. This bridge is one of the largest (as a two-span example) and most complete examples of a rather ornate bridge plan/design that Groton Bridge and Manufacturing Company of Groton, NY built that remain today. As such it is significant on a national level as a key example of the work of an important bridge company. The bridge has been listed as a Michigan Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
This bridge is a two-span pin connected Pratt through truss.
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The Portland Head lighthouse was commissioned by George Washington in 1787 and was completed in 1791. It is the oldest lighthouse in Maine, and protects the entrance to the major shipping channel into Portland Harbor, in Casco Bay. Of all the lighthouses I've visited over the years this one remains my favorite. The early morning fog was very thick, but rapidly began to lift as the sun started peeking though and the sky began to clear. When I took this shot the fog was nearly gone, giving us a bright sunny day on the coast of Maine. Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
We returned from our Maine vacation a few days ago and I've got much to do. I'll be catching up with everyone as soon as I can.
Beautiful blue sky and sunshine (but a tad breezy)!.
For my 30 days in April project.
Covid roadmap out of lockdown
25.04.2021
I got to Portland Bill a little early this morning to find these beams of light beating through the slight sea mist. This was as shot in camera with only a slight colour temperature adjustment. It needed some pretty drastic settings to capture the beams rather than just a blur of light but I'm pretty pleased with the results.
5dmkii zeiss 50mm 0.5 secs @ f1.4 iso 1600
Taken with a Filters Unlimited Matrix Revealed lens filter. Simply plug the filter's power/data connector into one of your cranial ports and see the world as it really is displayed on your cameras LCD, no red pill required. This simple to use filter has just two settings: Analog (used above) and Digital (the version used in the Matrix movies) which overlays the underlying code on the scence at the same time. Or take the blue pill and see first comment below. SE Portland, Oregon NB55275 - Happy Sliders Sunday!