Lighthouses at Port Glasgow

Found ourselves sitting in Burger King with rain hammering on the roof and streaming down the windows. Thankful for the refuge and some warm coffee.

Once the brutal downpour had expended its energy, we found the waterfront here at Port Glasgow quite deserted. After the storm this was indeed a peaceful place.

For the next half hour or so I was able to photograph across the Firth of Clyde to take images of the old Perch lighthouse. In that short time, I captured all sorts of different lighting conditions; either strong sunshine, flat lighting, sometimes with distant mist, and then with blue sky reflected in the water.

Spent the time capturing these quiet moments.

Nikon D7500 plus Sigma 17-50 mm lens @ 34mm; f6.3; 1/200 sec; ISO125

Nikon D7500 plus Sigma 17-50 mm lens @ 50mm; f7.1; 1/200 sec; ISO125

Port Glasgow is a town 20 miles away from the centre of Glasgow city. Originally it was called Newark and the old Newark Castle is still there to prove it. It was named Port Glasgow when it became the best navigable harbour for large ships whose cargoes were destined for the big city.

But to warn of the hazards from rocks in the Firth of Clyde at that point, two lighthouses were built in 1861 – one on the coast and a smaller one out on the rocks. These were made of cast iron and given a chequered black and white design such that they stand out and do look quite distinctive.

Nikon D7500 plus Sigma 17-50 mm lens @ 29mm; f9; 1/200 sec; ISO125

I found myself casting my mind back to a time when the entire waterfront was filled with fishing boats and sailing ships bringing in cargoes from the ‘empire’ and how busy it would have been.

It’s strange where the mind can go during a quiet moment.

And then behind some parked cars, I saw this fabulous mural by local artist Jim Strachan, which depicts a busier scene of the fishing industry of the past -and it includes the wee lighthouse.

There’ll be another post about Port Glasgow soon.

With this post I’m joining in with Ritva’s Lens-Artists Challenge #364 – ‘Quiet Moments’ Loads of bloggers are sharing photographs of quiet moments and if you’d like to see them or join in with the challenge, you can click this link to Ritva’s challenge post.

16 thoughts on “Lighthouses at Port Glasgow”

    1. Thanks Tina! It’s not a tree trunk – it’s the base of the bigger lighthouse on land. If you look at the following image you’ll see the small brick shelter that I was shooting through. Always trying for something different.

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    1. Thanks for checking out my post. Glad you enjoyed the images. The changing light is something photographers like about Scotland. It also means the weather is not always to our liking.

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