Coquille River Lighthouse

Posted by Steve Rice (Olympia, United States) on 12 August 2009 in Architecture.

First lighted in 1896, this lighthouse was designed to guide ships across a dangerous bar that had claimed eight ships. It was turned off in 1939 after improvements to the river channel. The tower is 40 feet (12.2 meters) tall.

Part of the Oregon Coast series.

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Comments (28)

Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India

A lovely composition with this sweet bed of flowers...superb light and color! Well done Steve!

12 Aug 2009 5:08am

rem_la from villiers, France

superbe !

12 Aug 2009 5:20am

PATRICK from miramas, France

just 5 stars

12 Aug 2009 5:32am

Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Beautiful photo of this splendid lighthouse and coast. I love the composition and this line of flowers framing the buiding.
Thanks very much for your comments during my holidays, I appreciate them :)

12 Aug 2009 5:35am

Nazzareno from Rome, Italy

Beautiful composition! The colours and light are stunning.

12 Aug 2009 5:54am

k@ from Paris, France

I see a "Z" in the compo of this photo, and I like this !

12 Aug 2009 7:18am

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Like the clarity in this image.. great light!

12 Aug 2009 7:42am

zOOm from Paris, France

Nice ! I just want to live here, surrounded by sea.

12 Aug 2009 8:06am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Marvelous image Steve.

12 Aug 2009 10:52am

Irene from Les Coteaux, France

Very beautiful landscape and lighthouse !

12 Aug 2009 12:01pm

dan from Myanmar

nice

12 Aug 2009 12:58pm

dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States

beautiful light and view! such a clear day! a wonderful day for the coast!

12 Aug 2009 1:21pm

jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States

Excellent composition. Very nice.

12 Aug 2009 2:18pm

don from Spokane, United States

I like your viewpoint with the flowers as a foreground element. The lighthouse is very attractive. Fine natural looking colors. Fine image.

12 Aug 2009 2:37pm

MARIANA from Waterloo, Canada

Excellent composition ! Very neat shot !

12 Aug 2009 2:47pm

Stef67 from in my head, France

du bout du monde^^

12 Aug 2009 4:35pm

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

As always you care about the composition.

12 Aug 2009 4:49pm

peter from new york, United States

very pretty lighthouse and nicely framed.

12 Aug 2009 5:24pm

beanow from Warsaw, Poland

Stunning composition.

12 Aug 2009 5:51pm

Bethany from Michigan, United States

So many lighthouses in your area- much like Michigan! I like that you caught two in this photo- it is a lovely composition.

12 Aug 2009 6:48pm

PD from Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Wonderful shot - great foreground elements, great subject!

13 Aug 2009 2:19am

One from Açores, Portugal

What a beautiful place ! I like to live in that lighthouse !

13 Aug 2009 3:53am

Francesc B. from région parisienne, France

Lovely place and composition...you have a lot of beautiful lightouses in your portfolio !

13 Aug 2009 3:16pm

Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France

love the compo and the place ! beautiful small round lighthouse ! cute ;-)

13 Aug 2009 7:19pm

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

Oh...how beautiful is this! Fantastic composition.

13 Aug 2009 8:17pm

Vitor Martins from Lisboa, Portugal

Very nice image

15 Aug 2009 9:40pm

Diana from United States

lovely

16 Aug 2009 7:17pm

Didier DE ZAN from somewhere, France

Beautiful shot

17 Aug 2009 4:42am

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