Last night as I was driving home with my wife and daughter, we passed the lighthouse during the rise of a full moon. It was spectacular! Our first order Fresnel lens was lit while the light from the moon behind sparkled through the windows of the lens room. I raced home (1 mile south of the tower) to get my camera and came back to snap a few shots. I have a brand new Nikon COOLPIX S50 and it just could not capture the image to do it justice. But one shot was interesting and so I tried to enhance it by changing the color hue, contrast, etc. It should at least give you the mood without the clarity. Looking at it with the naked eye you could see all of the detail of the lens and the surface of the moon. If anyone has any ideas on how to improve shots like this with a compact digital let me know, otherwise, if anyone wants to donate a Nikon D-80 to the lighthouse I can do much better next time. LOL.
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I like the Photo Posted of the lighthouse with the moon in the background as it is. It's very creative and a bit abstract. The increased contrast and the blue hue cast over it makes for a striking visual. I am a photographer for Northrop Grumman and I would be happy to assist you with the file if you wish. I am proficient in several photo editing tools including Photoshop CS 2. I use a variety of Nikon cameras in my job, from the D2X down to a S7. I have found that the compact digitals are prefectly capable of capturing very nice photographs.
Photos don't always have to have perfect focus or clairity to be interesting or a great shot. Photography is extremely subjective and and often times, what you feel is your best shot can bring little or no interest, and some shot that you don't particularly care for, can become popular. You never know what people are going to like, and for what reason. I live in Melbourne Florida, I would like to come up and shoot the lighthouse some time.
I like the shot, thank you for sharing.
Posted by Stephen Potter | August 10, 2007 11:17 AM