Photos

Here's another shot of the lighthouse on Anacapa Island, which is part of Channel Islands National Park off the coast of Ventura, California.

Yesterday I posted a simple closeup shot of the same lighthouse:
previous post

Today's shot gives you a better feel for the context of the lighthouse. It commands a dramatic position atop these basaltic lava cliffs.

This shot was actually taken right around sunrise but because of the heavy low-lying clouds that morning, there really was no sunrise. Instead, the sky was pretty much a drab white out. So I post this more to show the photographic potential of this location under better lighting conditions.

Since it was not a particularly bright morning, I did use the low light to experiment with some long exposures on the water to achieve the glassy look. I used a polarizer, ND3 and an ND6 to push the exposure to a minute.

I used Photoshop's channel mixer to do the B&W conversion.

One last thing. Like I pointed out in yesterday's post, this island is a breeding ground for Western gulls and so they are everywhere on this small island. If you look towards the lower right of the frame, a Western gull once again made its way into the image.

Regards,
Doug