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The Light Beyond the Grass



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Beavertail Light in Jamestown, RI, USA. People actually live in this lighthouse. :-)

Beavertail Light in Jamestown, RI, USA. People actually live in this lighthouse. :-)
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cameraCanon EOS REBEL T3i

settings Aperture f/8.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/400 

upload_dateSep, 2013

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17 Comments |
aprilrena
 
aprilrena September 19, 2013
Beautiful, I LOVE this! (I have a thing for lighthouses I think, lol) Great composition and DOF.
snowdon PRO
 
snowdon September 21, 2013
I like the photo of grass with the plus of the out of focus area, it is imaginative and adventurous.
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 September 21, 2013
Really cool shot! Well done!
estercastillo08
 
estercastillo08 September 24, 2013
Unique photo , very nice ,voted
pixellimagery
 
pixellimagery September 25, 2013
Fabulous selective focus! Voted!! :-))
Jane3bys
 
Jane3bys September 26, 2013
Cool shot!
estercastillo08
 
estercastillo08 August 07, 2014
Voted Blurred
snowdon PRO
 
snowdon July 21, 2016
Great result Finalist in Disrupting Depth, congratulations Carol
FrankSomma
 
FrankSomma July 24, 2016
Whoa...I got some ketchin-up to do. Love this one amiga, great camerawork. You're having a good month, congrats....YGG!!
GayleLucci Platinum
 
GayleLucci July 28, 2016
another fabulous image that puts you in the winners circle...again and again! Congrats, Carol!
farlow
 
farlow July 28, 2016
Congrats :)
NatureLoverJJWal
 
NatureLoverJJWal August 09, 2016
Congratulations on your finalist on Disrupting Depth award!
mcampi Platinum
 
mcampi November 26, 2017
Congrats on the win well deserved
nina050
 
nina050 November 26, 2017
Congrats on your challenge win!!! :-))
StuartWright
 
StuartWright November 26, 2017
Congratulations Carol, very very nice shot, well deserved winner
NatureLoverJJWal
 
NatureLoverJJWal January 24, 2018
Congratulations on being a winner in lighthouses Photo Challenge!
estercastillo08
 
estercastillo08 July 12, 2022
Voted Capture Lighthouses

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Tags

#the light beyond the grass #lighthouse #dof #grass #nature #outdoors #coast #focus #blur #dof #light
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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in one of my favorites places in the world, Beavertail, RI, USA. It was built in 1856 and is located at the mouth of Narragansett Bay.

Time

I waited until dusk to take this so that the beam would be on.

Lighting

The sun sets to the right. I love how it brightens up that side of the lighthouse.

Equipment

I used my Canon Rebel t3i, handheld.

Inspiration

The light itself is an inspiration to me but this time I wanted to get a different perspective on it. I thought the reedy grasses were interesting and I wanted to focus on them and not the lighthouse. It was mid-Sept and I felt that keeping the lighthouse out of focus was also a way of showing the fading of summer.

Editing

At that time, I was only using picasa. I have never used Photoshop, although started playing with Lightroom5 a year ago. In picasa I would have been very limited and so I would say that there's basically no post-processing on this shot.

In my camera bag

I have 3 camera bodies - a Canon Rebels t3i and two t5i so that I don't have to keep changing lenses. Two are usually attached to my Black Rapid strap which I find very useful. I have 4 lenses - 10- 18mm, 17-55mm, 70-300mm, and a macro. I have a MeFOTO tripod in my trunk. I sometimes use polarizing lenses.

Feedback

Trial and error is my philosophy.... with lots of error, although that's okay. The DOF in this shot is something that I know many photographers would easily think of. For me, it really took "thinking out of the box" to come up with this shot and do the opposite of what was expected. Don't be afraid to try something different. You can always delete! :-)

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