Fritz Henry Lane

One of the first sights (after the shopping district) we hit in Gloucester was the Fritz Henry Lane statue.  The statue is located n a small park dedicated to him and his art.  From this sight you can see much of the harbor.  One hundred years ago - you could probably see more. It was fun working with this photo - trying to keep the beautiful blue sky while drawing out the statue face.  In the original, the face is completely in the dark due to the position of the sun.

1/320 f/5.6
Aperture Priority
ISO 200
Focal length 38 mm (57 mm for 35mm film)
Photo set

Cape Elizabeth Splash

I like these splash type photos.  (See the Grand Haven Splash.)  The water action is fascinating.  Getting the photos is an art to itself.  In my opinion - you just don't walk down to the area and snap a photo.  One of the nice features of the Nikon is the speed at which it will take shots.  To get this - I had to listen to the waves - look over the camera to look for waves that would hit and hold the button when the time was right........  There were a lot of photos deleted in this effort.  But you get this - and it is all worth it.

1/1250 f/5
Aperture Priority
ISO 200
Focal length 32 mm (48 mm for 35mm film)

30 Mile (NY) Lighthouse

The last lighthouse we saw on the New England trip was the 30 Mile Lighthouse.  This lighthouse is on the Ontario shore.  We, again, were a bit early in the season and missed the lighthouse museum. The house is made of stone - like Sodis Point.  The house is in a campground and a very nice area.  On the other side of the house is a 30 foot cliff and not much of a beach.

1/320 f/5.6
Aperture Priority
ISO 200
Focal length 27 mm (40 mm for 35mm film)
Photo set

Pin Wheel - 1333

This is a pin wheel fireworks. (Can fireworks be singular?)

This is quickly becoming a favorite.  Every process I run it through is a good shot.  That usually does not happen.  I like the perfect yellow circle with a red exterior.  Of course the red sparks are interesting as well.  You can see the wood grains of the post that held the wheel.  All in all, very interesting.

1/6  f/10
Aperture Priority
ISO 200
Focal length 140 mm (210 mm for 35mm film)

Marshall Point Light

Marshall Point light is one of the more famous Maine Lights.  I didn't know this but this light was in the movie Forrest Gump as the endpoint of Forrest's cross country adventure.  Aside from that point of notoriety this is a unique light - with the walkway.  I bet this is great in the winter - but my luck I had a weather challenged day.  And I was lucky.  I like how the green of the grass contrasts against the gray of the sky and water.  I have a photo of the house that is now a museum - which turned out good.  It will make out here soon.

1/320 f/3.5
Aperture Priority
ISO 200
Focal length 18 mm (27 mm for 35mm film)
Photo set

Sodis Point Lighthouse

On the way home from Maine, we drove the south Lake Ontario shore in New York.  We arrived at the Sodis Point Lighthouse just as it was opening for business.  This is a nice little area - and when we visited it looked like it came out of the winter in great shape.  The original light building is no longer visible except for a brick ring just in front of the building.  The museum is one of the nicest I've seen and the staff were very friendly.

1/400 f/6.3
Aperture Priority
ISO 200
Focal length 30 mm (45 mm for 35mm film)
Photo set

Portland Head Light

Another of the lighthouses on the New England trip.  This is a very pretty place.  There are paths along the cliffs that provide a number of interesting angles to this location.  This was late int he afternoon and unfortunately the house was just closing.  The tower is open and I would think the sight back to the shore would be incredible.  (Plus an opportunity for a panoramic shot...)

1/500 f/8
Aperture Priority
ISO 200
Focal length 21 mm (31 mm for 35mm film)

Rock (Well, big Rock)

One of my favorite rocks.  This one is hard to get to.  It is accessible by foot (easiest). bike (hardest) or quad (somewhere in the middle).  This is one of my true HDR shots.  The area is basically dark and shadows are everywhere.  There is very little light - and where it does shine through it will burn out the shot.  I did very little to this as far as enhancing color saturation.  I took three shots here - none of then are any good by themselves.  This is what the rock looks like.

1/4, 1/8, .4  f/5.6
Aperture Priority  EV -0.3
ISO 200
Focal length 18 mm (27 mm for 35mm film)

Butterfly on Flower

I never thought I'd enjoy taking pictures of......  Butterflys.  Over the weekend I was walking at LMV and I saw lots of these creatures.  Taking photos of the butterfly presents a number of issues.  Mostly - they don't 'pose' for you.  Just when you think there is a good shot - they move.  And it always seem to be they will face you.  And almost disappear.  i really like the contrast of color between the butterfly and the foliage.

1/250 f/6.3
Aperture Priority  EV -1.0
ISO 200
Focal length 200 mm (300 mm for 35mm film)

Fireworks - 1342

Fourth of July!  My first effort with really dark area and light.  I have done fireworks from a far away spectator point - but this is first close up.  This is a single bottle rocket.  I found that shooting portrait in this situation, the photos did not come out so well.  In the end, I'll probably look at cropping to a portrait and see what happens - but I kinda like this.  I set up the camera by taking off the auto focus, the VR set to OFF, APERTURE Mode, set the EV to -1 and for a final darkening effort left a polarizer on.  I figured the light would come through - and it did.

10 sec f/10
Aperture Priority  EV -1.0
ISO 200
Focal length 92 mm (138 mm for 35mm film)

Fort Foster Dock

I like docks, or piers.  Lots of great line here - and a bonus of a wonderful sky.  Nothing special or interesting story - just a long wooden walkway over the water.  At the end of the dock there is a notice that says crabs may be caught by fishing line or even by had.  But under no circumstances can you use a trap.  I picture this as modern day horse stealing.  Not looked at kindly.  But didn't see any crabs.  Or horses.

1/125 f/13
Aperture Priority
ISO 200
Focal length 21 mm (31 mm for 35mm film)
Photo set