Steve's Photoblog
Cape Blanco Light
Posted by Steve Rice (Olympia, United States) on 14 August 2009 in Transportation.
The 1,000 watt halogen bulb can be seen burning inside the Fresnel lens. The light is on day and night. Should the bulb burn out, the second one will light automatically. The volunteer, on duty when I was there, indicated that the beam focused by the lens has a strength of about 1.1 million candlepower.
Part of the Oregon Coast series.
mo.langel from ., Switzerland
Très belle composition, superbe cadrage!!! J'aime beaucoup!
14 Aug 2009 6:03am
zOOm from Paris, France
It gives a fabulous and natural distorsion. Life through a lens ! Original. And circling. ;-)
14 Aug 2009 6:09am
Irene from Les Coteaux, France
I like very much your point of view ! Outstanding !!!
14 Aug 2009 6:43am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Fantastic image, I like very much the framing and the detail. Very instructive.
14 Aug 2009 6:53am
10fraction from Rennes, France
what a great one!It's not so easy to capture, simply because there are very few lighthouses that are still equipped with those marvelous fresnel lenses, one of the few type working at the same time in refraction and total internal reflection. As an optical engineer, I appreciate such beautiful technical photos
14 Aug 2009 7:01am
daniela scharnowski from Berlin, Germany
Great optical effect - had to do a g**gle search for Fresnel lamp ;)
14 Aug 2009 8:47am
jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States
Excelent! Great effect.
14 Aug 2009 10:48am
Esther K ~ from Kota Kinabalu, SABAH, Malaysian Borneo., Malaysia
Very nicely observed, Steve! I always enjoy reading the explanation you add to each image.
14 Aug 2009 1:40pm
Don from spokane, United States
You've made excellent use of the Fresnel lens' circles. Interesting data too. A fine picture and post.
14 Aug 2009 3:03pm
Xavi Heredia from Badalona (almost Barcelona), Kazakhstan
Very well seen Steve!! And the explanation really interesting. Regards.
14 Aug 2009 3:41pm
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Cool shot. (We didn't go up into the lighthouse at Cape Blanco.)
14 Aug 2009 5:35pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Thanks, Steve for taking us inside this magnificent lens. A classic image - well produced. Yo!
15 Aug 2009 2:17am
One from Açores, Portugal
Magnificent composition ! Excellent sharpness of the image !
Great shot .
15 Aug 2009 3:55am
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
excellent detail ! you can publish a book about lighthouses !
15 Aug 2009 8:44am
Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom
Superb technical detail shot . . not seen this arrangement so close before.
15 Aug 2009 7:25pm
Kiki from Ambert, Puy de Dôme, France
Tout simplement très beau et une excellente idée de prise de vue !
16 Aug 2009 9:07pm
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
wow -- VERY trippy, but VERY cool!!
18 Aug 2009 1:13am
Francesc B. from région parisienne, France
Good idea, this one... I fall head-over-heels with the sea at the top... :))
19 Aug 2009 10:51am
