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Photos of Lighthouses

The best pictures of Lighthouses across the world

Featured Work

Big Sun, Little Lighthouse by Dale North Photography

Beyond “Little eye” the smaller of the three islands just off the top of the wirral peninsula, I walked out as the sun was slipping silently behind the lighthouse, which is in fact on Talacre beach in North Wales. I love the way the sunlight is shining through the glass lighthouse top.
LIGHT MY WAY! by Dave Corn

Oregon Light House …......................................Old fashioned light house lens lighting the Oregon coast for many years!! !!
Point Arena Lighthouse by Cheryl Lunde

SOLD AS A POSTER FEATURED IN OUTSIDERS / FEATURED IN PHOTOGRAPHY 101 / FEATURED IN GOING COASTAL / FEATURED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA STYLE / FEATURED IN IMAGEWRITING CHALLENGE WINNER IN PHOTO’S OF LIGHTHOUSES Point Arena Lighthouse is located 135 miles north of San Francisco. / Built originally as a masonry tower in 1870, it is located on a narrow strip of land that juts out into a portion of the cold Pacific Ocean embedded with dangerous reefs. / Toppled by the 1906 earthquake and then rebuilt in 1908, Point Arena Lighthouse is — at 115 feet — one of the tallest lighthouses anywhere in the U.S. Nikon D90 / Nikkor Lens 18-200VR / Please View Larger
White Stripes by STEViE VOiCE

Incoming tide (morning) at Point Lonsdale,Victoria, Australia on July 4th. Canon 400D / Sigma 10 – 20mm at 10mm / 1 sec. at f 13 / ISO 100 Underexposed and added a touch of purple to the sky in Lightroom.
Light of the coast by Roy Lindman

Lighthouse, Beachy Head, Eastbourne, / East Sussex, England This photo has been featured in All About Water This photo has been featured in At the edge This photo has been featured in You’re Accepted This photo has been featured in Photos of Lighthouses
Brute Force by Martina Cross

Stormy Wick harbour entrance, Wick, Caithness, Scotland Featured in Highlands & Islands Photographers / Featured in Beauty of European Waters / Featured in Going Coastal / “Featured in Lighthouses”http://www.redbubble.com/groups/lighthouses
Lighting the Way by juellie

Split Point Light Station, Great Ocean Road, VIC. Featured in the group “Photos of Lighthouses”
Split Point Lighthouse by Darren Stones

The Split Point Lighthouse at Aireys Inlet. Australia. A highlight of the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia.
Perch Rock Lighthouse by goZzee

Built in 1827 Perch Rock Lighthouse was designed by John Foster and was based on John Smeaton’s Eddystone Lighthouse of 1756. Originally named the Rock Light, the lighthouse had lots of names from Black Rock Light, Rock Perch Light, but it was in the 1870’s that the name Perch Rock Light became commonly used. http://www.merseyside.net/newbrighton/Pages/lighthouse.htm Shot with canon 5D MkII & Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM at 70mm
Guidance by Kieran O'Connor

f/11 / Nikon d80 / Wollongong lighthouse, NSW, Australia / 1 raw processed in photomatix
Redstone Lighthouse by palegirl

Lighthouse on the west coast of Cumbria. D70

Recent Work

Iron Pot Lighthouse by Suellen Cook

From http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/tas/Iron%20Pot/Iron%20Pot.htm The Iron Pot Lighthouse is significant for several reasons. It was the first lighthouse to be built in Tasmania and is the second oldest lighthouse ever built in Australia. It is also the oldest original tower in Australia and the first lighthouse in Australia to utilise a locally manufactured optical apparatus. It is also believed to be the first lighthouse to be converted to solar power in Australia. / / Origin of the name Iron Pot continues to be a mystery. One theory is that whalers’ pots were left on the island from the early eighteenth century and this gave the island its name. Another is that it takes its name from the curiously formed pot like holes in island. And a third theory is that there was a whale oil fired beacon in old whaler’s tri-pot. The barren rocky island is small, about 0.4 hectare in area and marks the entrance to the Derwent River. / The first beacon and signal station was manned by convicts and is believed to be on the nearby Betsy Island before being relocated to Iron Pot Island. / Several significant shipwrecks and groundings including the Bombay (1830), SS Lintrose (1832) and the Princess Royal (1832) with 300 free women settlers on board caused agitation from merchants and residents in Hobart Town for a light to be erected. / Lt Hill, the Port Officer, drew up plans for a wooden light, which was approved and erected in 1832. It had a timber crossbar and the locally made apparatus was raised and lowered by hand. The light was manned by a keeper and two convict assistants living in harsh conditions in tents. / John Lee Archer inspected the light and was dissatisfied with arrangement of light and recommended it be upgraded. His rubble tower was built within the timber framework of the existing tower and was completed and operating in 1833. / Despite these improvements, the light apparatus still failed to meet up with expectation and in 1835 a new lamp was fitted. Ship owners still complained the light was inadequate but it was not upgraded. / Finally, in 1851, another new apparatus installed, but the ship owners still considered the light unsatisfactory. In 1858 the newly formed Hobart Marine Board took control of light. By now a stone hut had been built for the keepers. / Significant changes took place on Iron Pot from 1882 to 1885. In 1884 a new Chance Bros colza burning apparatus was installed. To mark the new era, in 1884, the Marine Board renamed Iron Pot Lighthouse, the ‘Derwent Lighthouse’. The name never really took, and even today on some official documents the lighthouse is still referred to as ‘The Iron Pot’. / Keeper’s conditions were improved in 1885 when a new two story headkeeper’s cottage was constructed. It was unusual to have two storey cottages on lightstation but on the 0.4 hectare island space was a premium. / The first and only person born on the island was baby Essie (or Elsie) Margaret Roberts, born to the headkeeper’s wife in 1895. / In the same year, 1895, a huge storm arose, driving waves right over the island. The assistant keeper’s quarters were abandoned for the safety of the headkeeper’s cottage as they flooded. Full water tanks, sheds and a stone retaining wall were washed away. It is believed that the keeper and families then retreated to lighthouse. In the morning, there was devastation everywhere. There was even kelp clinging to uppermost rails of the lighthouse, over 20 metres above sea level. There had been no loss of life and the keepers had worked all night and kept the light going. / 1904 saw the installed incandescent petroleum burner. It was the first light in Australia to use vapourised kerosene as illuminant. / As part of the agreement controlling coastal lights, Iron Pot Lighthouse was handed over to Commonwealth in 1915. Following recommendations made upon its takeover, in 1920, the fixed white light was converted to revolving white light by inserting a revolving cylinder. / The apparatus was also converted to acetylene gas, ending an era spanning 88 years of constant toil and service to the light. / In 1921, the keepers were withdrawn and the keepers’ cottages were sold for removal. The material from the cottages is said to have been recycled into other buildings around Hobart. As a result of local vessels objecting to the lighthouse levy imposed by the Commonwealth the Light was eventually transferred back to the Hobart Marine Board in 1925 and no further levies were charged. / However, under this arrangement, the light continued to be maintained by the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service, at the Marine Board’s expense until 1976. To keep costs down upon resuming responsibility for maintenance of light, the Marine Board converted from acetylene gas to solar in 1977 – the first such conversion in Australia. / The light celebrated its centenary in 1932. Conditions must have been less than ideal as two row boats were lost. / The Iron Pot tower is known for its unique obloid (square) shape and its blackwood staircase. / The derrick crane once used to get supplies on and off the island is still visually intact. /
Cape Reinga, Lighthouse. by Michael Treloar

Cape Reinga, Lighthouse, North Island, New Zealand. / Night shot, 30sec exposure. Nikon D200. / The meeting of the Tasman and Pacific Oceans.
Drama at George Town Lighthouse by Pieter Zaadstra

Drama at the lighthouse by Pieter Zaadstra. From his original oil on canvas. Depicts the moody Tamar Valley in Tasmania, Australia. Lighthouse at Low Head, near George Town.
Heceta Head Lighthouse by heeb

Heceta Head Light and Keepers Quarters, Florence Oregon was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 for its architectural and engineering significance
Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Newport Oregon USA by Bryan D. Spellman

Yaquina Head Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse on the Oregon Coast, reaching 93 feet from its base on a narrow peninsula just north of Newport, Oregon. The lamp was first lit on August 20, 1873, and has been fully functional since then. Today it is fully automated, and the site is administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Taken April 30th, 2008, at Newport, Oregon, using a Nikon D80 DSLR fitted with a Sigma 18-50 mm tele/zoom lens set at 50mm. ISO 200, f /11.0, 1/500 second.
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, Newport Oregon, USA by Bryan D. Spellman

Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, believed to be the oldest structure in Newport, Oregon, was built in 1871 and decommissioned in 1874 after the nearby Yaquina Head lighthouse was built. The lighthouse was restored in 1996 through private funding, and is today open to the public. It is shown shuttered here, because, unfortunately, I arrived too late in the day. Taken April 30th, 2008, using a Nikon D80 DSLR fitted with a Sigma 18-50 mm tele/zoom lens set at 50 mm. ISO 200, f /11.0, 1/125 second.
Umpqua Lighthouse Lens by SKNickel

This is photo taken from the inside of the light house lens. Light house located just south of winchester bay , oregon USA / The Umpqua River, an area of diverse countryside, was expected to be a central region for trade in Oregon. As a result, the first lighthouse along the Oregon coast was located on the north spit of the Umpqua River. Its light began to shine six miles south of Reedsport on October 10, 1857. Sadly, this lighthouse was destined for a short life. Oregon’s first attempt at a lighthouse was somewhat unsuccessful, as it fell to the elements of the ocean and its sandy foundation just six years later. The Umpqua River Bar was found to be somewhat dangerous. Because of this, after the Umpqua River Lighthouse came crashing down, Cape Arago was the chosen location for Oregon’s second lighthouse. / It wasn’t until 1888 that the Lighthouse Board approved funds for building a second lighthouse at the entrance to the Umpqa River. Finally, on December 31, 1894, Umpqua River’s lighthouse began to shine again – this time from a different location. Learning from the first mistake, the second lighthouse was built on a 100 foot ridge, high above the sand dunes and Pacific Ocean below. Today, this lighthouse is located near the Umpqua Lighthouse State Park.
Reflective Nubble by Jeffrey Palm

A gorgeous lighthouse, that is probably Maine’s most visited. /
Saint George Reef Light, Crescent City California by Bryan D. Spellman

On July 30, 1865, the Pacific Mail steamer Brother Jonathan ran aground on uncharted rocks off the northern California coast near Crescent City. It sank, taking 225 men, women and children to their death, along with gold valued at over $50 million in today’s dollars. As a direct result of that disaster, the Saint George Reef Lighthouse was built. Because the sea at this location is so treacherous, it took ten years to build the lighthouse. It sits approximately 6 miles off shore, and the light’s base, or caisson, stands five stories high above the sea, and the waves regularly reach that elevation. Several men died during the construction of the light, and several more died being transferred between the light and the launches that served it. Some keepers went mad serving at this remote and dangerous post, and many more requested transfers. Staffing and supplying the light was so expensive and so difficult that in 1975, the light was decommissioned. On a clear day, you can see this lighthouse on the horizon from anywhere along Pelican Bay or Crescent Bay, from Brookings Oregon in the north to south of Crescent City. This view was taken from the shoreline near the California/Oregon state line on January 12, 2007. You can see the five-story tall caisson as a square block between the light itself and the horizon. In 2007, the United States Post Office issued a series of stamps picturing five Pacific Coast light houses. St George Reef Lighthouse was one of those five. This image was shot with a Nikon D80 DSLR fitted with a Sigma 55-200 tele/zoom lens set at 200 mm. ISO 200, f /5.6, 1/1250 second.
Point Arena Lighthouse by Bryan D. Spellman

The first lighthouse built at Point Arena projected its beam across the Mendocino Coast from 1870 until the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. That event which did so much damage to the city by the bay, also made the Point Arena light, 135 miles north, unsafe. The new light was built with steel reinforced concrete, the first lighthouse in the U.S. so constructed, and went into service in 1908. It stands 115 feet tall and was automated in 1977. Today it is open to the public and is run as a private lodging facility. This image was taken on January 30, 2007, using a Nikon D80 DSLR fitted with a Sigma 70-300 tele/zoom/macro lens set at 300 mm. ISO 220, f /5.6, 1/500 second.
1901 by lucyarohanui

1901 / Byron Bay lighthouse northern NSW / Some say well over 60 peices of glass reflectors / in the beacon which was made in Paris France… / captured my way ;) / Lucy... / Olympus E-3

This group is aimed at those who have a passion for photographing lighthouses. Be it a black & white image, sunset or raging sea, there’s nothing like seeing these sculptures dotted across some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world.

November Group Avitar: Point Arena Lighthouse by Cheryl Lunde