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Photographer’s Note

Peggy's Cove Light
Nova Scotia, Ontario

I spent several hours here near sunset, absolutely enthralled with the changing light. It was truly the "magic hour". Because it was early in the season, few tourists were about and for a while, it was just me, the rocks, and the lighthouse. A wonderful memory.

Peggy's Cove is a tiny, picturesque fishing village of about 50 year-round residents. The lighthouse is considered to be among the most photographed in the world. It has served as a post office (open in summer only) since 1972; visitors can mail their postcards inside the lower level of the lighthouse. It is the only combination lighthouse/post office in North America. There is a legend concerning a ghost named Peggy, who supposedly died in a shipwreck and washed ashore near the rocks here.

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yquem46 (8641) 2009-08-25 9:35

Hi nancy
First, welcome to TE !
I like the way you've done postprocessing on this one, keeping the color accentuation at a rather low level. Overaccentuated, it would have lost its personnality, its mild character, due to pink-blue hues IMHO
Also nice compo giving the major room to the FG rocks
very well done
regards
patrick

zoomer (686) 2009-08-26 9:02 [Comment]

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artoooro (30) 2009-08-29 3:38

I haven't visited TE for a while, and I nearly missed this great shot of yours :) Congrats - the climate of this frame is stunning!

manousos_jr (257) 2009-09-02 3:28

what a place!!!!
its so beautiful!!!
very nice work!!!
Thanks for sharing!!!

friendly
Georgios...

herowono (484) 2009-09-28 10:47

Hello Nancy,
This picture is too beautiful to just let it pass away. So I would like to give my compliment too. Awesome view and very well composed. Congratulation!

My best regards,
Ismojo

jemaflor (39847) 2009-10-01 13:34

Hi Nancy,
Well framed interesting effect with this fg and the contrast between the water and the rocks, well too the view of the lighthouse, good depth.

photoray (1441) 2009-11-03 5:00

Hi Nancy,
I like the focus on the rock details and pools rather than the lighthouse, making it interesting but not dominating.

good job,
Ray

Photo Information

Copyright: Nancy Barrett (naturegirl99) (51)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-22
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D90, Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G, Singh-ray gold/blue polarizer
Exposure: f/3.8, 1/50 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-25 9:23