Babs Young writes: The Charlevoix light has recently been painted red and it is really very handsome. However, this photo does not show off its new red coat very well.
I think it’s that pesky sunset, Babs. It makes it hard to look at anything else, let alone a nice new paint job. As I post this on Monday morning, it’s raining. Hard. The trees are blowing about. I’ll bet the red coat shows up very well today, but I’m not goin’ up there to see.
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Torch Lake Views 
Katherine
September 28, 2009
Looks orange to me. Could be all the backlight though! Beautiful!
Gerry
September 30, 2009
Isn’t it though? That lighthouse pier is always a good place to watch the sunset, even when there isn’t one.
Louan Lechler
September 28, 2009
Gerry,
I know you have to have the best evidence, to prove the point, but I believe you have found the flag. On the stripes that corespond to the ones we know are printed, there is a slight discoloration showing, in this photo. Good work. What an interesting story.
[Note from Gerry: This answer is unaccountably attached to the wrong post. It belongs to Wanted: Vexillologist instead, and I’m going to go put a link to it there.]
Gerry
September 28, 2009
Thank you. I’m becoming obsessed. In a good way, of course.
Scott Thomas Photography
September 28, 2009
I think Babs needs to come back when the light is not so low on the horizon so we can see that new red coat of paint.
A good sunet photo really needs some clouds and an interesting foreground subject. Babs got it covered here.
Gerry
September 28, 2009
Yup. And you know my favorite part? The fiery point of light in the lighthouse flashing Warning! Warning!
centria
September 30, 2009
Wow! Wow! What incredible orange. Give Babs another high five.
Gerry
September 30, 2009
Consider it done.
And you know what I just noticed? That orange stripe is perfectly aligned with the bottom of the tower. I look at each photo by Babs many times, beginning with the whole image in one Wow. Then I pore over the details that add up to the whole, which is always greater than the sum of the parts. It’s an absorbing hobby.