The Lantern Level
207 steps and 163 feet above the beach is the entrance to the lantern of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. Dangers of the rotating lights aside, there is really not much of a reason to enter the lantern level being that it has been completely automated since 1950. To the left of this sign is a small hatch leading out to the observation deck. Amazing views of the Core Sound, Shakleford Banks and shoals in the shallow beach abound in all 360 degrees of view.
Processing: This is about as ‘urb-ex’ as I usually get (although I’d like to do more). It’s a three exposure HDR, merged in Nik HDR Efex rather than Photomatix this time though. I don’t use Nik too much, but I’m starting to get a feel for what kind of images it works well with. I then used the Nik Color Efex and Viveza Photoshop plug-ins to selectively boost the contrast of certain areas of the image. I then finished it with some dodging and burning of the sign before saving.
©2011 Zach Frailey
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