Winter Lighthouse

[Jonathan Long]

I shot this yesterday afternoon. It's the lighthouse in Manitowoc, WI.


Jon

[Hans Deventer]

Very nice shot, Jon! I like the emptiness and the few colours, it somehow conveys the cold.

[Cindi Hammons]

Jon,

I like the evening sun on the lighthouse. What is that in the foreground...birds?

[Jonathan Long]

It's a flock of seagulls sitting on the ice.

Jon

[Cindi Hammons]

Cool! They almost look like rocks or snowballs. :) Hans is right...it does look really COLD!

Thanks for sharing.

[Jonathan Long]

Actually it was around 18 degrees...

I was lazy and shot this from an open window of the car...

I had wanted to walk out to get a different shot, but it's a long walk that is exposed to the wind the entire way. Plus I would have lost the sunlight shining on the side. The winter sky looked surreal, that was caused by the water reflecting it's color towards the sky.

[Desiree Allen-Baker]

Oh my goodness! What an awesome shot. Someday I hope I'll be as brilliant as you. :)

[Gina Stevenson]

Jonathan, with such light-dark contrasts, this photo might even look great as an Ansel Adams-style photo ... good old B&W! ;)

Looked again, then came back to add that it might be neat to have it all B&W but for the background sky ... that 3-tiered coloring is unusual! Can y'all do something like that ... all B&W while leaving the sky colored? [with some editor]