Friday, September 21, 2012

Lighthouse at Peggys Cove

LIGHTHOUSE, PEGGYS COVE, NOVA SCOTIA, SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-DA 18-135 at 18mm
1/8000 sec. f9
ISO 800

This iconic Nova Scotia lighthouse is usually rendered in a long shot with stones and surf, but here's a different view, taken from directly below its rocky base. Built in 1914 and freshly repainted just before our visit, it lies some 30 miles southwest of Halifax and is a longtime favorite of tourists bearing cameras. By the way, Peggys Cove lost its possessive apostrophe about 1976, for obscure reasons.

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