Frozen Cleveland Lighthouse

RonD200

Here's something you don't see every day, a Frozen Lighthouse. Windy conditions caused the lighthouse in Cleveland Ohio to be covered in ice.



More Lighthouse photos can be seen here:

http://ronskinner.smugmug.com/Ohio-Parks-and-Gardens/Wendy-Park/Frozen-Lighthouse-and-Coast/15138829_Fsvyn

Doug Solis

that is unbelieveable! I saw some of the rest of your images of this lighthouse, that had to be dangerous to walk on. Great capture!

jdryan3

Nice shot. Almost looks like an intricate sandcastle.

wolf911

WoW! That is just so cool. Lighthouse are interesting to start with, but this adds so much more to it.

jasonstone

looks almost fake - like it's unbelievable! very cool.... nice capture

denisegoldberg

Wow - I wish I could see this in person, it just doesn't look real. Thanks so much for sharing.

--- Denise

PGM

What an eerie shot! I bet the birds circling around are some confused, too. Great job. Best, Pam

dbveto

Those are some great shots my favorite is #2 the lighthouse pops out on that one.

ashrugged

very cool shot. looks like it could make a backdrop for a movie.

denisegoldberg

Hey Ron -
I was so fascinated by your photos that I linked to your gallery from a post in my blog (with credit to you of course) - http://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com/2010/12/lighthouse-or-icehouse.html.

I hope you don't mind, but if you do please let me know and I'll remove the link.

--- Denise

Sam

WOW.............very interesting. Yes it looks slippery.

Thanks for posting!

Sam

schmoo

I saw a shot of this lighthouse on Boston.com a while back and I am so glad to see that you have a whole gallery of pics from this area. That is so incredible and I would kill to be there. Thanks so much for sharing!

Art Scott

quite intersting photos in your gallery.....surely you and others were wearing Yak tracks to keep from slipping....

digitalphotosbydale

The Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse Sleeps
I made a trip up to Wendy Park yesterday evening and captured a few exposures (3 shot bracket) of the Lighthouse/Icehouse at night.


The three exposures were combined in CS5, using the Nik HDR Efex Pro plugin to make tonal adjustments. The final process was to darken the sky. I've seen a bunch of day photos and I wanted to see what the Lighthouse would look like at night. I really like the results.

Exposure: -3, -1, 1
Aperture: F10
Camera: 7D
Lens: 70-200 F4L IS, 200mm focal length
Crop: final photo is about 80% of the original
Link to photo: http://digitalphotosbydale.smugmug.com/Places-Museums-Galleries/Winter-at-Edgewater-Park/15076400_9w6HA#1141024274_hLHpM-X2-LB
Website: http://digitalphotosbydale.com

By the way, Ron Skinner is one of the most talented photographers in the Cleveland area. Kudos to Ron.

RonD200

denisegoldberg wrote: »

Hey Ron -
I was so fascinated by your photos that I linked to your gallery from a post in my blog (with credit to you of course) - http://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com/2010/12/lighthouse-or-icehouse.html.

I hope you don't mind, but if you do please let me know and I'll remove the link.

--- Denise

No problem Denise, I went back to the Lighthouse on 12/29 and took some more photos, but haven't posted them yet. The Frozen Lighthouse probably won't be around much longer as the temperature is supposed to be in the high 40's by the end of the week.

RonD200

digitalphotosbydale wrote: »

I made a trip up to Wendy Park yesterday evening and captured a few exposures (3 shot bracket) of the Lighthouse/Icehouse at night.


The three exposures were combined in CS5, using the Nik HDR Efex Pro plugin to make tonal adjustments. The final process was to darken the sky. I've seen a bunch of day photos and I wanted to see what the Lighthouse would look like at night. I really like the results.

Exposure: -3, -1, 1
Aperture: F10
Camera: 7D
Lens: 70-200 F4L IS, 200mm focal length
Crop: final photo is about 80% of the original
Link to photo: http://digitalphotosbydale.smugmug.com/Places-Museums-Galleries/Winter-at-Edgewater-Park/15076400_9w6HA#1141024274_hLHpM-X2-LB
Website: http://digitalphotosbydale.com

By the way, Ron Skinner is one of the most talented photographers in the Cleveland area. Kudos to Ron.

Thanks Dale, you got some great shots of the Lighthouse too!!!

RonD200

Thanks everyone for your comments! I went back on 12/29 to get a few more photos of the lighthouse but haven't posted them yet, unfortunately the Frozen Lighthouse won't be around much longer as the temperature is supposed to be in the high 40's by the end of the week. There were about 20 - 30 photographers at Wendy Park in Cleveland, Ohio getting shots of the lighthouse yesterday.

schmoo

digitalphotosbydale wrote: »

I made a trip up to Wendy Park yesterday evening and captured a few exposures (3 shot bracket) of the Lighthouse/Icehouse at night.

Yeowsa that looks cold! I don't know if I'm sad or relieved to hear that the temps are breaking for a bit.

AFBlue

RonD200 wrote: »

Here's something you don't see every day, a Frozen Lighthouse. Windy conditions caused the lighthouse in Cleveland Ohio to be covered in ice.

I was in the Cleveland area over Christmas and wanted to see and photograph this and other area lighthouses. Unfortunately the larger lens I ordered hadn't shown up and the sky was a uniform 50% gray. Then one day, the clouds had some small streaks of different shades of gray and it wasn't snowing, so I hurried to downtown Cleveland (temp. 25, wind chill 11) to see what I could do with the lenses and weather available.
My take on the Cleveland light and the two lighthouses at Fairport Harbor are at http://beautyofnaturephotography.com/Lighthouses/Lake-Erie-Lighthouses-included/15269677_Go95c

Jerry

RonD200

AFBlue wrote: »

RonD200 wrote: »

Here's something you don't see every day, a Frozen Lighthouse. Windy conditions caused the lighthouse in Cleveland Ohio to be covered in ice.

I was in the Cleveland area over Christmas and wanted to see and photograph this and other area lighthouses. Unfortunately the larger lens I ordered hadn't shown up and the sky was a uniform 50% gray. Then one day, the clouds had some small streaks of different shades of gray and it wasn't snowing, so I hurried to downtown Cleveland (temp. 25, wind chill 11) to see what I could do with the lenses and weather available.
My take on the Cleveland light and the two lighthouses at Fairport Harbor are at http://beautyofnaturephotography.com/Lighthouses/Lake-
Erie-Lighthouses-included/15269677_Go95c

Jerry

Nice Shots of the Lighthouses!!!!

Unfortunately due to warm weather and rain the Frozen Lighthouse isn't frozen any more, but I did get a few more shots on 12/29 before it melted.

Here's one of flock of Gulls attacking the Lighthouse, I think Alfred Hitchcock was inside the lighthouse filming the event!




Here's a shot of the Fairport Harbor light house from last winter. Lake Erie was frozen and we walked out on the ice to get some shots.



Click the photos to see more

AFBlue

RonD200 wrote: »

AFBlue wrote: »

Nice Shots of the Lighthouses!!!!

Unfortunately due to warm weather and rain the Frozen Lighthouse isn't frozen any more, but I did get a few more shots on 12/29 before it melted.

Here's one of flock of Gulls attacking the Lighthouse, I think Alfred Hitchcock was inside the lighthouse filming the event!




Here's a shot of the Fairport Harbor light house from last winter. Lake Erie was frozen and we walked out on the ice to get some shots.



Click the photos to see more

Thanks for the comment, Ron.

As luck would have it, the warmer weather and clear(er) skies started about six hours after I had to head home. Sure would have been nice to have some sunlight and blue skies for my shots.

The gulls were pretty thick on the harbor side at Fairport, but not so much when I was at Edgewater/Wendy Park/USCG Station. Certainly nothing like your mass attack.

Jerry

lilirishangel

And i that we had it had here.. wow amazed no one fell walking out there and breaking a camera, but amazing