Gråhara lighthouse Photo

Photographer’s Note

Harmaja (sw. Gråhara) lighthouse outside Helsinki. It was a nice first day of October and we took a short trip with our boat. Most of the big ferries to Stockholm and Tallin pass close by. The island also has a pilot station. Read more about it in Wikipedia. Taking ashore is forbidden because of the pilot station.

The original lighthouse, built in 1883, was deemed to low. A new base, seen in the picture, was built in 1900 to raise the lighthouse. Harmaja received the world's first directed and undirected radiobeacon in 1936. (Source Wikipedia)

PP: Shot in RAW, cropped slightly, contrast and brightness tweaked quite a bit, and added a little saturation, to match the light as I remebered it.

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weetrees (121) 2009-10-18 5:59

Its always difficult to bring back the colours you seen

i suppose thats the trade of we all live with for the ease of use and instantness of digital

you seem to have brought it out well here without too much saturation
cheers

canbayimages (273) 2009-11-04 2:47

Hi Jon; I love to take and also see lighthouse photos. This one is very handsome :)
and has beautiful colours.Besides ,you did the shot on a perfect light of day.I like your crop and Photoshop work,one can see all the details.
Congratulations,Cem

Photo Information

Copyright: Jon Wickstrom (JonteW) (182)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-10-01
Categories: Nature, Architecture
Camera: Canon 350D (Digital Rebel XT), Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS USM, Digital ISO 100
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-16 20:45