Looking north along Spittal beach one landmark immediately catches your eye. The white tower with its red base and roof stands out clearly on the skyline whatever the weather.
Since 1826 the lighthouse at the end of Berwick Pier has marked the safe channel for ships entering the mouth of the river Tweed. The main, flashing light shines out to sea through a wide window on the front of the tower. From the land, only the fixed, green light which shines through a small window on the back of the tower can be seen.
For May Jude’s Photo Challenge is All about light. This week she asks us to study light through the day from one location or on one object, returning to see how the light changes and affects the view. This post is inspired by that assignment though I haven’t quite followed the rules.
The headline photo was taken on a still, sunny evening two weeks ago. This afternoon I took my camera back down to the beach to look at the same view under gathering clouds – that’s the final image. Two minutes later a fierce wind swept across the river mouth, hurling sleet in its path. The changing light is closely tied up with rapidly changing weather round here.
The six images in the gallery explore the same view in different light, at different tides through the changing seasons. Click on any image to view the gallery with background information.
May 12, 2020 at 11:32 pm
I love the photo of the rainbow on the lighthouse so much!
LikeLiked by 1 person
May 13, 2020 at 7:55 am
The rainbow arc was gradually expanding and moving across the horizon so I took lots of photos. This is the one where the rainbow just touched the lighthouse!
LikeLiked by 1 person
May 13, 2020 at 12:42 am
Beautiful photos, especially the one with the rainbow 🙂
LikeLike
May 13, 2020 at 1:08 am
A lovely subject. And you have followed the assignment loosely speaking, by photographing it at different times of the day and seeing how the light alters the image. I love the rainbow, what a capture, you must be thrilled by that one. The light in the header one is so clear; the sunset one so tranquil and the stormy one so dramatic. All excellent. I would have chosen ‘my’ lighthouse if I could have gone there these last few weeks, I could have used archive photos, but I haven’t got any early morning shots or late evening ones either. Thank you for sharing these beautiful images, you live in a lovely area.
LikeLiked by 1 person
May 13, 2020 at 7:52 am
Thanks, Jude. I enjoyed the prompt, even if only one of these photos was taken specially. I realised I don’t have any early morning images of the lighthouse because I always turn south east on early morning walks, towards the rising sun!
LikeLike
May 13, 2020 at 7:20 am
These are wonderful, and show to perfection the excitement of living near the sea – the constantly changing light. And that rainbow shot – wonderful!
LikeLiked by 1 person
May 13, 2020 at 9:28 am
A lovely set of photos. It definitely pays to shoot the same scene many times. The light is always different.
LikeLiked by 1 person
May 13, 2020 at 9:47 am
Thanks and yes, you’re right. I had thought I’d taken far to many photos of the lighthouse until I put them together and started looking the differences.
LikeLike