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Portland Lighthouse Navigation Museum

Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. It overlooks Casco Bay. Completed in 1791.

Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. It overlooks Casco Bay. Completed in 1791.
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settings Aperture f/16.0 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/1000 

upload_dateNov, 2014

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15 Comments |
jeffswanson
 
jeffswanson November 29, 2014
Great shot of this lighthouse. Love your POV.
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richardpetersen December 04, 2014
thank u Jeff! its the first lighthouse built by the new US Congress...
billythekid
 
billythekid December 27, 2014
Love the colors in this one, and a great atmosphere as well.
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richardpetersen December 28, 2014
thnx billythekid...!
jsholl1177
 
jsholl1177 October 21, 2015
Great shot!! I was just there in Sept 2015. I got a nice shot of the sunrise from almost the same angle. Check out some of my pictures if your interested.
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richardpetersen November 08, 2015
Thnx jsholl1177.......!
Mother_Nature
 
Mother_Nature November 08, 2015
Love this image-So well done, This light guides ship away from Disaster clouds show Bad weather ahead (Congratulations on this image)
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richardpetersen November 08, 2015
Thnx Doug.....! i worked for a long time on this foto in Lightroom
haroldbostwick
 
haroldbostwick November 15, 2015
nice pic
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richardpetersen October 12, 2020
Thank you very much haroldbostwick ...!!!
IanB PRO
 
IanB April 12, 2017
Superb!
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richardpetersen April 12, 2017
Thnx IanB....! Its one of my favorites...... i got lucky!
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x__jproductions__x September 22, 2019
Love that place!
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richardpetersen September 22, 2019
It is so scenic there!
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x__jproductions__x September 22, 2019
Great capture!
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richardpetersen September 22, 2019
Thank you so much.....!
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Sun-Bee May 23, 2020
Beautiful scene!!
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richardpetersen May 23, 2020
Thank you very much patsydunn_6499...!!!!!
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RSeanC June 21, 2020
Beautiful
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richardpetersen June 22, 2020
Thank you RSeanC....!!!
speterson6
 
speterson6 September 21, 2020
Extraordinary seascape, great mood.
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richardpetersen September 21, 2020
Thank you speterson6 .....!!!
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texaaronpueschel October 13, 2020
Give this one the Maine Attraction Award. It would make a fine post card.
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richardpetersen October 13, 2020
Thank you very very much texaaronpueschel....!!!
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TimoDahlgrenPhotography March 02, 2023
Superb! I like very much the composition, colors and tone!
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richardpetersen March 02, 2023
Thank you very very much Timo ...!!!
sophiedv
 
sophiedv March 05, 2023
Excellent shot!
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richardpetersen March 06, 2023
Thank you very very much Sophie ...!!!
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mcampi June 18, 2023
Looks like a painting
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richardpetersen June 18, 2023
Thank you very very much Mark ...!!!

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