Posts Tagged ‘lighthouse’

Surreal Ice

Surreal Ice Surreal Ice – A frozen, wave-swept lighthouse in Michigan

You don’t get a photo like this, without getting cold.

I took this back when it was a bit less temperate out.

I didn’t post it for two reasons.

One, I couldn’t handle looking at it during the winter.

Two, it was chromatically aberrated to a point that I thought it was ruining the photo.

However, I actually had a nigh-identically composed shot that did not suffer as much from chromatic aberrations, which you see here.1

I think it is a winner. It also demonstrates one of my principles of photography: Taking photos from vantage points or locations deemed too risky (not risqué) , can result in unique images.

This is good This is bad
  1. When a lens fails to focus all colors to a single point. Happens most noticeably on edges of high contrast areas, the HDR process magnifies this problem in some cases []

Crashing Lighthouse Wave

Crashing Wave

Crashing Lighthouse Wave

Braving the cold, snow, and errant waves, I captured this shot of a Lighthouse in Michigan. I’ve rarely seen such a lighthouse wave.

I took this photo yesterday, at one point it started snowing and visibility was only about 50 feet and I couldn’t see the lighthouse, but then the sun came out and I was able to capture this scene.

Weather can change on a dime on Lake Michigan!

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