Portland Head Lighthouse

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted August 13, 2014239 views8 comments

Due to poor timing and bad weather during my costal trip of Maine last week, this was the only lighthouse I was able to shoot in good light. The ride to get there took a bit longer than we expected so I only had a short time to scout the area, find a good spot and set up. This was my first purely photographic trip with the Olympus system and I have to admit that after 30 years of photographic ventures, I've never had this many keepers. I'm in love with Olympus cameras and lenses. Shot with the Olympus E-M1 and 12-50mm lens at 23mm, f8, ISO 100 and 8 seconds using an 8 stop ND filter. Raw file was processed exclusively in Lightroom.

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8 comments

Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on August 14, 2014 at 3:35 PM

Excellent, Steve, beautiful light and comp, love the ocean treatment. I was there last month for sunset, you picked a great location to shoot the lighthouse.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on August 14, 2014 at 6:03 PM

Steve, Beautiful work on this! The light and color are wonderful and I especially enjoy the mood this has. Very nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on August 15, 2014 at 6:59 PM

I like this a lot Steve. We have a place in Boothbay for over 30 yrs but I never explored the lighthouses near Portland (about and 1 1/2 hrs south of us). I like your view point here and inclusion of the pebbles, rocks and cliffs since the add to the sense of place.

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Comment posted by Patrick Nixon on August 15, 2014 at 11:29 PM

You might want to consider cropping to simplify. I found myself wondering whether the subject was the rocks (darker) or the lighthouse -- perhaps because each are lit differently. The upper half or upper right of the image could be an excellent image in its own right.

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on August 17, 2014 at 12:07 AM

Steve, I love your composition and what great light shining on the lighthouse. Really beautiful.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on August 17, 2014 at 2:02 PM

Love the beautiful warm light on the lighthouse. Beautiful composition as well. Well done

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Comment posted by Steve Zimic on August 17, 2014 at 2:33 PM

Thanks for all your comments. Patrick mentioned cropping which starting me thinking that maybe those lighter dry rocks are detracting a bit from the main subject. I may just crop a tad off the bottom and darken those rocks. Thanks Patrick.

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Comment posted by Jean C Cajolet on August 24, 2014 at 12:46 PM

Beautiful picture, I like the composition and the light is extraordinary, you got it at right time probably a question of minute. Bravo!

-jc

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