Lighthouse Question (Page 2): I do not have a preference one way or the other. I do believe this is the first water view I've seen on this forum. Did you get a shot of the old...

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

I do not have a preference one way or the other.
I do believe this is the first water view I've seen on this forum.
Did you get a shot of the old lighthouse behind you and maybe to your right a little?
It is sitting on a vary small outcropping of rocks.
Pat

Bill_de Loc: US

cdayton wrote:

The coastline slopes to the right - I think the lighthouse is pretty straight (I did correct that, as I remember).

Checking the corner of the walls of the house to the left, the image is correct.

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JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Bill_de wrote:

Checking the corner of the walls of the house to the left, the image is correct.

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People forget that shorelines aren't always straight.

LarryFB Loc: Depends where our RV is parked

cdayton wrote:

This is a “postcard” picture of the Portland Head lighthouse from over 10 years ago (D50) taken from a whale watch boat. I shot and shot from a moving platform until I nailed the light in the tower. My question, would you have done that or simply Photoshopped it in?

I have a somewhat similar photo of a lighthouse, it shows the beacon. I did it by using the shutter on a burst mode. Out of 20 or so actual photos, I captured the light on maybe three of them.

PhotoKurtz Loc: Carterville, IL

So the water wouldn't run down hill?

Spectre Loc: Bothell, Washington

I would have used “burst” mode if I wanted the light.

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

Longshadow wrote:

Looking at the light house, it appears to be only a couple of degrees off vertical.

Check the overlay Grid. (if it retains in the upload).

P.S. Grid not carried over, but the vertical looks ok.

John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK

I'd have tried to do it your way. Nice shot, but straighten the shoreline.

ICN3S Loc: Cave Junction, OR

I always shoot for the light! Nice shot👍

Burtzy Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA

cdayton wrote:

This is a “postcard” picture of the Portland Head lighthouse from over 10 years ago (D50) taken from a whale watch boat. I shot and shot from a moving platform until I nailed the light in the tower. My question, would you have done that or simply Photoshopped it in?

Until you pointed it out, I didn't even notice the light. Not a significant element in the shot regardless of how it got there.

Logan1949

cdayton wrote:

This is a “postcard” picture of the Portland Head lighthouse from over 10 years ago (D50) taken from a whale watch boat. I shot and shot from a moving platform until I nailed the light in the tower. My question, would you have done that or simply Photoshopped it in?

I have done that same thing with the rotating beacon on a radio tower --- waited for the light to rotate around to get it into the picture.

I vote for leaving the picture as vertical as it already is. It may be an optical illusion that the lighthouse is leaning to the left. The shoreline recedes on the right, making it look not horizontal. And the rocks in the foreground and the hills in the background both slope down to the left, leaving a feeling of wanting to lean to the left to make them more horizontal. Are we seasick yet? Just keep looking.

[Edit P.S.] On further measurement, I would have to change my vote. It needs to be tipped to the right slightly. Not for the shoreline, but for the perspective. This photograph was taken from the water, looking up. The "horizontal" lines on the houses should not be horizontal, but downward to the right, toward the right-hand vanishing point on the (lower) invisible horizon. It does not help that the backside (right) of the lighthouse has a wider slope to vertical than the front (left) side. [P.P.S.] And since the lighthouse is on the left of center, its central line should be tipped very slightly to the right of vertical toward the central vanishing point off the top of the photograph.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

cdayton wrote:

This is a “postcard” picture of the Portland Head lighthouse from over 10 years ago (D50) taken from a whale watch boat. I shot and shot from a moving platform until I nailed the light in the tower. My question, would you have done that or simply Photoshopped it in?

It's a good shot. Personally, I do it your way. I like the challenge. Makes the final image much more rewarding for me.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Mac wrote:

If you Photoshop something in, is it still a photograph?

No, it's a postcard.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

cdayton wrote:

This is a “postcard” picture of the Portland Head lighthouse from over 10 years ago (D50) taken from a whale watch boat. I shot and shot from a moving platform until I nailed the light in the tower. My question, would you have done that or simply Photoshopped it in?

I'd definitely try to get the actual light. In Continuous shooting mode, that wouldn't be hard. Adding the light later would be time consuming and iffy, at least for me.

cdayton

jerryc41 wrote:

I'd definitely try to get the actual light. In Continuous shooting mode, that wouldn't be hard. Adding the light later would be time consuming and iffy, at least for me.

On the moving (and bouncing) boat, continuous shooting would have produced a lot of images of sky and water. The lighthouse flashes at 4 second intervals and I shot at 1/2000 to stop motion.