Lighthouse | Mark Simms Photography

Wirral Coastline 2

New Brighton Beach and Perch Rock Fort
View from New Brighton to the Port of Liverpool across the River Mersey
New Brighton Lighthouse

© Mark Simms Photography (2021)

There is a great 6km walk around the Butt of Lewis, the most northerly point in the Outer Hebrides and one of the windiest places in the UK. As well as the dramatic coastal path that often hugs the top of the steep cliffs, the walk also takes in the 37m high red-brick lighthouse built by the famous Stevenson family in 1862:

© Mark Simms Photography (2017)

New Brighton Landscape 3

© Mark Simms Photography (2017)

New Brighton Landscape 2

© Mark Simms Photography (2017)

New Brighton Landscape 1

A dark atmospheric rendering of a familiar subject for me….Perch Rock Lighthouse at New Brighton:

© Mark Simms Photography (2017)

Llanddwyn Lighthouse

The small lighthouse on the tidal island of Llanddwyn, Anglesey, marks the western entrance to the Menai Strait:

© Mark Simms Photography (2016)

South Stack Lighthouse

The South Stack Lighthouse near Holyhead has stood watch for over 200 years, warning ships sailing the Irish Sea that danger lurks on Anglesey’s rocky coast:

© Mark Simms Photography (2016)

Sundowner

Sunset at Perch Rock Lighthouse in New Brighton, Wirral……..one of my favourite local photography haunts:

Whitby Lighthouse

Before I was so rudely interrupted by the inclement weather, I was posting about our recent trip to Whitby. So to get my photoblog back on track, here is a telephoto shot of the lovely little lighthouse standing guard at the entrance to Whitby’s harbour:

More shots of Whitby to follow in the next few days…..

Low Light New Brighton

I had a day-off work yesterday and decided to go to the cinema at New Brighton in the afternoon to watch “Zero Dark Thirty” (and yes it is a good film and well worth a trip to the local picture house).

When I came out it was late afternoon/early evening and it had just finished raining – the combination of cloudy twilight with post-rain reflections was simply too good to miss. So, rather than heading home immediately, I grabbed the camera and tripod from the boot of the car and decided to take advantage of this unplanned photo opportunity.

All the above were taken with my Canon EF-S 15-85mm F3.5-5.6 IS USM lens locked-off on a tripod, with long exposures from four to ten seconds at F16.

I’ve got some other photos from the same shoot (but on a slightly different theme) that I’ll post soon – so watch out for those if you’re interested…..