Last week we had a fast moving late summer storm blow through and I saw the interesting clouds in the sky when I got off of work. I decided to hop on the Vashon Island ferry to capture this lighthouse in HDR. I have a previous photo here in my photo stream from last fall shot with my old Canon Power Shot.
Anyways, I knew that this is the most pleasing angle for this lighthouse as Mt Rainier sits between the lighthouse and the oil shed (see notes). I have also been wary of posting the shots from this day as most of the photos shot with my 18-55mm lens wound up with the lighthouse leaning! I have not yet figured out how to straighten the lighthouse in Photoshop, so I decided to crop one of my wider shots and I am pleased with the results. I have a great sunset shot where the sky cleared up and there is a wonderful glow on Mt Rainier. That is where I need to straighten the leaning Pt Robinson. I did hang out for over 4 and a half hours just to get the sunset shot after taking this photo. What we photogs go through for our art!
Pt Robinson Lighthouse is a twin of the Alki Point Lighthouse located in West Seattle. The same lighthouse builder built this from the same plans, as it was unnecessary to alter what already worked as a functional design. Lime Kiln Point Lighthouse, located in the San Juan Islands, has basically the same design as well.
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