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This is Souter Lighthouse on the North East coast of England. Built in 1871, it was the first lighthouse in the world designed and built specifically to use alternating current. Its 800,000 candle power carbon arc light ran until 1914 when it was replaced by an oil lamp. It was converted again, in 1952, to run on mains electricity. It ran on until 1988 when it was decommissioned. It is now owned by the National Trust and is open to the public.
So the challenge this week is to bring the lighthouse back to life. Will you make it night and light the lamp? Will you transport it to a new location? Or will you give it a new purpose entirely?
Anything goes as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright etc.
Anyone is welcome to have a go - whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert.
There are no prizes - just the chance to practice, show off, or bring a bit of humour and fun.
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Have fun.
Dave
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The ice cream pic is very good Trevor. I love the expression !
I also see that traffic cones are as bad in your part of the world as they are here 
I had an idea to combine the image with some quick 3D modelling. Unfortunately matching the camera viewpoint proved to be much harder than usual. That's when I remembered I had corrected the lens distortion in the original pic using lens correction and perspective warp, in order to overcome the wide angle lens distortion toward the corners and make the lighthouse look circular again. That correction worked well for the image but made matching it up very difficult. I'll try again later this weekend.
Dave
Sea-faring pub skittles (for the very brave).
This would be a good time to start RUNNING!!!
It's turning out to be a good one this weekend.
HothWampa - I love the bird idea - made even better in that you only see part of the gull. The cracks in the surface are a very nice touch.
Nice idea Jane - how many shopping days to Christmas now ?
Ged - I like the way you have lit the windows in your dusk picture
Trevor - I think I'll give that game of skittles a very wide berth 
Keep them coming - the more the merrier!
Dave
That's just down the road from me! Lovely location
markyt2011 wrote
That's just down the road from me! Lovely location
It's not far up the road from me
It is a pub game Jane. See how educational we get on SFTW
Dave
jane-e wrote
Thinking about it, Dave, don't most lighthouse shoot out beams of light when lit?
Blimey Jane. That's a bit harsh!
I was thinking the same. I don't think my eyes were tired enough last night to miss that!
Masking the railing away from the lamp housing became a lot easier when I changed the Rubylith and Path Preview colors to Green, from the default Red 
Semaphoric wrote
Masking the railing away from the lamp housing became a lot easier when I changed the Rubylith and Path Preview colors to Green, from the default Red
Great tip !
Dave
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