Welcome to Week 74 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge.

The water was fine last week, as many of you jumped in with both feet to create some stunning posts!  As many of my themes tend to connect from one week to another, this week will be no different…  As last week’s post featured Nubble Light in Cape Neddick, Maine, I thought it would be nice to use the same lighthouse again in a very different shot to introduce the theme of Dark!

As always, feel free to take this theme into the direction that you like, which means that you don’t have to do an evening shot, but could also photograph something with dark colors, or a dark cloud, or, you’ve got the idea! I count on your creativity to make this another interesting week!

Here’s that shot of Nubble Light…

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Nubble at Night

This is a rather straightforward shot with a manually calculated exposure of 131 seconds at f/18 and 100 ISO using a timer. The trick is to take a test shot at high ISO and wide open aperture to get a sense for the amount of light that is needed and then dial in for a nice long exposure to get the smoothness of the sea.

The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:

  • Write a post with an image for this week’s topic
  • Please tag your post with fpj-photo-challenge (if you’re not sure about how tags work, please check out this WordPress article about tagging posts)
  • Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
  • Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!

Let’s play safe with water during this week and try to surprise me!

86 responses

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  2. One remarkable capture this is, Frank. The wait of 131 seconds was really worth it 🙂

    1. Thank you very much! It’s interesting to shoot something with and exposure that long!

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  4. Wow! Wow! This shot is stunning. I can’t take my eyes off it. 🙂

    1. Thank you very much!!

      1. You’re welcome. BRB.

  5. Frank, I already have a few ideas for this one. Inspired by your wonderful photo.

    1. Great to hear, Khürt! Can’t wait to see your entry.

  6. Here is my contribution…though not very good but something fascinated me at that time.https://poetryinpicture.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/tuesday-photo-challenge-dark/

    1. Thank you for joining in the fun!

  7. Wonderful photo Frank. I feel the stirring of a post coming on …

    1. Thank you, Miriam; looking forward to your post!

  8. Nice view of Nubble Light. I especially like the light at the bottom on the rocks.

    1. Thank you, Frank; the reflection on the wet rocks was a pretty cool side effect.

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  13. Great shot Frank. A few pictures for the challenge this week.
    https://edtphotoblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/dark/

    1. Great shots, Ed! Mickey was smiling for you 🙂

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  16. Frank, your photo is wonderfully inspiring! 😀
    Here is my entry for this week. http://wp.me/p3ZTqs-6FG

    1. Thank you, Cee! Wonderful shots in your post!

    1. Wonderful post, Stella!

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  19. hi frank, very insteresting picture, here is my contribution for this week challenge theme. http://wp.me/p2AvI7-2uk.

    1. Thank you, Robert! Love your photos!

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  23. Hi, Frank, another great theme. I had several choices and the final choice is this one.
    https://theshowerofblessings.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/tuesday-photo-challenge-dark/

    1. Wonderful choice of photos, Miriam!

      1. Thank you, Frank.

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  27. The lights are fab Frank. Great photo
    Here is my contribution to Dark
    http://bushboy.blog/2017/09/13/dark/

    1. Thank you! Love your post!

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  29. Hi Frank. Another great picture of that lighthouse! Here’s a dark cloud …
    https://snapthatbug.wordpress.com/2017/09/13/tuesday-photo-challenge-dark/

    1. Thank you, Dawn. Really like how you photographed that landscape with the light playing around the dark cloud!

  30. please kindly follow me back

    1. Done; I’m looking forward to seeing the content you create for your blog!

      1. Ok thanks a lot

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  33. I’m lucky to do 2 challenges in one post this week! Here is my contribution:
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  35. Love love love this Frank! I’m in. I already have an idea …. hint: it has to do with my new home (I found one 🙂 ). Thank you for your wonderful challenge. And your photo is exquisite. Blessings to you and your wife. ~Debbie

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    1. Welcome to the fun!

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