Shining Star of Kewaunee

A night view of the Kewaunee, WI lighthouse – on the western shore of Lake Michigan.

A couple of weeks ago, I took a night photo of this same scene I entitled Kewaunee Night-House.  There wasn’t much to see, because the lighthouse light overpowered the image.

I decided to try again.  This time, in order to brighten the house and balance the bright light, I shined a 2,000,000 candle power spotlight on the lighthouse for about 10 seconds of a 30-second exposure.

This photo was taken from the parking lot of Kewaunee’s beach.  I used a 300mm lens on my Sony SLT-A55 stabilized on a tripod inside the open side door of my Dodge Caravan.

I like this image better, but still feel there’s more work to do.