February … Low Angle

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Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde, Maine.

Come every June, we pack up the car and dogs and drive for three days to our summer home in Maine, leaving the Florida sultry heat behind.  We are filled with excitement to see friends again and enjoy morning coffees on our deck watching boats bob about in the harbor and listening to the cries of the osprey’s new chicks.  Four months later, we do the same drive back, filled with the same excitement to catch up with friends and enjoy Florida’s warmer temps as frosty nights begin embracing Maine.  I can never get enough of photographing Maine’s landscape, returning to familiar scenes to capture different angles, like the Marshall Point Lighthouse.  This scene was captured the summer of 2017 as I experimented with ‘low angle’ shots of this iconic structure.  I then edited with a Topaz texture to give a painterly look.  Hope you enjoy!

Week 51 … #44 Wild Card … Winter is Coming

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Port Clyde Harbor, Maine.

Fall is in full force in Maine, with temps hoovering in the mid-50’s and 60’s lately which means …. I am ready to head back to Florida for the winter!  October is a beautiful time in Maine, with leaf-bearing trees showing off their melting hues of yellow, orange and red.  Even the rocky coastlines take on fall’s copper colors.  Maybe one of these years I’ll stick around until the end of October … until then, I’ll view with envy my photographer friends’ images of Maine’s spectacular fall showcase.