A lighthouse was actually my first guess but then I saw the "ledge" at
the left which looks like a circular bar with stools.
Chuck Norcutt
Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> on 6/05/2005 19:18, Timpe, Jim at Jim.Timpe@xxxxxxxxx, wrote:
>
>
>>Just 'please tell us' what the subject matter in your photo is? What
>>building? Where is it?
>
>
> Oh, 8-)
> It's the lighthouse on Punta Brava, known also as Punta Carretas, here in
> Montevideo. From its top, all the west coast of Montevideo can be seen, as
> the 'punta' enters quite a bit into the sea/river. On the opposite side, the
> Cerro de Montevideo is next to the sinking sun, and the very first city
> lights are being lit.
> Shot from the inside of the ~3 meter diameter small room where the rotating
> lens of the the lighthouse lamp is, just at dusk when it is turned on.
> Tripod mounted OM-2 (after accidentally sunked some months before), Zuiko
> 21/3.5, at f8 I think, hyperfocal, about 3 sec. exposure. Almost sure I
> didn't make any exposure compensation. Shot on Velvia 50 and scanned with a
> Coolscan4000ED. The Velvia looks GREAT, so I tried to match it on my monitor
> (gamma 1.8, no white point correction) with a little PS.
>
> You can have an idea about where is it located clicking:
> http://images.google.com.uy/images?q=faro+punta+carretas&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=es
>
> Glad you liked it.
>
> Fernando.
>
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