I’m a bit short on lighthouses in the middle of Europe, so I’m using some photos from 2015.
The Roker lighthouse in Sunderland as seen through the C2C (coast to coast) giant shutter.
Approaching the lighthouse from the south and approaching it from the north.
Having approached I stood directly underneath and had nowhere to go.
I’ve decided that it looks best from the shore, showing off its beautifully curved pier.
Monochrome Madness: Lighthouse in Different Compositions
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I’ve shared this shot before – but how could I not with this brief? The lighthouse of Roker Beach in Sunderland.
And here the same window – just to show what difference the right angle, different lighting and a different focus can do.
And now for something completely different: A white house hiding behind green trees.
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: June Pick a Topic from My Photo
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I keep coming back to this room for its view. It’s in Sunderland overlooking Roker Beach with the Roker lighthouse in the back.
Directly on the beach is a different window – the way marker for the C2C route which is a cycling route from coast to coast, or sea to sea, from Workington in the west to Sunderland in the east. It is shaped like a camera aperture – a window we are all very familiar with if we use (or have used) actual cameras.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: A Room with a View
Linked to One Word Saturday: Night.
And what a view that is! Tomorrow it will be exactly two years that I first visited my friend in her apartment. It looks out on the lighthouse of Roker Beach in Sunderland. The middle frame would make a perfect picture.
Other windows can be found here.
I have a friend who lives in Sunderland and has this gorgeous view on Roker Beach every morning for breakfast.
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It looks like a painting.
My friend’s breakfast nook looking out on the lighthouse of Roker Beach is an exquisite place for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
But I can also provide some contrasting material. I came upon this incredible storefront window decoration today:
And this is what a car wash looks through a car window:
For Cee’s black and white photo challenge:
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I came late to Cee’s Compose Yourself photo challenge. It’s now into week 20 – but since the topic is “Review and Practice” I am taking the opportunity to start at challenge no. 1 and work myself up (without posting my blog entries on her site).
So, here are ideas for her topic: “How your camera is not like your eye” which is all about composition.
I first saw the lighthouse of Roker Beach (Sunderland) from this perspective:
The friend we were visiting is truly blessed to have this view from her breakfast nook. The photo was only a quick snapshot to document her bliss.
We were there for a few days and of course, one is always drawn to this landmark. Here are a few shots taken at various times of day resulting in different light effects even though the basic shot remained more or less the same, even though one is from the other side of the beach:
Getting closer in a flat perspective proofed to be boring in this case, mainly because the top of the lighthouse, bar of any life, is kind of boring:
Getting even closer and picking out details proofed more satisfying:
Or showing off the curved pier:
The tighter framing in the shot above makes for a better picture than the one below, by the way:
But there is a sculpture on Roker Beach, a camera aperture in fact, which makes for the ultimate framing of the lighthouse.
I wasn’t there on 4 September when one can apparently see the sun rising in this camera angle but this was good enough for me:
Cee’s Compose Yourself Challenge: Week #1 How Your Camera is Not Like Your Eye
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