The Flickr Keywestlighthouse Image Generatr

While walking along Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida, with a view looking up and to the northwest to the landmark lighthouse.

It was as I began working on the image in post production that I then decided to once again try out the sky replacement setting in Photoshop with this image. An image with blue skies and clouds definitely seemed appropriate for this southern Florida setting than the overcast skies I’d experienced that afternoon. So the skies are from an image I captured in west Texas several years with my Nikon D850 SLR Camera but all else is captured with my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 4 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

I also used a tool in Photoshop to remove people on the outside railing in the upper part of the lighthouse. A little bit for not having people in an image and also for possible licensing.

Key West Lighthouse: The first Key West lighthouse was destroyed in an 1846 hurricane, a new lighthouse was completed in 1848. It stood 50-feet tall with 13 lamps in 21-inch reflectors. The growth of trees and taller buildings in Key West began to obscure the light, so in 1894 the tower was raised 20 feet, placing the light about 100 feet above sea level.

This current lighthouse opened in 1848 with a woman as its Keeper; nearly unheard of during the 19th century. In the years following, the Key West Lighthouse underwent a number of upgrades including the installation of a Third Order Fresnel Lens, an extension to the tower which allowed the light to be seen from a greater distance, the addition of Keeper’s Quarters, and finally the electrification of the light.

In 1969, the U.S. Coast Guard decommissioned the Key West Lighthouse since there was no longer a need for a full-time Keeper due to technological advancements. Today, this sentinel of the sea stands as a museum dedicated to Key West’s maritime heritage and to the men and women who bravely kept the light burning through the threats of war and weather.

Today, visitors can walk up the 88 steps to the top of the light as well as explore the belongings, photographs, and words of the lighthouse Keepers and their families who lived a now obsolete, yet never forgotten, way of life.

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.kwahs.org/visit/lighthouse-keepers-quarters/#sthash.g...

© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.

This current lighthouse opened in 1848 with a woman as its Keeper; nearly unheard of during the 19th century. In the years following, the Key West Lighthouse underwent a number of upgrades including the installation of a Third Order Fresnel Lens, an extension to the tower which allowed the light to be seen from a greater distance, the addition of Keeper’s Quarters, and finally the electrification of the light.

In 1969, the U.S. Coast Guard decommissioned the Key West Lighthouse since there was no longer a need for a full-time Keeper due to technological advancements. Today, this sentinel of the sea stands as a museum dedicated to Key West’s maritime heritage and to the men and women who bravely kept the light burning through the threats of war and weather.

Today, visitors can walk up the 88 steps to the top of the light as well as explore the belongings, photographs, and words of the lighthouse Keepers and their families who lived a now obsolete, yet never forgotten, way of life.

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
www.kwahs.org/visit/lighthouse-keepers-quarters/#sthash.g...

© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.

Key West Lighthouse, ca. 1960. Blackhawk Films 35mm slide. Monroe County Library Collection.

Wonderful gentleman at the lighthouse in Key West; told me all about the history of the keys, the lighthouse, Hemingway, and other delightful details.

Key West Lighthouse
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_Lighthouse

Major Dave Gregory and Florence Fuller at the Lighthouse Military Museum circa 1974. Monroe County Library Collection.

The Key West Lighthouse is located in Key West, Florida within the Key West Historic District (boundary increase) added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1983. The first Key West Lighthouse was a 65-foot tower completed in 1825. It had 15 lamps in 15-inch reflectors. The first keeper, Michael Mabrity, died in 1832, and his widow, Barbara, became the lighthouse keeper, serving for 32 years. The Great Havana Hurricane of 1846 destroyed the lighthouse; the USS Morris, which was wrecked during the storm, reported "a white sand beach covers the spot where Key West Lighthouse stood". Barbara Mabrity survived, but fourteen people who had sought refuge in the lighthouse tower died, including seven members of her family. Barbara Mabrity continued to serve as keeper of the Key West Light until the early 1860s, when she was fired at age 82 for making statements against the Union (Key West remained under Union control throughout the Civil War). As both lighthouses serving Key West had been destroyed in the 1846 hurricane, a ship, the Honey, was acquired and outfitted as a lightship to serve as the Sand Key Light until new lighthouses could be built. Due to efforts to reorganize the Lighthouse Board at the time, Congress was slow to appropriate funds for the new lighthouses. The new tower for the Key West Light was completed in 1848. It was 50 feet tall with 13 lamps in 21-inch reflectors, and stood on ground about 15 feet above sea level. In 1858 the light received a third order Fresnel lens. In 1873 the lantern was replaced (it had been damaged by a hurricane in 1866), adding three feet to the height of the tower. The growth of trees and taller buildings in Key West began to obscure the light, and in 1894 the tower itself was raised twenty feet, placing the light about 100 feet above sea level. After the Coast Guard decommissioned the Key West Light in 1969, it was turned over to Monroe County, which in turn leased it to the Key West Arts and Historical Society. The society operates the lighthouse and its associated buildings as the Key West Light House and Keeper's Quarters Museum.

Since the lighthouses in Key West have changed and/or been modified or upgraded over the years, the lighthouse itself is not what is listed on the NRHP but rather the "grounds of the Key West Light".

More information about the Key West Historic District (boundary increase) listed on the NRHP can be found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration located here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/91393dbb-5b34-4b2a-a35...

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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