South Foreland Lighthouse

This Victorian lighthouse stands on the cliffs at St Margaret's Bay overlooking the English Channel. It was constructed to guide ships past the infamous Goodwin Sands, the site of many a shipwreck; it was the first lighthouse powered by electricity; and the site of the first international radio transmission. Another lighthouse stood on the same site since at least 1730 and during most of this time it has been manned by the Knott family of lighthouse keepers.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I always love a lighthouse shot!

[Taffy]

Wonderful work with using symmetry. What a striking looking lighthouse.

[Hazel]

Majestic!

[Islandgirl]

Wow what an interesting lighthouse...........love how the clouds surround the building!

[LaniK]

magical

[Dianne]

A gorgeous image in monochrome. What a lot of tales the Knott family would have had.

[gloria jones]

Super capture, pov

[KoalaGardens🐨]

works well in BW :)

[Dawn]

A lovely capture well suited to B & W

[Jacqueline]

Stunning! Did you lie on the ground when you took this photo?

[Suzanne]

Great looking lighthouse, love the sky

[Tina]

Amazing in black and white

[ChristineL]

Very elegant lighthouse, I like your edit in b&w.

[Phil Howcroft]

pin sharp and lovely fluffy clouds

[Babs]

What a grand lighthouse.

[Sue]

Beautiful love the dramatic sky

[Jane Pittenger]

I really like how the clouds frame it and make it clearly the central attraction

[Marnie]

Great architecture, very interesting history too.

[Graeme Stevens]

great shot and processing...did you feel a disturbance in the force while you were there? I only ask because I've been there as well...

[Jclaireyp]

Lovely shot.. what a great lighthouse!

[Rob Z]

It looks like it wanted to be a castle. What an interesting building - and thanks for the info!

[Clare Gadsby]

nice that the clouds rolled in to frame the topknot

[Casablanca]

I love its grand castellations, battling off the weather! Nice shot

[FBailey]

@jacqbb No, I was lucky here. The ground slopes away from the lighthouse quite sharply before reaching the cliff edge so I just had to walk a short way towards the sea:)

[FBailey]

@graemestevens Ashamed to say I didn't ... what did it feel like?

[Peter Dulis]

nice in black + white

[Debbie]

This looks terrific in B&W and I really like the Symmetry to the building, but that flag pole just looks wrong. Can you you clone it out.?

[FBailey]

@deborah63 Good point Debbie, I'll take it out next time!

[4rky]

Love a bit of background informtion and love a lighthouse!
Great b&w

[Joyce]

Great in B&W. Fav

[KWind]

Super image.. I love the clouds.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Lovely building and great shot xx

[Margaret Brown]

A lovely capture

[Sue]

Great dramatic image

[Graeme Stevens]

@fbailey you should have noticed a slight darkening of your thoughts followed by a yearning for chocolate - I'll have to do something about that when we come back in October ;)

[FBailey]

@graemestevens You have the most wicked sense of humour, I nearly fell off my chair!!

[Kathy]

Bold and commanding in black and white.

[CC Folk]

Fav.

[Christine]

Great b&w. Fav

[Danny G.]

Impressive in mono! FAV

[Anja]

Great shot and edit