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Whaleback Light

 

Posted 1/24/2006...

 
 

When I took the photos, the winds were probably gusting over 50 mph and it was raining in sheets.  I was sitting in my car, pulled right up to the shore at Great Island Common in New Castle, NH, inside the mouth of the Piscataqua River. I was there for about a half-hour on either side of high tide; the seas

Whaleback Lighthouse

Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont    

 

 
  were churned up and breakers were hitting the shore at the park, which is very unusual.  I shot with a 300mm lens on my Canon Digital Rebel from inside the car. Even with the window cranked down just a few inches, the  
 

Whaleback Lighthouse

Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont     

 

spray and rain were flying in and I had to wipe the lens at least once a minute. It was extremely difficult to hold the shot steady, between the long lens and the fact that my car was rocking from the wind. I gave up after a while as the rain came down heavier and visibility dwindled. I'm happy to have gotten a
 
 

few halfway decent shots, but even if I hadn't, it was worth the effort to see the spectacular show put on by nature. - Jeremy D'Entremont

 

 
 

Whaleback Light

Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont                              

Whaleback Lighthouse

Kittery, Maine

 

 
       
       
     
 

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