Le phare du Fastnet!

Le phare du Fastnet!
Originally uploaded by toudsuite_685.

Depuis le temps que je voulais le voir, on l'aura vu celui là! Passage en début de nuit mais feu jusqu'au matin... On n'en pouvait plus de le voir!

Since the time I wanted to see, we saw that one! Passage at the beginning of night until the morning light but ... We could do more to see!

Tired old horse

Tired old horse
Originally uploaded by Sísí.

By the old harbour in Chania ,Crete
35°31′N 24°1′E

Chaniá (Greek: Χανιά, IPA: [xaˈɲa], also transliterated Chania, Hania, and Xania, older form Chanea and Venetian Canea, Ottoman Turkish خانيه Hanya) is the second largest city of Crete and the capital of the Chania Prefecture. It lies along the north coast of the island, about 70 km west of Rethymno and 145 km west of Heraklion.
The official population of the municipal area is 55,838 but around 70,000 people live in the greater area of Chania. With 4,248.1 inhabitants/km², the municipality is the most densely populated outside the Athens and Thessaloniki metropolitan areas.

Lighthouses of the South

Author: Elinor De Wire
Lighthouses are symbolic of many things we cherish: guidance, safety, strength, a light to shine the way in a sea of troubles. These proud old sentries no longer have keepers and many have been upstaged by modern, high-tech navigational methods, but the towers and their dedicated caretakers remain alive in the pages of history. Some sixty five lighthouses still stand in the South, from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to Pensacola, Florida. With informative text and exceptional color photographs, lighthouses authority Elinor De Wire and photographer Daniel E. Dempster take you on a journey through the history of Southern beacons. "Lighthouses of the South" takes a captivating look at not only the lighthouses themselves--structure, interiors, and lenses--but also provides information about the construction of lighthouses, the history of the lighthouse service, stories of keepers and great rescues and wrecks, current preservation efforts, and much more. De Wires lively stories are accented by Dempsters outstanding photographs of lighthouses, interiors, and lenses. The book also includes a bibliography and an appendix that lists all lighthouses of the Southeastern Coast.

Format: Hardbound
Pages: 160
Length: 8.5w x 11h
ISBN-13: 9780896586031
ISBN: 0896586030
Catalog ID: 141372AP

Edgartown Harbor Light

41°23′27.20″N 70°30′11.19″W

Edgartown Harbor Light is a lighthouse located in Edgartown, Massachusetts that marks the entrance into Edgartown Harbor and Katama Bay. The lighthouse was originally built in 1828, but it was destroyed in a hurricane in 1938. It was replaced in 1939 with a tower relocated from Ipswich, Massachusetts.
The Martha's Vineyard Historical Society has been the caretaker of the lighthouse since 1993, although the United States Coast Guard owns the structure. The society is currently in the process of restoring the lighthouse. Improvements include replacing boarded-up windows and installing a spiral staircase, with the goal of opening the lighthouse to public access.

edgartown
nps.gov

Hólmaberg ...

Hólmaberg ...
Originally uploaded by asmundur.

I sat down yesterday on the edge of Hólmaberg to make an image about the strong waves breaking on the rocks down below. I had a 3.0 (1000x) ND filter attached to my wide angle lens and applied some of my own weight to hold the tripod steady in the strong wind.

Just to give you some idea on the proportions in this frame I would guess that the lighthouse is a at least 10m high.

The image: HDR of 2.5s, 10s and 30s exposures at f10 with contrast enhancements in Photoshop.

64°04′N 21°57′W