Godrevy
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View towards godrevy Lighthouse form Carbis Bay in Cornwall.
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Cornwall, England.
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Taken on a dull day but I was quite pleased with the way HDR worked. You more experienced HDR workers may wish to advise on some improvements.
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Taken from Hayle Towans in Cornwall; looking toward Godrevy Lighthouse on the horizon. One of those perfect evenings where the sand is cold underfoot but there is still enough warmth from the sun as it sets – Beautiful! Rgds / Paul
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Well the sun was shining again when I grabbed the camera and legged it to Penzance and collect my good friend Bo. Off again to Gwithian Sands. Should have placed the word ‘periods’ after the word sun. And judging by the distance Bo’s hat flew a storm force ten to. Luckily it was ‘on shore’ wind so we just had to treck a way inland to retrieve her titfer. Made holding me and the camera steady a bit difficult. We watched as a fellow photographer set up his tripod with one hand whilst holding a dog by its lead with the other. A seagull passed and the dog went one way whilst the wind blew the tripod the other. He, the dog and the tripod gave up and went home. After picture taking we wandered round the headline and shouted hello to the family of seals having a kip on the little cove beach way below. Haven’t saved enough for the long lense yet so just blobs. Won’t upload that one. Anyway hope you like the pic. / . / .
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Godrevy Lighthouse / Position 50 14’.5 N 05 23’.9 W / Godrevy Island is situated 3½ miles across St.Ives Bay, where rugged cliffs rise from the sea. Gulls, oyster-catchers and pipits make their homes on the island, which is partly covered with grass, as it slopes down to the sea. In springtime, carpets of brightly coloured primroses, sea thrift and heather bring beauty to the scene, for although the island is close to the mainland, it is open to the full force of Atlantic gales. A dangerous reef extends outwards towards St.Ives, called the Stones and on this many vessels have come to grief. On 30th November 1854, the iron screw steamer NILE was totally wrecked with the loss of all passengers and crew, and under public and mercantile pressure, Trinity House finally decided to erect a lighthouse in 1859. James Walker designed the station, and its welcome light shone out on 1st March of that same year. Two keepers were originally appointed to the lighthouse and they maintain the two lights, one a bright flashing white every 10 seconds, and the other fixed red, which marked the Stones Rocks. Their range was 17 and 15 miles respectively. The white octagonal tower, 26 metres high, is made from rubble stone bedded in mortar, and is sited together with its adjoining keepers’ cottages almost in the centre of the largest of the rocks. The cost of the station was £7,082 15s 7d. The original optic revolved on rollers on a circular race and was driven by a clockwork motor. This motor was in turn driven by a large weight running down a cavity in the wall of the tower. The station was also equipped with a 3cwt bell as a Fog signal, and this was struck once every 5 seconds. The lighthouse was altered in 1939, when a new 2nd order fixed catadioptric lens was installed, together with an acetylene burner. The fog bell was also removed, the keepers withdrawn and the lighthouse made automatic. Finally Godrevy Lighthouse was modernised in 1995 when it was converted to solar powered operation. The lighthouse is now monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich in Essex. Specifications / Established 1859 / Height Of Tower 26 Metres / Height Of Light Above Mean High Water 37 Metres / Automated 1939 / Solarised 1995 / Lamp 75 Watt Tungsten Halogen / Optic 2nd Order 700 MM Fixed Optic With Red Sector / Character 1 White & Red Flash Every 10 Seconds / Intensity White Sector 4370 Candela Red Sector 817 Candela / Range Of Light White Sector 12 Seamiles,Red Sector 9 Seamiles / Godrevy Lighthouse Canon 40D / ISO 800 / F11
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Also featured on my website / PaulThompsonPhotography Godrevy Lighthouse / Position 50 14’.5 N 05 23’.9 W / Godrevy Island is situated 3½ miles across St.Ives Bay, where rugged cliffs rise from the sea. Gulls, oyster-catchers and pipits make their homes on the island, which is partly covered with grass, as it slopes down to the sea. In springtime, carpets of brightly coloured primroses, sea thrift and heather bring beauty to the scene, for although the island is close to the mainland, it is open to the full force of Atlantic gales. A dangerous reef extends outwards towards St.Ives, called the Stones and on this many vessels have come to grief. On 30th November 1854, the iron screw steamer NILE was totally wrecked with the loss of all passengers and crew, and under public and mercantile pressure, Trinity House finally decided to erect a lighthouse in 1859. James Walker designed the station, and its welcome light shone out on 1st March of that same year. Two keepers were originally appointed to the lighthouse and they maintain the two lights, one a bright flashing white every 10 seconds, and the other fixed red, which marked the Stones Rocks. Their range was 17 and 15 miles respectively. The white octagonal tower, 26 metres high, is made from rubble stone bedded in mortar, and is sited together with its adjoining keepers’ cottages almost in the centre of the largest of the rocks. The cost of the station was £7,082 15s 7d. The original optic revolved on rollers on a circular race and was driven by a clockwork motor. This motor was in turn driven by a large weight running down a cavity in the wall of the tower. The station was also equipped with a 3cwt bell as a Fog signal, and this was struck once every 5 seconds. The lighthouse was altered in 1939, when a new 2nd order fixed catadioptric lens was installed, together with an acetylene burner. The fog bell was also removed, the keepers withdrawn and the lighthouse made automatic. Finally Godrevy Lighthouse was modernised in 1995 when it was converted to solar powered operation. The lighthouse is now monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich in Essex. Specifications / Established 1859 / Height Of Tower 26 Metres / Height Of Light Above Mean High Water 37 Metres / Automated 1939 / Solarised 1995 / Lamp 75 Watt Tungsten Halogen / Optic 2nd Order 700 MM Fixed Optic With Red Sector / Character 1 White & Red Flash Every 10 Seconds / Intensity White Sector 4370 Candela Red Sector 817 Candela / Range Of Light White Sector 12 Seamiles,Red Sector 9 Seamiles / Godrevy Lighthouse Canon 40D / ISO 800 / F 5.6 Sold through red bubble as a mounted print
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I only put this up for a Larf. / It does however demonstrate that we Brits are made of sterner stuff. As Richard pointed out below we may also be noted for our little eccentricities. So here he is surrounded by windbreaks and wreathed in smoke. Every so often a burger would be proffered and the car window would fly down; burger grabbed by a member of the incumbent family then the window would fly up again. (Mostly to prevent smoke inhalation).
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Godrevy Island . Wonderful early evening light surrounds the lighthouse on Godrevy Island, St. Ives Bay, on the north coast of Cornwall, England. The lighthouse stands on a dangerous reef which extends across the bay called The Stones. After fatalities from many wrecks, it was erected in 1859. Taken October 2008.
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Late December in 2008 and the sun shines on the coast of North Cornwall east of St Ives.
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I wanted to change the original shot of this one into a selective colouring shot. I feel it works how about you guys what do you think? The selective colouring was made in Photoshop Elements 6 I hope you like the shot and thank you for viewing my work. The following text I found on the internet Godrevy lighthouse stands guard over The Stones, a reef stretching offshore of Cornwall for one and a half miles. The Stones had wrecked The Nile, a passenger steamer, in December 1854, with the loss of all hands. After much debate as to whether to build a lighthouse on the reef or on the island, work started on construction of a light on the island in 1858, with the light first operating in March 1859. The lighthouse is a white octagonal tower, 86 feet high, made of rubble stone, bedded in mortar. The original light was a revolving white one, with a fixed red below the main light, which could be seen over a 44 degree arc when a ship was in danger of the reef. The red sector is now covered by a red sector in the main light itself. In addition a fog bell sounds every five seconds At first the light was manned by two men at a time, but problems with the relief, led to this being increased to 3 in 1925, but by 1934 the lighthouse was made automatic and ceased to be manned and is now maintained by helicopter visits The fog signal has now been discontinued, and the light flashes white/red every 10 seconds, with the red sector only being visible in the arc of danger from the reef. The range of the light is 12 miles / Godrevy Island has been the site of many shipwrecks. The most famous being after Charles I’s execution ship carrying much of his property was wrecked here, and the royal belongings scattered along the coast. Artifacts from SS Kintuck, sunk 1917, are at the Shipwreck Museum in Charlestown . Not far from the remains of the Mohegan are those of the Spyridion Vagliano, a 1708-ton steamer, laden with grain from the Black Sea for Falmouth, hit the Voices in the dark on 8 February, 1890, ripped a hole in her 258ft-long hull, and then bounced off to the north. Her crew abandoned her at once. Her captain was drowned when his boat overturned at midnight on Godrevy Cove beach. All the materials contained may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way without my permission. My images do not belong to the public domain sector. Please ask for my permission before using this image for any purpose and in anyway because without it will lead to legal action. ©Anthony Hedger 2009.
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Godrevy lighthouse, West Cornwall. UK
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Cornwall, UK
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Godrevy, Cornwall, UK comments welcome :)
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Watercolour Memories of summer days on the beach…. the sense of rising anticipation as you walk the slatted path through the dunes, where the air is hot and still and then you crest the hill and the expanse of St Ives Bay is there before you and the sea breeze takes your breath away….how I wish the rain would stop!!
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Fantastic - Another Sale
by Paul Thompson PhotographyReceived an email last night to say that I have sold - 1x Mounted Print of godrevy lighthouse / http://www.redbubble.com/works/show/1…
Received an email last night to say that I have sold - 1x Mounted Print of godrevy lighthouse / http://www.redbubble.com/works/show/1813322 / Size: Small / Border: No Border Thanks to the buyer, whoever they may be / Paul
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I first photographed this location about 5 years ago, the image that I took back then has since appeared in a number of magazines. I decided it was about time to revisit and see if I have improved in that time. Canon 5D Mk1 17-40 F4L at 32mm
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Please View Large Wikipedia © Godrevy Lighthouse was built in 1858–1859. The Stones reef had always been a hazard to shipping and a lighthouse had been considered many times prior to 1858 but nothing came of plans until the SS Nile was wrecked in 1854 with the loss of all on board. / The lighthouse is a white octagonal tower, 86 feet (26 m) high and made of rubble-stone and mortar. The original light was a revolving white one, with a fixed red light below the main light, which could be seen over a 45-degree arc when a ship was in danger of the reef. This was later replaced by a red sector on the main light itself. / Originally, the light was manned by three men at a time, but in 1934 the lighthouse was automated. The light flashes white/red every 10 seconds, with the red sector only being visible in the arc of danger from the reef. The range of the light is around 12 miles. / The lighthouse is said to have inspired Virginia Woolf to write To the Lighthouse – though in the book, she locates the lighthouse elsewhere. Featured in – The Weekend Photographer – 13th November 2009 Nikon D300 / Sigma 24-70mm Google Maps
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Godrevy Lighthouse / Position 50 14’.5 N 05 23’.9 W / Godrevy Island is situated 3½ miles across St.Ives Bay, where rugged cliffs rise from the sea. Gulls, oyster-catchers and pipits make their homes on the island, which is partly covered with grass, as it slopes down to the sea. In springtime, carpets of brightly coloured primroses, sea thrift and heather bring beauty to the scene, for although the island is close to the mainland, it is open to the full force of Atlantic gales. A dangerous reef extends outwards towards St.Ives, called the Stones and on this many vessels have come to grief. On 30th November 1854, the iron screw steamer NILE was totally wrecked with the loss of all passengers and crew, and under public and mercantile pressure, Trinity House finally decided to erect a lighthouse in 1859. James Walker designed the station, and its welcome light shone out on 1st March of that same year. Two keepers were originally appointed to the lighthouse and they maintain the two lights, one a bright flashing white every 10 seconds, and the other fixed red, which marked the Stones Rocks. Their range was 17 and 15 miles respectively. The white octagonal tower, 26 metres high, is made from rubble stone bedded in mortar, and is sited together with its adjoining keepers’ cottages almost in the centre of the largest of the rocks. The cost of the station was £7,082 15s 7d. The original optic revolved on rollers on a circular race and was driven by a clockwork motor. This motor was in turn driven by a large weight running down a cavity in the wall of the tower. The station was also equipped with a 3cwt bell as a Fog signal, and this was struck once every 5 seconds. The lighthouse was altered in 1939, when a new 2nd order fixed catadioptric lens was installed, together with an acetylene burner. The fog bell was also removed, the keepers withdrawn and the lighthouse made automatic. Finally Godrevy Lighthouse was modernised in 1995 when it was converted to solar powered operation. The lighthouse is now monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich in Essex. Specifications / Established 1859 / Height Of Tower 26 Metres / Height Of Light Above Mean High Water 37 Metres / Automated 1939 / Solarised 1995 / Lamp 75 Watt Tungsten Halogen / Optic 2nd Order 700 MM Fixed Optic With Red Sector / Character 1 White & Red Flash Every 10 Seconds / Intensity White Sector 4370 Candela Red Sector 817 Candela / Range Of Light White Sector 12 Seamiles,Red Sector 9 Seamiles / Godrevy Lighthouse Canon 40D / ISO 800 / F11 Please visit my website / / PaulThompsonPhotography
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Godrevy Lighthouse taken from St Ives in Cornwall.
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Godrevy lighthouse taken from St Ives in Cornwall.
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Godrevy Lighthouse / Position 50 14’.5 N 05 23’.9 W / Godrevy Island is situated 3½ miles across St.Ives Bay, where rugged cliffs rise from the sea. Gulls, oyster-catchers and pipits make their homes on the island, which is partly covered with grass, as it slopes down to the sea. In springtime, carpets of brightly coloured primroses, sea thrift and heather bring beauty to the scene, for although the island is close to the mainland, it is open to the full force of Atlantic gales. A dangerous reef extends outwards towards St.Ives, called the Stones and on this many vessels have come to grief. On 30th November 1854, the iron screw steamer NILE was totally wrecked with the loss of all passengers and crew, and under public and mercantile pressure, Trinity House finally decided to erect a lighthouse in 1859. James Walker designed the station, and its welcome light shone out on 1st March of that same year. Two keepers were originally appointed to the lighthouse and they maintain the two lights, one a bright flashing white every 10 seconds, and the other fixed red, which marked the Stones Rocks. Their range was 17 and 15 miles respectively. The white octagonal tower, 26 metres high, is made from rubble stone bedded in mortar, and is sited together with its adjoining keepers’ cottages almost in the centre of the largest of the rocks. The cost of the station was £7,082 15s 7d. The original optic revolved on rollers on a circular race and was driven by a clockwork motor. This motor was in turn driven by a large weight running down a cavity in the wall of the tower. The station was also equipped with a 3cwt bell as a Fog signal, and this was struck once every 5 seconds. The lighthouse was altered in 1939, when a new 2nd order fixed catadioptric lens was installed, together with an acetylene burner. The fog bell was also removed, the keepers withdrawn and the lighthouse made automatic. Finally Godrevy Lighthouse was modernised in 1995 when it was converted to solar powered operation. The lighthouse is now monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich in Essex. Specifications / Established 1859 / Height Of Tower 26 Metres / Height Of Light Above Mean High Water 37 Metres / Automated 1939 / Solarised 1995 / Lamp 75 Watt Tungsten Halogen / Optic 2nd Order 700 MM Fixed Optic With Red Sector / Character 1 White & Red Flash Every 10 Seconds / Intensity White Sector 4370 Candela Red Sector 817 Candela / Range Of Light White Sector 12 Seamiles,Red Sector 9 Seamiles / Godrevy Lighthouse Canon 40D / ISO 800 / F11 Please visit my website / / PaulThompsonPhotography As this image was a bit noisy at 800 ISO I have added a canvas texture through photoshop
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Got down really low to catch the waves this morning rolling in on this beautiful crisp morning only to see I had caught Godrevy Lighthouse too quite a few miles away. Porthminster Beach, St. Ives, Cornwall, England. / Kodak Z915
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