PEMAQUID
This is just for fun. I love sepia and I love good color. So why not? The original of course is in full color displaying the reflection pool on the rocks below the light. A little tom foolery in photoshop and here you go!
This is of course Pemaquid Point Lighthouse in Maine. I must admit that I was looking for the reflection pool when I first arrived and didn't even have to haul water to fill the thing. I guess that the tides take care of that. This is a spectacular place to visit and is the epidemy of the term "Rocky coast of Maine".
Pines, rock, and ocean are the classic location for a lighthouse such as Pemaquid Point. John Quincy Adams commissioned the original light and dwellings in 1827. The rock outcroppings offer visitors a chance to sit and watch the ocean and dream about the hard life the keepers endured to protect the early mariners from desolate outcroppings such as this. High tides leave pockets of water from which reflections can be seen.
An interesting aspect of the conical tower was the way they capped it just below the light room. A large circular slab of soapstone was laid on top of the tower and a large hole was cut in the center to allow access to the light itself. The original tower had problems and had to be rebuilt in 1835 and is the one we see today. For a photographer, one of the problems in shooting such tourist destinations is just that. Too many people to get a clear shot. Just to the right of this image as a young lady reading a book and an instant before I took the picture someone had just gone in the door of the keeper's house. Just got to wait it out.
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