Maine Lighthouses

eoren1

Decided to drive up to Maine today to begin exploring the coast and its lighthouses. Had 5 chosen in advance. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't completely cooperative...dense low clouds with off/on showers. Made for a very bland sky. Here's what I was able to capture:

Nubble Lighthouse in York


Owls Head Lighthouse


Foliage was peaking but the light didn't help much


Breakwater Lighthouse - 7/8 mile walk along the breakwater...each way...with showers :huh


And Portland Head Lighthouse


I was hoping to get more foliage shots but the weather really wasn't helping matters today. Guess there's always next year...

Comments and Critiques greatly appreciated.
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lfortier

Boy, you covered some territory that day! I'm surprised you didn't stop by Spring Ponit light and Bug Light in Portland Harbor. They are only 10 minutes from Portland Head Light.

I've done this sort of trip a couple of times from Chelmsford, MA. I usually check the webcams in those areas to check on the weather. The day after a front passes through is usually best. That's when you get big white puffy clouds. Today would be a good day for this!

Thanks for sharing.

eoren1

Hey Lee,
Thanks for the comments.
Between my Vermont trip and this one, I've driven 1000 miles in the two days! I'm looking out my deck in Mass. now thinking today would have been perfect. However, we're headed down to the Cape for a conference so hopefully that will serve as a reasonable substitute
The webcam idea is a great one - I'll have to remember that. Also, I'll need to buy a good New England map soon as I got quite lost up there. Between the horrible driving conditions and getting lost, I cut my losses with the other lighthouses.
I'm sure I'll hit some of these again. Owl's head ended up being my least favorite. Breakwater was great for the location but the lighthouse itself was not as photogenic (most is in front of the house/station). If you have some 'favorites', please post them here for myself and others to visit.
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Travis

I think you did a fabulous job with you had work with. The compositions are great. Imho, the weather worked with you (or you with the weather) to create very moody captures in images 2 and 3. Staring down the road, I can almost feel the dampness on my skin. The rest would have definitely benefited from either clearing or stormy conditions but if we could control that then photography would probably be the last of our interests.

Abiciriderback

They all look like good captures to me. Really like #2 and #5. Wondering how a couple may look in HDR to help out with the lighting and contrast,saturation.

Ray Still