Smeatons Tower Light

Keith P. Luke, on June 19, 2007, said:

Excellent composition! Tag as Lighthouse to increase your views...

highton-ridley, on June 19, 2007, said:

Thanks for the props, Keith. Have now done my first pass at tagging...

Wilber Calderón - El…, on July 23, 2007, said:

Bien hecho :-)

©polytropos, on July 23, 2007, said:

Put the light where the light belongs to. Very nice composition. :-)

highton-ridley, on July 23, 2007, said:

Thanks Polytropos - I had to climb halfway up a fence to get the placement just right! I was lucky with the weather as there's only a few days each year that this is possible. Cheers :)

©polytropos, on July 24, 2007, said:

I know exactly what you mean :) This is the moment when other people think by watching the scene: there are some crazy folks on this world. ;-)

david28078, on July 26, 2007, said:

That is a nice photograph - I climbed the spiral stairs many times when I was a kid - I think the view is breathtaking getting to the top takes your breath away!

Happy memories. To the left I notice one of the old artillery towers which we would climb on and sunbathe in the "buff" as no-one could see ;)

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highton-ridley, on July 27, 2007, said:

Thnx for the comments and sharing your story :) - do you remember the Lion's Den? When I was a teen it was a male only nude swimming area just down from Smeaton's Tower.

david28078, on August 5, 2007, said:

Lion's Den? Yes I do! I went there every Sunday with my Dad (to escape my Mother) my Dad swam nude out to the Mallard Buoy daily and at Wembury (where he lives now) often swam to the Mewstone.

My Dad was one of the Christmas Day Lion's Den swimming club - there was a sort of stigma about the Lion's Den - believe me the old fellas there just wanted to get away from their wives - even a teacher at my school was a regular

Fond memories.

Phil©, on August 14, 2007, said:

Bien vu, belle composition d'image. J'aime bien jouer avec le soleil comme tu l'as fait.

Well considering, beautiful composition of image. I like to play with the sun as you did.

My best of

highton-ridley, on August 15, 2007, said:

Hey, thanks Phil :) -- it was just begging to be done !

© alfredschaffer, on January 5, 2008, said:

Very nice backlight! Good composed!

greetings Alfred

highton-ridley, on January 5, 2008, said:

Thanks Alfred :) I might try again this year... with RAW and HDR now I know about those tools :)