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“Transfer of Light”
Description:
This photograph captures Heceta Head Lighthouse on Oregon’s central coast. Positioned 205 feet above the Pacific Ocean, the 1894 lighthouse overlooks Heceta Head, Cape Creek, and the nearby forested shoreline. The beacon is shown lit during sunset.
Story:
As the sun sets along the Oregon coast, its light feels almost transferred to the lighthouse — a passing of the torch from day to night. The idea of a lighthouse as a beacon of hope isn’t just a poetic metaphor. Heceta Head’s beam can be seen from 21 miles offshore. For comparison, standing at sea level on a clear day, the human eye reaches only about three miles across the water.
Heceta Head is one of the few lighthouses whose light still shines with full strength, and it remains one of the most photographed along the Pacific. In earlier years a large tree partially hid the tower from this vantage point, but its removal opened the classic view seen here.
This was the final photograph I made on a 10-week trip across the western United States, just after returning from three years teaching English in South Korea. Ending the journey at a lighthouse felt fitting — a symbol of return, guidance, and heading home on a new course.
-BAP
Location:
Heceta Head Lighthouse
Oregon
44° 8' 15'' N, 124° 7' 41.4'' W
Google Map Link
Time: 16:59 PST (sunset 16:57)
Date: November 8th, 2018
Camera & Settings:
Single shot
Sony RX100 IV, Tripod
ISO 125, 8.8 mm (24 mm), f/11, 1/4 sec
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“Transfer of Light”
Description:
This photograph captures Heceta Head Lighthouse on Oregon’s central coast. Positioned 205 feet above the Pacific Ocean, the 1894 lighthouse overlooks Heceta Head, Cape Creek, and the nearby forested shoreline. The beacon is shown lit during sunset.
Story:
As the sun sets along the Oregon coast, its light feels almost transferred to the lighthouse — a passing of the torch from day to night. The idea of a lighthouse as a beacon of hope isn’t just a poetic metaphor. Heceta Head’s beam can be seen from 21 miles offshore. For comparison, standing at sea level on a clear day, the human eye reaches only about three miles across the water.
Heceta Head is one of the few lighthouses whose light still shines with full strength, and it remains one of the most photographed along the Pacific. In earlier years a large tree partially hid the tower from this vantage point, but its removal opened the classic view seen here.
This was the final photograph I made on a 10-week trip across the western United States, just after returning from three years teaching English in South Korea. Ending the journey at a lighthouse felt fitting — a symbol of return, guidance, and heading home on a new course.
-BAP
Location:
Heceta Head Lighthouse
Oregon
44° 8' 15'' N, 124° 7' 41.4'' W
Google Map Link
Time: 16:59 PST (sunset 16:57)
Date: November 8th, 2018
Camera & Settings:
Single shot
Sony RX100 IV, Tripod
ISO 125, 8.8 mm (24 mm), f/11, 1/4 sec
