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A Day at Yaquina Head
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Near Newport, Oregon, is a place called Yaquina Head, once upon a time known as Cape Foulweather. Jutting out into the ocean is a point of land weathered by the waves, carved into a point, where in 1871, a lighthouse was constructed. To this day, it is the tallest lighthouse in Oregon, and was even featured in the 2002 film "The Ring". To date, I don't believe I have ever visited a more forlorn place...nor have I visited a place with so many flies. The odd, unexpected thing about this place is the sheer mind-boggling amount of kelp flies buzzing about, the benign bugs zipping about in such numbers that I honestly had difficulty keeping my footing for this HDR shot, since the flies would land on my legs and tickle them. Still, the trip to Yaquina Head was completely worth it!
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A Light
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This is another, different take on the inside of Bodie Island Lighthouse; one similar to the shot I'd taken while in its sister lighthouse, Currituck. This one is looking up toward the first window encountered during the ascent to the top...and I love how the light caught just right in my lens to create a glistening effect toward the bottom left of the photo. The white walls of Bodie Island's lighthouse contrast beautifully with the jet black wrought iron stairs, creating a mesmerizing sight reminiscent of the inside of a seashell, and making for a deliciously contrasty piece.
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Ascend
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There's an old saying that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step...but in this instance, it's a journey of 162 feet into the air, and 220 steps of wrought iron. This is the very beginning of the ascent to the top of the Currituck Lighthouse in Corolla, NC. I would have loved to climb to the top, and it isn't for a lack of trying; it's simply that these buildings are without a doubt the most vertigo-inducing structures I've ever been inside of. Absolutely awe-inspiring...and yet terrifying on a primal level for me. Still, there was a remarkable amount to take in even from the bottom of the lighthouse, one of those views I present to you here. So, can you ascend to the top?
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Bodie Breeze
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Blue skies ruled the day on our trip out to the Outer Banks' very own Bodie Island Lighthouse, a gorgeous structure built in 1872, measuring in at 156 feet tall. It's difficult to describe the sensation of being in the presence of one of these huge structures; it feels so out of the ordinary for what most of us are used to seeing in a building, and there simply isn't anything nearby, trees included, that is as tall as these behemoths are. We were extremely fortunate to catch the lighthouse during such a particularly beautiful time of day as well, as perhaps an hour after this photo was taken, that's when the storms rolled in to put the kibosh on any more shooting for the day.
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Concentrism
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This is a view looking up through the concentric circles formed by Currituck Lighthouse's spiral staircase. There's something about the pattern formed by these stairs that I just can't get enough of, and I must have stood at the bottom of that lighthouse for well over half an hour simply trying to find the best angles...and I think I managed to find quite a few good ones! Still, it is a shame I was unable to actually climb the lighthouse myself and find what else might have been at the top, visually-speaking; these places seem tailor-made to induce vertigo! This is the BLACK AND WHITE version of this photograph!
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Concentrism - Color
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This is a view looking up through the concentric circles formed by Currituck Lighthouse's spiral staircase. There's something about the pattern formed by these stairs that I just can't get enough of, and I must have stood at the bottom of that lighthouse for well over half an hour simply trying to find the best angles...and I think I managed to find quite a few good ones! Still, it is a shame I was unable to actually climb the lighthouse myself and find what else might have been at the top, visually-speaking; these places seem tailor-made to induce vertigo! This is the COLOR version of this photograph!
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Helix
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As a photographer, I consider it part of my job description to always be on the hunt for interesting shapes and patterns, and there are few places to find more interesting ones than on the inside of a lighthouse. Looking up from the bottom of one of these colossal structures is in itself daunting; one feels as though they could fall backwards just trying to take it all in! This is the view one would get upon looking straight up, while standing at the base of the Currituck Lighthouse in Corolla, NC. This beautiful old brick light was built way back in 1873 and rises 162 feet into the air, visible for miles around when its light turns on after dusk.
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Light in the Woods
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Here, you see the Currituck Lighthouse situated in Corolla, NC. This lighthouse, built in 1873, is currently situated in the middle of a thicket of trees that gives it a very different feeling from any other lighthouse I've yet encountered. Most of the time, when I imagine "lighthouse", I imagine a forlorn place situated at the tip of a triangular cape, jutting out into the ocean or a large building sat right along the water's edge...but never within a genuine forest! The red stone of this lighthouse distinguishes it from its peers as well; most lighthouses are black and white, featuring large patterns distinguishable at a distance, but not so with Currituck. That alone does distinguish it, does it not?
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Sol's Perch
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This is Bodie Island Lighthouse, a distinctive and beautiful old tower constructed in 1872 along the shores of North Carolina's Outer Banks. It was a sweltering hot day when I'd managed to make my way there, and without a hint of shade in sight, I sought temporary refuge in the shadow of the lighthouse itself...when my friend looked up toward the top of the tower, noticing that the sun itself seemed to form the lighthouse's light. I couldn't be happier I managed to nab the shot!
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The Climb
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It felt great to get away from the heat, taking refuge inside the weathered old shell of Bodie Island Lighthouse, and it didn't take long for me to be awestruck by the sights. Problem is, the stairs you see here are very old wrought iron created back during the 1870s, when the lighthouse itself was built. The caretakers of the lighthouse had a very strict 'one person per flight of stairs' policy on those attempting to make the climb to the top, and while I did attempt the climb myself, I was thwarted by the powerful feeling of vertigo the experience induced. These stairs, after all, had no backing to them; look down and one can see straight to the bottom, even as the stairs themselves gently swayed with each footstep. While I'd have loved to see the top, I was nonetheless thoroughly satisfied by my time spent at the bottom, looking up into the dizzying spiral above me.
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Yaquina Spiral
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On the Pacific coast, in Oregon, there is a beautiful old lighthouse, said to be haunted...sat atop a forlorn spit of land jutting into the turbulent waters below, as sand flies buzz outside and the bellowing barks of sea lions echo in the breeze. Walking inside, I could smell the musty history of this old thing; it had first been lighted in 1873, after all. Upon entering, my first instinct was to look directly up; 93 feet from the floor to the light itself, I peered upward through the iron spiral...and this is what I saw.