Bar Harbor/Acadia NP, Maine area - etc

aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
edited July 18, 2008 in Landscapes
Howdy folks. Just got back from another trip to Maine. I can't get enough of the place, and didn't take nearly enough decent pictures so I decided to have fun with a couple of them.


Sunset, Bar Harbor - Nikon D200 w/Tokina 12-24
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Night, Bar Harbor - Nikon D200 w/Tokina 12-24
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Bubble Pond, Acadia National Park - Nikon D200 w/Tokina 12-24
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Bar Harbor - Nikon D200 w/Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
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The Margaret Todd, Bar Harbor - Nikon D200 w/Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
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Bar Harbor - Nikon D200 w/Tokina 12-24
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Bar Harbor at night - Nikon D200 w/Tokina 12-24
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Rockland, Maine - Nikon D200 w/Tokina 12-24
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Acadia National Park - Nikon D200 w/Tokina 12-24
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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2008
    This is one of my favorite places to visit. IMO your photos do it justice.
    Dan

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  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2008
    articblooms wrote:
    This is one of my favorite places to visit. IMO your photos do it justice.

    Thanks! thumb.gif
  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2008
    Hi Scott, I really do think a trip to Maine is in the stars now for me. You've really showed this place off to be so lovely and so distinctive. I love the night shots ofo the town and all the little details I see in them like the moose and lobster signs. Also, great balance of light in the first shot! Amazing. bowdown.gif
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  • navigator72navigator72 Banned Posts: 96 Big grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    nice
    Ah nice, it reminds me of how lucky I am to live here.
    2nd highest taxes in the USA and no good jobs but the beauty is great!
  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    navigator72 wrote:
    Ah nice, it reminds me of how lucky I am to live here.
    2nd highest taxes in the USA and no good jobs but the beauty is great!

    I hadn't heard that. A couple folks around here can't wait to retire and move to Maine because the taxes are so low. Go figure. They might be looking at property taxes more than anything else.
  • navigator72navigator72 Banned Posts: 96 Big grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    Maine
    I heard that somewhere but a quick Google search turned up a different story, My bad.
    Taxes by state
    SalesGas/gal.Cig./packBeer/gal.State burdenRankState/Fed. burdenRank
    Alabama
    		4.0%
    		$0.20
    		$0.43
    		$1.05
    		8.8%
    		46
    		28.0%
    		49
    Alaska
    		none
    		$0.08
    		$2.00
    		$1.07
    		6.6%
    		50
    		28.1%
    		48
    Arizona
    		5.6%*
    		$0.19
    		$2.00
    		$0.16
    		10.3%
    		31
    		31.3%
    		25
    Arkansas
    		6.0%
    		$0.22
    		$0.59
    		$0.21
    		11.3%
    		13
    		30.7%
    		32
    California
    		7.3%
    		$0.46
    		$0.87
    		$0.20
    		11.5%
    		12
    		34.3%
    		8
    Colorado
    		2.9%
    		$0.22
    		$0.84
    		$0.08
    		10.4%
    		30
    		31.8%
    		23
    Connecticut
    		6.0%
    		$0.44
    		$2.00
    		$0.20
    		12.2%
    		8
    		38.3%
    		1
    Delaware
    		none*
    		$0.23
    		$1.15
    		$0.16
    		8.8%
    		47
    		31.2%
    		26
    Florida
    		6.0%
    		$0.33
    		$0.34
    		$0.48
    		10.0%
    		38
    		33.6%
    		12
    Georgia
    		4.0%
    		$0.26
    		$0.37
    		$0.48
    		10.3%
    		32
    		30.9%
    		28
    Hawaii
    		4%*
    		$0.33
    		$1.80
    		$0.93
    		12.4%
    		6
    		33.0%
    		16
    Idaho
    		6.0%
    		$0.25
    		$0.57
    		$0.15
    		10.1%
    		35
    		29.6%
    		42
    Illinois
    		6.3%
    		$0.40
    		$0.98
    		$0.19
    		10.8%
    		22
    		33.2%
    		14
    Indiana
    		6.0%
    		$0.32
    		$1.00
    		$0.12
    		10.7%
    		25
    		30.8%
    		30
    Iowa
    		5.0%
    		$0.22
    		$1.36
    		$0.19
    		11.0%
    		18
    		30.6%
    		33
    Kansas
    		5.3%
    		$0.25
    		$0.79
    		$0.18
    		11.2%
    		15
    		31.0%
    		27
    Kentucky
    		6%*
    		$0.19
    		$0.30
    		$0.08
    		10.9%
    		20
    		30.4%
    		34
    Louisiana
    		4.0%
    		$0.20
    		$0.36
    		$0.32
    		11.0%
    		17
    		29.1%
    		44
    Maine
    		5.0%
    		$0.29
    		$2.00
    		$0.35
    		14.0%
    		2
    		33.9%
    		10
    Maryland
    		6.0%
    		$0.24
    		$2.00
    		$0.09
    		10.8%
    		23
    		33.1%
    		15
    Massachusetts
    		5.0%
    		$0.24
    		$1.51
    		$0.11
    		10.6%
    		28
    		34.4%
    		7
    Michigan
    		6.0%
    		$0.36
    		$2.00
    		$0.20
    		11.2%
    		14
    		31.9%
    		21
    Minnesota
    		6.5%
    		$0.22
    		$1.49
    		$0.15
    		11.5%
    		11
    		33.9%
    		11
    Mississippi
    		7.0%
    		$0.19
    		$0.18
    		$0.43
    		10.5%
    		29
    		28.1%
    		47
    Missouri
    		4.2%
    		$0.18
    		$0.17
    		$0.06
    		10.1%
    		34
    		30.2%
    		38
    Montana
    		none
    		$0.28
    		$1.70
    		$0.14
    		9.7%
    		41
    		29.8%
    		39
    Nebraska
    		5.5%
    		$0.24
    		$0.64
    		$0.31
    		11.9%
    		9
    		31.8%
    		22
    Nevada
    		6.5%
    		$0.33
    		$0.80
    		$0.16
    		10.1%
    		36
    		35.2%
    		4
    New Hampshire
    		none*
    		$0.20
    		$1.08
    		$0.30
    		8.0%
    		49
    		30.8%
    		29
    New Jersey
    		7.0%
    		$0.15
    		$2.58
    		$0.12
    		11.6%
    		10
    		35.6%
    		3
    New Mexico
    		5.0%
    		$0.18
    		$0.91
    		$0.41
    		9.8%
    		40
    		28.8%
    		45
    New York
    		4.0%
    		$0.41
    		$1.50
    		$0.11
    		13.8%
    		3
    		37.1%
    		2
    N. Carolina
    		4.3%
    		$0.30
    		$0.35
    		$0.53
    		11.0%
    		19
    		31.3%
    		24
    N. Dakota
    		5.0%
    		$0.23
    		$0.44
    		$0.16
    		9.9%
    		39
    		30.2%
    		37
    Ohio
    		5.5%*
    		$0.28
    		$1.25
    		$0.18
    		12.4%
    		5
    		32.4%
    		18
    Oklahoma
    		4.5%
    		$0.17
    		$1.03
    		$0.40
    		9.0%
    		45
    		27.8%
    		50
    Oregon
    		none
    		$0.25
    		$1.18
    		$0.08
    		10.0%
    		37
    		30.7%
    		31
    Pennsylvania
    		6.0%
    		$0.32
    		$1.35
    		$0.08
    		10.8%
    		24
    		31.9%
    		20
    Rhode Island
    		7.0%
    		$0.31
    		$2.46
    		$0.10
    		12.7%
    		4
    		35.1%
    		6
    S. Carolina
    		6.0%
    		$0.17
    		$0.07
    		$0.77
    		10.7%
    		26
    		30.3%
    		35
    S. Dakota
    		4.0%
    		$0.24
    		$1.53
    		$0.27
    		9.0%
    		44
    		29.3%
    		43
    Tennessee
    		7.0%
    		$0.21
    		$0.62
    		$0.14
    		8.5%
    		48
    		28.8%
    		46
    Texas
    		6.25%*
    		$0.20
    		$1.41
    		$0.19
    		9.3%
    		43
    		29.8%
    		41
    Utah
    		4.7%
    		$0.25
    		$0.70
    		$0.41
    		10.7%
    		27
    		30.3%
    		36
    Vermont
    		6.0%
    		$0.20
    		$1.79
    		$0.27
    		14.1%
    		1
    		35.1%
    		5
    Virginia
    		5.0%
    		$0.20
    		$0.30
    		$0.26
    		10.2%
    		33
    		32.9%
    		17
    Washington
    		6.5%*
    		$0.36
    		$2.03
    		$0.26
    		11.1%
    		16
    		34.0%
    		9
    West Virginia
    		6.0%
    		$0.32
    		$0.55
    		$0.18
    		10.9%
    		21
    		29.8%
    		40
    Wisconsin
    		5.0%
    		$0.33
    		$1.77
    		$0.06
    		12.3%
    		7
    		33.3%
    		13
    Wyoming
    		4.0%
    		$0.14
    		$0.60
    		$0.02
    		9.5%
    		42
    		32.1%
    		19
  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    Cool, thanks for the info.
  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    lol3.gif

    This has got to be one of the most interesting tangents I've seen in a landscapes thread!
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  • navigator72navigator72 Banned Posts: 96 Big grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    Acadia photos
    If any of you make it to Acadia this summer, I recommend the scenic flights just before the island. I say this from experience..... I spent the best 3 summers of my life flying tourists around Acadia. The photo ops are amazing.
    They have gliders, biplanes and of course the almighty Cessna 172's.
  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    navigator72 wrote:
    They have gliders, biplanes and of course the almighty Cessna 172's.

    They were doing a pretty good business in June when I was there, too. We had a couple of days with honest 200ft ceilings, but mostly good - and they were out.

    If I could stir up some work I'd move the airplane up there for a month in the summer.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,958 moderator
    edited July 6, 2008
    schmoo wrote:
    lol3.gif

    This has got to be one of the most interesting tangents I've seen in a landscapes thread!
    Yeah. And now I see..never mind :D
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  • navigator72navigator72 Banned Posts: 96 Big grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    Foggy days
    low cloud ceilings are pretty popular in Acadia
  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    navigator72 wrote:
    low cloud ceilings are pretty popular in Acadia

    Works for me - it usually means a day off, er - or least at home.
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    Fabulous photos of a beautiful place clap.gif

    Images 4 and 5 have some marring in the sky on my monitor headscratch.gifheadscratch.gif
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  • cmkultradomecmkultradome Registered Users Posts: 516 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    I love all of your shots, especially the downtown Bar Harbor px. What time did you take them, its always jammed with people when I'm there. I'm originally from Pennsylvania and have been going to Acadia every year for the last 27 years. I now take my two boys (11 & 13), my parents have bought a vacation camp 20 minutes from the Schoodic portion of Acadia. I think it is one of the most beautiful places in the country. Do you have any px of sunrise at Cadillac? Every year I say I'm going to get up for it and don't. I just got back from Maui and got up at 2:15AM to drive to the top of Mount Haleakala for the sunrise so I think I'll follow up next month in Acadia and catch it on top of Cadillac .
  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    dlplumer wrote:
    Fabulous photos of a beautiful place clap.gif

    Images 4 and 5 have some marring in the sky on my monitor headscratch.gifheadscratch.gif

    Thanks!

    This one might have marring on it too. I hope rolleyes1.gif

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  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    cmkultradome wrote:
    I love all of your shots, especially the downtown Bar Harbor px. What time did you take them, its always jammed with people when I'm there.

    Thanks --- we were there the 2nd week in June. I shot the night pictures between 8pm-9pm. There were quite a lot of people there, including a lot that walked right in front of the camera on the sidewalk. The exposures were all pretty long (20-30 seconds) so the people just blurred themselves out.
    Do you have any px of sunrise at Cadillac? Every year I say I'm going to get up for it and don't.

    Nope, I didn't do any sunrise pictures. I wanted to get some down in Bar Harbor but didn't do it. Good intentions kept turning into sleeping in until 8. I missed out on some good clearing fog at Bubble Pond too for the same reason.

    This was our second trip up there. We're thinking about maybe going in October - not sure yet. It's by far one of the most enjoyable, relaxing, and reasonably priced places we've been.
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2008
    aerialphoto wrote:
    Thanks!

    This one might have marring on it too. I hope rolleyes1.gif

    321281004_V8kjU-L.jpg

    OK I don't get it ne_nau.gif
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  • Karrie McDKarrie McD Registered Users Posts: 372 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2008
    Yup, makes me want to go back for another visit up there. Thanks for sharing those photos they are really nice.
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  • navigator72navigator72 Banned Posts: 96 Big grins
    edited July 10, 2008
    Bar Harbor
    I'm Bar Harbor bound on Monday (for work). It might be worth it to spend my lunch on top of Cadillac Mtn.
    Tip: if you are in Acadia National Park and using pro gear with a tripod, the park rangers will assume you are a professional and require you to get (pay for) a permit. If you shoot while holding the camera, they will think you are an irritating tourist and leave you alone.
    Weird but true.headscratch.gif
  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2008
    Yup, weird! I shot my bubble pond stuff with a tripod and a couple of park guys walked by and just said "hi".

    I busted a cable on my big camera, looks like I have the weekend off. Wish I was close to Maine :(
  • T. BombadilT. Bombadil Registered Users Posts: 286 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2008
    aerialphoto wrote:
    I hadn't heard that. A couple folks around here can't wait to retire and move to Maine because the taxes are so low. Go figure. They might be looking at property taxes more than anything else.

    they must be, because our total tax burden (income, sales, property) is in the top 2 (sometimes tied for worst place).
    Bruce

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  • T. BombadilT. Bombadil Registered Users Posts: 286 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2008
    aerialphoto wrote:
    Howdy folks. Just got back from another trip to Maine. I can't get enough of the place, and didn't take nearly enough decent pictures so I decided to have fun with a couple of them.


    These are beautiful images (though the Rockland photo doesn't show for me).
    Bruce

    Chooka chooka hoo la ley
    Looka looka koo la ley
  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2008
    T. Bombadil wrote:
    These are beautiful images (though the Rockland photo doesn't show for me).

    Thanks... I moved the Rockland one by accident, here it is:

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  • kitvankitvan Registered Users Posts: 243 Major grins
    edited July 13, 2008
    Very nice work!!! :D
    I love the visual diversity! clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
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  • hawkeye978hawkeye978 Registered Users Posts: 1,218 Major grins
    edited July 14, 2008
    Beautiful shots. I particularly like the first and third.

    My wife and I are heading to Bar Harbor next week so I appreciate the inspiration.
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  • navigator72navigator72 Banned Posts: 96 Big grins
    edited July 14, 2008
    Bar Harbor
    I made the 3 hour drive to BHB today (work related) It was the kind of fog hanging around kind of day. The top of Cadillac Mtn was mostly cloudy but it was still nice to visit.
  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited July 14, 2008
    hawkeye978 wrote:
    Beautiful shots. I particularly like the first and third.

    My wife and I are heading to Bar Harbor next week so I appreciate the inspiration.

    Thanks! I'm envious, it's stinkin' hot here - a dip in their water would be nice :D
  • aerialphotoaerialphoto Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited July 14, 2008
    navigator72 wrote:
    I made the 3 hour drive to BHB today (work related) It was the kind of fog hanging around kind of day. The top of Cadillac Mtn was mostly cloudy but it was still nice to visit.

    It adds to the atmosphere rolleyes1.gif

    If I ever hit the lottery I'll fly up there and rent a car. Fuel prices and worrying about getting stuck in the fog make flying commercial a little more appealing right now though.
  • navigator72navigator72 Banned Posts: 96 Big grins
    edited July 14, 2008
    sand beach
    Sand Beach in Acadia has the coldest water I have ever felt and I have been swimming in the Maine ocean for most of my life.
    Todays water temp ....approx 58 fahrenheit in Bar Harbor.


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