Beams from the Smoky Cape Lighthouse in the twilight sky, beaming out beside the stars of the Southern Cross and the Pointers (Alpha and Beta Centauri) below, rising into the southeast sky in the deepening blue twilight. The Lighthouse is near South West Rocks on Trial Bay on the coast of NSW, Australia. The lighthouse has a pattern of three closely spaced beams followed by a longer gap. The lenses project three sets of three beams, one set shooting here toward the camera, and two others shooting away from the camera out to sea. This is a single 0.6-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 6400.
A 270° or so panorama of the Smoky Cape Lighthouse near South West Rocks on Trial Bay, NSW, Australia, and in Hat Head National Park. I shot this after sunset in the evening twilight and just after the light had turned on. Notice the kangaroo at right - he really was there posing! I did not “photoshop” him in! He jumped from left to right downhill through several frames but stopped long enough at this spot to record in the final segment. The Lighthouse was built in 1891 and was electrified (from kerosene lamps and from a weight-driven clockwork mechanism) in 1962. It was automated in the 1980s. The former lighthouse keepers’ houses are now rentable cottages. I stayed there at the cottage at right in April 2016. It was wonderful! This is a stitch of 12 segments, each a single 1.6-second exposure at f/8 with the 35mm lens in landscape orientation. Stitching with Adobe Camera Raw.
The Smoky Cape Lighthouse with its beams in the cloudy evening twilight shining in the light rainfall. This is near South West Rocks on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Built in 1891, the Lighthouse was staffed until the 1980s when all lighthouses were automated. It was converted from kerosene to electric in 1962 when it was also increased to 1,000,000 candela output. It uses a Chance Brothers 4-metre 9-panel 920m catadioptric lens. This is a single exposure at 0.6 seconds to stop the motion of the rotating beams.
