Highest position in Explore = #3 on March 16th, 2009. Also featured on both the Explore front page and the Interestingness page! THANK YOU all for the wonderful support!
My last lighthouse shot got quite a bit of buzz so I decided to shoot another, this time, at Discovery Park in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle. I was on my way home from work one night last week and noticed that the cloud conditions were shaping up for what might be a really great sunset. I’d been wanting to shoot the lighthouse in Discovery Park for some time now, so I pulled the trigger. Having never been there, I had no idea where to park and since you can’t actually see the lighthouse from the road, picked the first spot I found. Lucky me, I don’t think it is actually possible to park any further away. But hey, the weather was great... Just had to lug my gear... Oh, and I had on my work dress shoes, which made for a fun walk... and sore feet! Oh the things we photogs sacrifice to get the "shot". Well after about 40 minutes of walking, I reached the lighthouse and was blown away. Beautiful beach grass everywhere, tons of amazing driftwood, and the snow capped Olympic Mountains in the background. I played around with several different shots and ultimately decided on this angle as it had the best balance between sky, rocks, driftwood, lighthouse and the colorful reflection of the setting sun. Just as the sun was going down, a ton of birds began to fly overhead as if they knew it was photo time. One even had his “landing gear” down which I thought was cool. Perhaps they were expecting crumbs... doh, maybe next time!
You'll have to view the larger version to see which bird had the landing gear :)
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mirwav 31 months ago | reply
Gorgeous Capture. Awesome work.
Jersey JJ 30 months ago | reply
Wonderful!
billydean49 30 months ago | reply
Nice colors good composition
John Carey . 28 months ago | reply
Wow!! What a shot
Flan para dos ❤ 27 months ago | reply
Hermosoooooooo !
jmvazquezjr (jmv_nyc) 26 months ago | reply
This is amazing! This is what I strive for in my HDR photos.
artland 25 months ago | reply
Congratulations!
This is a wonderful shot!
You are invited to post it to:
artland
eliseteshiraishi 23 months ago | reply
Amazing!!
Donald Palansky Photography 23 months ago | reply
wonderful
Fresh Light 17 months ago | reply
paradise shot...
家旭 14 months ago | reply
好温馨的感觉啊！
Cindy Chischilly 14 months ago | reply
I love this lighthouse. It's a beautiful photo.
Caz 71♥ (Off) 13 months ago | reply
Hi, im an Admin for `Howards Gallery` and would be very honoured if you would consider posting your stunning photo into the Gallery.
This Gallery is so different than anything flickr has done before, as it is an easy place to belong to and participate, yet you have to have exemplary work to be invited here, and it is my opinion that this wonderful piece here belongs with us ……. I hope you will post this picture of yours with pride into the Gallery..…and we look forward to seeing more of your talent in the future......Kind regards..Caz (A)
Francisco Aragão 11 months ago | reply
nice job !
sadorios 9 months ago | reply
Cool!!!Wow!!
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