[Leica] Pre or Post???

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

The photograph with distractions removed is better, though it is an
inaccurate one. Depending on whether you are a photojournalist or a fine
art photographer, you would choose one or the other! 😃

Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 2:18 AM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Battery Lighthouse in Crescent City, CA.  So, which do you like best?
> Through the magic of Photoshop, here is a pre-1930 shot of the lighthouse.
>
> Battery Point Lighthouse-1006816-Edit
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/26/Battery+Point+Lighthouse-1006816-Edit.jpg.html
> >
>
> Sometime in the early 1930's, the lighthouse was electrified, so poles
> and wires were added, and then removed for the first photo. Here is the
> view now.
>
> Battery Point Lighthouse-1006816
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/26/Battery+Point+Lighthouse-1006816.jpg.html
> >
>
> Such an iconic lighthouse anyone who  has been there would know the
> first photo was manipulated.
>
> Which is better?  Comments welcome.
>
> Aram
>
> --
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
>
> “The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself
> would ever have dared dream.”   James D. Watson
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information