The Hog Island light looks exactly like the Plum Beach Light because the two were made from the same "cookie-cutter" pattern in the late 1800s. Each piece of their sides are marked by Roman numerals and their dimensions are identical. The only real structural difference is the additional rip-rap around Plum Beach that was placed after the ice-floes from the severe winter of 1917-18 damaged the lighthouse.
We ventured out with the 20-foot tripod in late summer for this shot and the tripod was placed in about 17 feet of water.
September 17, 2014 9:56pm, 60° 10-15mph wind 20 foot tripod, Nikon D4, 17-35mm at 17 ISO 2000 10sec f2.8
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