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- Jackson Pollock.
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Here is another old photo back from the east coast. This is the Annisquam light, located about an hour north of Boston, MA. The lighthouse is a private residence and its incredibly difficult to reach as there are no correct directions and adding to that this is located in a small New England fishing village which has very narrow roads and absolutely no parking.
I took this shot the second time I visited, there is a beach to the east of the lighthouse which is a playground for local children and it has a small rock formation on the beach with interesting texture and cracks. I had this spot in mind from my visit before and wanted to use the crack in the rock as leading line to the main subject.
Thanks for visiting, hope everybody enjoys the picture.
- Winston Churchill.
Amherstburg, Ontario.... boathouse sunset pano on the Detroit River
Have you ever got confused about whose backyard to choose for photographing a lighthouse. This is very much applicable for Annisquam Harbor Light...
This is Annisquam Light, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Was a beautiful day yesterday, so after crashing for a three hour nap, I went to take a drive out...
Had a pretty awesome day of shooting yesterday with Justin — sunrise and sunset, and I took a pretty solid nap in between. This one's from sunrise at...
Well, it's 2015. Wild.
The first sunset of this year turned out to be pretty decent. Yay. Not sure how many New England shoots I'll have in me in...
View from Whiteface mountain, upstate New York, midday, they claim you can see Montreal on a clear day from the top, that was clear a day as it gets,...
Last light of the day at Mirror lake at Lake Placid. The colours were so intense that i had to reduce the saturation on the reds to make it look...
In the summer, the sun will set to the left of the lighthouse, probably about halfway between it and the edge of this frame. From where I stood here,...
On the way to Mt. VanHovenburg
Adirondack State Park, NY
Mt. Baxter, Adirondack State Park, NY
Sunless sunrise from Rafe's Chasm, Gloucester, Mass. Didn't get any good light, but I came home with a few comps I quite like.
The first one I was able to capture, that is. This was from a spot in Gloucester/Rockport (I think it was like right on the border), Massachusetts. ...
- Lao Tzu.
This is the Annisquam Light which is located at Gloucester, MA. The last time I was here I didn't feel like I did justice to this beautiful location and I was a bit more prepared for this shot. As expected the sunset was beautiful and there were a lot more clouds in the sky than last time also a lot more mosquitoes and ticks.
I set this shot very fast as the sunset had already begun and used 2 Cokin ND grad filters as a makeshift reverse ND grad and also bracketed exposures. Bracketing was done to be on the safer side but the combination of both the methods worked like a dream and I would say this was closest to what my eyes were seeing. I am really glad I could retain the colors of the grass and get the foreground rocks correctly exposed. Seems Like I am getting the hang of this.
Also, I want to thank all those who commented and Favorited, you have no idea how much it encourages me to go out and get some more shots. Enjoy and have a great summer.
View from the boardwalk lookout.
... there's nothing quite like spending the summer on the lake (pandemic or not)
Annisquam Light in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Very hazy sunset with my man Justin that evening. Made for some interesting light. More recent shots up...
An early pre dawn image from Connery Pond, not far from Lake Placid in Adirondack State Park. Enjoy... ...
High Peaks Wilderness Area as seen from Owls Head. Keene, NY
A beautiful (but cold) sunrise morning at Connery Pond, not far from Lake Placid. Some fog, low clouds, good light and the autumn colors showing...
Sunrise shooting with Brian this past Sunday from Salem Willows Park, Salem, Massachusetts. This shot is was taken a few minutes before this one. ...
Old Grist Mill in Guildhall, Vermont, New England.
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Sunrise with Brian from Salem Willows Park, Salem, Massachusetts.
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Connery Pond, Adirondack State Park
Better bigger & on black
This is from Saturday at Eastern Point Lighthouse in Gloucester, MA. Haven't been out shooting at all lately, and wasn't planning on this either as I...
Autumn sunrise along Connery Pond, Adirondack State Park, New York
Go check out Chris' great pic of Connery that he just...
Cascade Creek High Peaks Region, Adirondack State Park, NY www.adkbook.com
- Kahlil Gibran
Motif Number 1, located on Bradley Wharf in the harbor town of Rockport, Massachusetts, is a fishing shack well-known to students of art and art history as "the most often-painted building in America."
Built in the 1840s as Rockport became home to a colony of artists and fishermen, the shack became a favorite subject of painters due to the composition and lighting of its location as well as being a symbol of New England maritime life. Painter Lester Hornby (1882–1956) is believed to be the first to call the shack "Motif Number 1," a reference to its being the favorite subject of the town's painters, and the name achieved general acceptance.
I went here in summer and was thinking of getting the bright red building against the blue sky, unfortunately the fickle New England weather turned on me and impending storm turned the entire sky white. So I decided to have some photoshop fun. Hope you all like it.
Lake Flower is a small lake in the town of Saranac Lake, in the Adirondacks, upstate New York. This was a beautiful, cold, autumn morning with the mist just lifting off the lake.
First shot of 2013, and really the first time I've left Boston for a photo since Thanksgiving. Man. I gotta find some time to shoot! Anyway, met up...
Sunrise (the sun was rising behind me) in Rockport, Massachusetts, this morning. Getting some practice in with the Singh Ray Gold N' Blue polarizer. ...
View from Whiteface mountain, upstate New York, midday, they claim you can see Montreal on a clear day from the top, that was clear a day as it gets,...
Explosive sunrise this weekend from Nahant, Massachusetts.
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High Peaks, Adirondacks
This was my first sunrise of my fall trip to the Adirondacks this year and it was probably my favorite of the trip. This...
I was up at 3:30am this morning for some reason, and was intending to get back to dreamland because I could really use a good night's sleep. I guess...
Morning scene taken on Manchester-by-the-Sea's Singing Beach.
Wasn't even planning on visiting the North Shore. I was going to shoot a morning...
Sunrise shooting this morning with Justin and Rich at Chandler-Hovey Park in Marblehead, Massachusetts. We were treated one of the more colorful...
Keane, NY | Adirondack Mountain Preserve
Finally captured that elusive sunset that's been escaping me this summer. Well, frankly, I haven't been out with my camera as often as I'd like, and...
Sunrise at Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, Massachusetts. The sun rose directly behind that small island just off the coast.
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Essex County!
Most notably Sandeep Thomas, David Hamments and Adelheid Smitt.