Description

Erie Land Lighthouse is not one of the easier lighthouses to photograph. If you shoot from the east the power lines cut right across the lighthouse which is distracting. From the north or south you are just too close and keystoning is a problem, so from the east is your best choice. I stood on the flat stump of a large tree that had been cut down. This site has an interesting history as this is the third lighthouse constructed on this spot. The first two were undermined by improper foundations for the soil conditions the lighthouses were built on. This lighthouse was completed in 1867 but was deemed unnecessary in 1880 because of the nearby Presque Isle Lighthouse which was completed in 1873. In 1885 the lighthouse was relit at the request of local mariners but taken out of commission again in 1899. In 1990 a new lantern room was installed and on December 26, 1999, exactly one hundred years after the light was extinguished, it was again relit.

Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.67, ExposureTime: 10/1250 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 200, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 28.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300