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I will call this a mild success. My goal was figure out how to have the bright backlight without entirely losing the foreground to full silhouette.
More experimenting required, but I will go to bed satisfied with this baby step.
A6-HRM Boeing 747-422
United Arab Emirates Government Dubai Air Wing.
Catches the early morning sun, north side at Stansted.
DE2 105 is op 6 april 1983 als trein 8245 zojuist de brug over het Van Harinxmakanaal gepasseerd onderweg naar Harlingen.
DE1 34 rijdt samen met DE2 80 op 6 april 1983 als trein 8945 de boog in richting Sneek na de passage van de brug over het Van Harinxmakanaal.
Flexibus YN09 HRM, a Mercedes-Benz O813D; Plaxton Beaver, seen in Church Street, Rugby, with an 11 service to Hillmorton.
12th May 2016.
PLEASE, no multi invitations, glitters or self promotion in your comments, THEY WILL BE DELETED. My photos are FREE for anyone to use, just give me credit and it would be nice if you let me know, thanks.
While no doubt the most well known lighthouse in Canada and one of the most photographed lighthouses in the world, the history of the light at Peggy's Cove is little known. Various versions account for the name. Peggy is the nickname for Margaret and the community may have acquired the name from nearby Saint Margaret's Bay, especially as the point marks the eastern entrance to the bay. Other accounts suggest Peggy was an early settler. A popular romantic version says a woman named Peggy was the only survivor of a shipwreck and there are even American families that even claim descent from the shipwrecked Peggy.
In any case, it was decided to erect a light to mark the eastern entrance to St. Margaret's Bay in 1868. While best known as "the Peggy's Cove Lighthouse", it was and remains, officially know as the Peggy's Point Lighthouse as its purpose is to mark the point, not the cove. The cove has its own small light on the government wharf. The first lighthouse was a wooden tower, built atop a keeper's dwelling at the point. It was a red light and used a catoptric reflector (a round silver-plated mirror) to magnify the kerosene oil lamp. The wooden tower, built atop a keeper's dwelling was replaced by the present tower in 1915, a pleasing and stout concrete octagon 50 feet west of the original light. The keeper's dwelling remained for many years nearby as did a tall flagpole displaying coded black cones and balls to warn of bad weather approaching. The new lighthouse showed a white light from a dioptric lens, a series of glass prisms, to magnify the light. Several colour and character changes followed, the most recent being the change from white to green in 1979 and red in 2009. Another very visible change (which helps date earlier colour photos) was in 1969 when the iron lantern on top of the tower was changed from white paint to red paint.
Body of Water: St. Margaret's Bay
County: HRM (Halifax Regional Municipality)
Region: South Shore
Scenic Drive: Lighthouse Route
Tower Height: 050ft
Height Above Water: 067ft
Characteristic: Fixed Red.
Still standing: True
Still operating: True