I thought I might try some different compositions or points of view that I took of the lighthouse at Aireys Inlet when I went away with my mum.
It is a great lighthouse to photograph and because of its position on the cliff, you can get so many different photos of it from many different angles and places.
The second one was a new one for me because I have never climbed the lighthouse before. Definitely worth doing, but be prepared it is a hard climb and steep. The little balcony around the top is also on an angle, so not for the light-hearted.
My mum couldn’t go outside at the top of this one but didn’t have any trouble doing it at Cape Otway. Interesting. It could be because this one is a lot higher than Cape Otway, I don’t know. So far I still don’t have a problem with heights. I have friends that never used to but have started to as they have got older.
Lighthouses are great objects to photograph and I think they look fantastic in monochrome. Do you agree?
Participating in Monochrome Madness
If you would like to participate in this challenge please post photos on your blog and use the tag Monochrome-Madness, as then I can use the reader to see what you post.
A wonderful lighthouse (and picture) in some ways made more famous as it was the star in Around the Twist TV Show (from many years ago…)
It is a great lighthouse. I never saw the show, but my kids used to watch it. We were also talking about that show at the top of the lighthouse. Thanks.
Superb shots, Leanne 👏 The one of it almost silhouetted on the skyline wins for me; you get a sense of isolation & the reason it was built there 😃 Some vintage train action from me this week: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/07/27/old-steam-train-monochrome-madness/
Thank you Jez, I wasn’t sure about that one, but good to hear that you like it.
It’s a bit of a leap of faith to move from Lighthouses to wild ginger blossoms but here’s my entry for monochrome madness:
https://brianwaddington.blogspot.com/2023/07/i-am-going-softly-and-gently-into-night.html
Not a bad leap Brian.
Lovely. I especially like the last one. 😊
Thank you Pepper, that is great.
I like the shadow but the one where the lighthouse shines without using a light just by being white is my favourite. — I live in the middle of Germany, in the middle of Europe, far away from any sea. So I’ll give you old photos from when we visited the UK eight years ago: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2023/07/26/this-time-in-black-and-white/
That is great great to hear Elke, love hearing which ones people like. That’s okay, I saw your post and your lighthouses are a bit different to ours. Thank you Elke.
they are notoriously difficult to capture being ultra tall and taking so little breadth in the landscape but you evidently chose a dramatic sky day to set the lighthouse monochromes off – the shadow one is very interesting as it mirrors the crevice line in the rocks
That is true Laura, they can be hard and I have to agree about having a dramatic sky, that does work best. The shadow one seems to be popular, though that crevice you are talking about is actually a walkway for people. I get how it can be confused. Thank you Laura.
I like how these shots show the same subject with a differing feel each shot.
That said, I like the shot of the lighthouse shadow the most. It’s almost as though it’s trying to direct you somewhere.
I like that too. It is an interesting way to look at the structure.
Interesting that you like that one, I like it too. Thank you.
Lighthouses are perfect for monochrome, lovely photos!
I started having vertigo in my late 20’s, never having a problem with heights before, which is strange….
Here is mine:
https://photographias.wordpress.com/2023/07/26/monochrome-madness-lisbon-2/
Thank you Sofia, I think so too.
How strange, I wonder what causes it.
of course I do. Even a better subject in a nice deep fog or mist.
Oh I hadn’t thought of that, I can see it. Thank you Brian.
really pretty effects here
Thank you Beth.
Lighthouses do have that yesteryear charm 🙂
They certainly do, perhaps that is part of the reason we love them. Thank you Bushboy.
Lighthouses are very interesting and have played a big roll throughout history. The only lighthouse I’ve ever climbed is Gibbs Hill Lighthouse on Bermuda back in the 90s when I was on honeymoon with wife number two. The hotel we stayed in was destroyed by a hurricane a few years later.
I agree John, they have played a big roll. Though they often make me think of isolation and being very alone. I think it would have been a hard job being a lighthouse keeper. That is sad to hear about the hotel being destroyed. Thank you John.
All that’s left is an empty lot, so sad.
Very sad John.
If I may? I worked on the lights for four years. Isolation from humans yes, isolation from nature? nope. Then there was short wave or cb for talking around the world. The work was basically what a lot of retirees do, putter in the yard, paint the house, drink coffee and enjoy the view with the added work of weather reports. With diesel powered gen sets and electric lights and fog horns the work load is a lot less than it was. Turns out that there are two types of people: those that love the life and everybody else.
HI, WP won’t let me login to leave a like, so… LIKE the shadow shot is great!
I’m sorry to hear that Ed, thank you.
Great images. One of these days, I want to go up the coast and stop at all the lighthouses.
Thank you Anne. Sounds like it should be something that you do. I’ve visited many here.
Thanks for sharing these amazing images. Anita
You’re welcome Anita. Thank you.
Nice