Posted By: David Zapatka
Some RI Lighthouse Shots - 02/28/05 05:59 AM
I'm finally getting around to tring to upload and share some photos with you all. I'm new to these forums, and so far I have really enjoyed all the various lighthouse photos. I have a profound interest in one particular RI lighthouse, that being the Plum Beach Lighthouse. If I'm successful with this upload, I'll share a few of the hundreds I've taken during my involvemnt with it over the past couple of years. In the meantime, here are a few.
I shot the Beavertail Lighthouse just after Christmas 04--we had just had about 5 inches of snow and it was about 10 degrees and quite windy, but I thought ther wouild be some nice pix around. This was shot with a 10mm fisheye.
The Conimicut Lighthouse which was taken about 2 years ago and the tide was quite low, and the 200-400mm lens at full telephoto gave good compression with the birds.
The shot of the Plum Beach Lighthouse was the first anyone had taken after the renovations were done in December 03. Along with the contractor Keith Lescarbeau, we had just removed the temporary dock from the site when my son and I walked out on the Jamestown bridge as golden hour was in full swing. The upper decks were sparkling clean--unlike three weeks later when the cormorants moved in and solied them. Later in 04, we cleaned the decks and put Nixalite, or bars of pins on the railings to deter the birds, and since then the decks and outer walls have remained clean of the bird droppings.
The last shot is the Plum Beach Lighthouse after the '05 Blizzard in January. We had just received 26 inches of snow, but more importantly, the blizzard slammed southern New England with 60-70 mile an hour winds. This was taken on the northeastern side of the light, and the battering from the strom is evident. I got out there by hitching a ride on an oyster farmer's boat that the captain had to smash through the frozen Wickford harbor with.
edited to fix the first image link - Dave
I shot the Beavertail Lighthouse just after Christmas 04--we had just had about 5 inches of snow and it was about 10 degrees and quite windy, but I thought ther wouild be some nice pix around. This was shot with a 10mm fisheye.
The Conimicut Lighthouse which was taken about 2 years ago and the tide was quite low, and the 200-400mm lens at full telephoto gave good compression with the birds.
The shot of the Plum Beach Lighthouse was the first anyone had taken after the renovations were done in December 03. Along with the contractor Keith Lescarbeau, we had just removed the temporary dock from the site when my son and I walked out on the Jamestown bridge as golden hour was in full swing. The upper decks were sparkling clean--unlike three weeks later when the cormorants moved in and solied them. Later in 04, we cleaned the decks and put Nixalite, or bars of pins on the railings to deter the birds, and since then the decks and outer walls have remained clean of the bird droppings.
The last shot is the Plum Beach Lighthouse after the '05 Blizzard in January. We had just received 26 inches of snow, but more importantly, the blizzard slammed southern New England with 60-70 mile an hour winds. This was taken on the northeastern side of the light, and the battering from the strom is evident. I got out there by hitching a ride on an oyster farmer's boat that the captain had to smash through the frozen Wickford harbor with.
edited to fix the first image link - Dave
Bob