Lighthouse
Wave Action
I was photographing a sunrise from the beach in Kewaunee, WI. Usually the Lake Michigan is calm in the early morning hours. On this particular morning, there was a little bit of surf. I moved my tripod closer to the water’s edge and tried to capture the small waves as they splashed on the shore. This is one of those attempts.
Afterwards, I thought of several things I could have tried (camera settings) to make this better. I’ll have to give it another whirl…the next time I’m on the beach and the water is rough.
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Good Evening Kewaunee
Like a pudgy, pink ghost rising from the sea, the full moon begins its ascent over Lake Michigan and the Kewaunee, Wisconsin lighthouse and pier.
This was the full moon of April 25, 2013.
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Fishing Light
The full moon and lighthouse presented a dramatic backdrop for a couple preparing to fish off the pier at Kewaunee, Wisconsin. When ready, they would cast a seine net over the side and illuminate the surface of the water with their lantern, hoping to attract small Lake Michigan fish – smelt.
The evening was much darker than it appears in this image and I was a lot farther away than one would think at first glance. I was on shore which put the lighthouse about 750 feet away. The moon had to be at least three or four times that far. 😉
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Dreamsicle
Something about the color of the sky and reminded me of Dreamsicles.
This, of course, is the lighthouse and pier at Kewaunee, Wisconsin. The rising sun is positioned directly behind the navigational marker on the other side of the channel leading to the harbor. This was the sunrise, as I saw it, on Saturday, April 20, 2013.
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On the Horizon
The sun barely breaches the horizon of Lake Michigan as the Algoma, Wisconsin lighthouse finishes another watch.
The rich hues really make this image a keeper for me.
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Early Morning Meeting
A gentle Lake Michigan sunrise highlights the lighthouse and pier at Kewaunee, WI.
If you look closely, you can see a person at the end of the pier, taking in the morning’s glory. I took this image from the beach last Saturday.
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Sunrise Genesis
An early morning view of the Kewaunee, Wisconsin lighthouse on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
This photo was taken at the very moment the sun began to breach the horizon. You can see it. It’s that short bright orange dash on the horizon to the right of the lighthouse.
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Larger Light Looming
As powerful as the Kewaunee, Wisconsin lighthouse lamp may be, it is no match for the power and majesty of the full moon of March 27, 2013.
I was pleasantly surprised at how well this image turned out; at how clearly the Fresnel lens of the lighthouse can be seen. The surprising part…this photo was taken from the shore. Anyone familiar with the Kewaunee lighthouse knows the lighthouse sits at the end of a very long pier that extends 750 feet from shore.
To get this image I used a 300mm lens with a 2X teleconverter (effectively doubling the reach of the lens). It is simply luck that the focus was as sharp as it is since I had to focus manually. (A number of other shots that night were not so sharp.) Under low light conditions, particularly with the teleconverter, the camera’s auto-focus doesn’t work.
Normally, without the brightness of the full moon behind it, the lighthouse lamp would show up as a big, bright white blob.
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Nirvana
The morning light had an unusual quality over a calm Lake Michigan, accentuated by a sky of interesting clouds.
This scene of the Algoma, Wisconsin lighthouse and pier was taken from Algoma’s beach.
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Solitude on Ice
The morning was cold. The sun was rising…and so was a mist from the patches of open water near the lighthouse that stands at the Alogma, Wisconsin harbor.
I posted a color image from this same morning a week ago – Frigid Sunrise Fog.
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