Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, Maine, USA

[fotofool]

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This is my take on the often photographed Bass Head Lighthouse. It was taken with my M240 and 21mm SEM. The Acadia National Park area of Maine is a wonderful place for seascape photography.

 

Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse by Jeffrey Michael Parsons, on Flickr

[platypus]

Strongly composed and the exceptionally beautiful light has been taken advantage of beautifully.

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[stuny]

Gorgeous, and Barbara said, "Wow! Who took that?"

[macrobernd]

Beautiful!

[Michael Hiles]

Great picture.

[mhanke]

Perfect shot, really! However: You can post pictures up to 1024 pixels wide here. Shots like this really profit from every additional pixel in size, so I would strongly suggest to make use of the opportunities you have here.

 

Marcus

[fotofool]

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Perfect shot, really! However: You can post pictures up to 1024 pixels wide here. Shots like this really profit from every additional pixel in size, so I would strongly suggest to make use of the opportunities you have here.

Marcus

 

 

Thanks Marcus, I was confused about that. The following post by Andy is linked as a reminder at the top of the Landscape & Travel sub forum...

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/landscape-travel/announcements.html

 

It says 960px on the long side. So I chose 800px because that's the next smaller size Flickr provides down from 1024. Apparently that announcement has become outdated. Now that I know, here is the 1024 version...

 

Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse by Jeffrey Michael Parsons, on Flickr

[Iduna]

Jeff,

a fantastic image indeed with a perfect frame for a dramatic light. The sharpness and color range are excellent.

[mhanke]

Yeah, Jeff: more than 60% more image area makes a tremendous difference! I am glad that the Leica forum has increased the maximum picture dimensions, as much as the maximum file size.

 

How long was the exposure time? The blurred foam on the water suggests a few seconds.

 

Marcus

[Bill W]

Beautiful Jeff. I was there twenty years ago and hiked down to this location. You really captured it the best I have seen it especially with the rain in the distance.

[fotofool]

 

How long was the exposure time? The blurred foam on the water suggests a few seconds.

 

Marcus

 

It's actually and HDR composite of several exposures. i was not able to hold the highlights on the horizon and the shadows in the foreground rocks with a single exposure. But, as I usually do, I took some care with the HDR process to produce a natural image that looks like what I remember. I think the water portion was in the middle exposure which was three seconds. It was shot at f/16 with a polarizing filter.

[andybarton]

Thanks Marcus, I was confused about that. The following post by Andy is linked as a reminder at the top of the Landscape & Travel sub forum...

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/landscape-travel/announcements.html

 

It says 960px on the long side. So I chose 800px because that's the next smaller size Flickr provides down from 1024. Apparently that announcement has become outdated. Now that I know, here is the 1024 version...

 

 

Apologies.

 

1024 pixels is now the maximum size.

 

When I get a chance, I will update the linked thread.

[fotografr]

Superb image. A real master work.

[epand56]

Outstanding image. Love the colors and the vantage point.

[RoiDuNord]

Excellent!

[fotofool]

Thank you everyone for your kind words and thoughtful suggestions.

 

For what it's worth, I also made this mono image from on of the exposures I made while sitting on a rock waiting for the sun to set. I was picturing an epic sunset behind the lighthouse but was greeted with storms instead. The result above was not what I had previsualized but was perhaps better!

 

Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse Mono by Jeffrey Michael Parsons, on Flickr

[pauledell]

Jeff,

 

All of your versions of this picture are beautiful. Of course, the enhanced color picture is without a doubt, the most stunning pictures I have ever seen. This looks like a Thomas Kincaid painting.

 

Paul

[Josh bear]

What a fantastic capture. For me the colour one is the best. The tones, light and composition all work great together.

 

Best regards

 

Josh

[Bill W]

I like both but the color one is the best. The mono one lacks detail in the cliff.

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[fotofool]

Thank you also Paul, Josh and Bill!