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After a day of shooting in Northwest Michigan on October 20, I made my way back to Illinois on Sunday morning.  St. Joseph is one of the lighthouses on the western shore of Michigan that I had never visited before, so I took a small detour to head out to the park to break up the drive home.  The cool conditions from Saturday continued into Sunday as did the very high wind off of Lake Michigan.  Waves at St. Joseph were probably 8 foot, often washing over the catwalk leading out to the two lights.  The first two photos give a good perspective of the size and strength of the waves looking out to the light from the shore.

St.-Joseph-Waves-4 While the skies were mostly cloudy on Sunday, there were glimpses of blue sky peeking though as you can see in these wider perspective photos.   Even as waves approached the shore they were still quite large.
St.-Joseph-Waves-3 Occasionally during this visit, the sun would peek through the clouds for a few moments and land directly on the lighthouse.  I managed to capture a few images while this was going on.  The sunshine really made the white and red colors pop against the overcast skies.
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