Neds Point Light
One spot I visit now and again is Neds Point Park in Mattapoisett MA, I do love lighthouses for some reason and its one of the ones here fairly close and easy to get to its a nice park with access to a beach where i see people often walkign there dogs inthe early morning when I visit there, but for this post I will just focus onthe lighthouse
I have to admit my favorite shot of it is when there are soem nice colors of sunrise behind it, but will just include one of those in this post and show it from other angles mostly on more mundane sky days
Sony A7iv 22mm F11 30 Sec ISO 100
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a little bit about the ligthhouse
Ned Point Light as it is official called I believe is a historic lighthouse on Ned's Point Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.
The lighthouse was built in 1838 at a cost of approximately $5,000, and named after Ned Dexter, a local farmer. Supervised by a local builder, Leonard Hammond, the lighthouse was constructed with a birdcage-style lantern similar to Bird Island Light found in Marion, Massachusetts.
All the stone used for the construction of the lighthouse was locally sourced, with most of it originating from nearby beaches.
Inside, Which I didn't get to see, are 32 granite steps that are cantilevered to the outside wall without the use of mortar. The original lantern used 11 whale oil lamps, each with its own parabolic reflector. And like other lighthouses I have read up on around here the Whale oil no doubt came from the New Bedford Whaling ships.
The Great Blizzard of 1888 significantly damaged the keeper's stone house, resulting in it being demolished and the building of a wooden replacement.
Following modernization in 1961, the lighthouse was reactivated in 1961 with its current 6-second isophase.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
I saw a post of Farcebook that they just put some christmas lights up on it, I will try and go check that out one day soon
Sony A7iv 21mm F11 1/2 Sec ISO 100
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in this next one that lighthouse had a little glow to it from the sunrise behind me as I took this shot
Sony A7iv 28mm F11 1/2 Sec ISO 100
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it was still pretty dark when I took this shot a thirty second exposure to catch more light but still fairly dark, and you can see my and the tripods shadow in this one
Sony A7iv 17mm F6.3 30 Sec ISO 100
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these shots were taken on various visits there this last one must hav
Sony A7iv 24mm F11 120 Sec ISO 100
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And that’s all folks
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[//]:# (!worldmappin 41.65088 lat -70.79557 long Neds Point Lighthouse, Ned's Point Road, Mattapoisett, MA, USA d3scr) been from back in spring the grass looking quite healthy, my last visit before the recent rain we had after a long dry spell the grass was looking a bit worse for the weather