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It seems that one thing I have had an abundance of as photography subjects is lighthouses. Now that may be because I had been living in Newport, RI and now in Norfolk, VA. But I figured I would start a thread where we could share pictures of the lighthouses we have seen.

Here is the lighthouse on Fort Taber in New Bedford, MA.



Here is Rose Island Lighthouse in Newport Harbor. BTW you can stay the night here, or even rent out the second floor as keeper for a week. The lighthouse isn't maintained as a navigational mark, they just put a 100W bulb up there for show.



Here is New Cape Henry light.




More to follow as I crunch through more photos. It seems I always take pictures way faster than I can edit and prepare them.

Tim

Castle Hill Lighthouse, Newport, RI.

Here are a couple of shots of Beavertail Light in Jamestown, RI

I like that second shot a lot.

I'd consider a touch of convergence control and I'd also try cropping out the structure on the left to simplify the scene if I was feelin' adventuresome.

Well done.

H2

One from the archives (well, actually, from my DeviantArt gallery)... On the shores of Lake Michigan.

Jim

Here is a shot of the light at Old Point Comfort, taken from the top of Fort Monroe's casemate.

Thanks, Tim. Beacons of all types are interesting and worthy of our respect. Especially life beacons . . . if an' when when we recognize 'em. (An' yes, this is comment on the shoals of life, too.)

H2

Here is the Seven Foot Knoll Light in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. I took it from the 27th floor of the Marriott with a 135mm (bracketed). I was checking in and the person at the front desk said something about "Sir", and I responded that I was enlisted. A couple of minutes later he gave me the key, saying - complements of the Marine Corps, your on the 27 floor with a wonderful view of the harbor. He was right - a wonderful view....

I know I have a picture of the New Cape Henry Light a little earlier, but here is a shot of the New and Old Lights together.

Tim

My fishing buddy and I were mackerel fishing from his 16 ft. boat when I took this photo of the lighthouse on Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia. He shots a Nikon D7000, but does not want to risk getting it wet. I shot a Pentax K5 with a DA*16-50 mm, and get the shots, even if it's raining. When it started to get dark, we had to go across the swells in the bay to MacNab's Island, then around the island to Eastern Passage, N.S. My wife fried us fresh mackerel with salad and warm bread, and beer for our late supper.

Same trip as my previous photo of the lighthouse on Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia, with the commercial mackerel fisherman, Old Pal, in the foreground. When we returned across the bay, the lighthouse on MacNab's Island was not shining. It was about sunset, so I guess it was too early for the automatic light to be on. I'm wondering if the light beam would have improved the photo below?

Aug.2015, After posting the above and checking the internet, DOT ceased operating this lighthouse because other navigational tools rendered this lighthouse redundant.

Lighthouse and pier at Southampton, Ontario