Downeast Sunset | Maine | Easter Weekend

[D-B-J]

I spent this weekend (drove up Saturday and came home this evening, Monday) in Downeast Maine with some family. Saturday evening I shot the sunset (we got there about an hour before sunset, so I dropped my bags and ran off to chase the light), Sunday morning we went to a sunrise service and I captured some of the beautiful sunrise, then headed up Downeast to hike/snow-shoe with some friends, and Monday I did nothing photo-related. I'll be slowly dispersing this weekends images here, so here's the first set.

We arrived in Sedgewick (near Blue-Hill, for those of you who know noteworthy places in Maine) around 5:00pm. I set down all my bags, threw my gear back in the car, and headed over to Deer Isle to see if I could get any nice long-exposures of the bridge. I got a few, but really hated the composition so I ended up trashing those. About 40 minutes before sunset I set off on Deer Isle to see if I could find a point on the West End of the island to shoot the sunset from--turns out I found one! The wind was whipping and I didn't pack as many layers as I had wanted, but it was a beautiful sunset. Here's my two favorites

Wind-Blown by f_one_eight, on Flickr

Fading by f_one_eight, on Flickr


Cheers!
Jake

 

[tirediron]

Very nice!

 

[Rick50]

Like the 2nd one Jake.

 

[BrickHouse]

Love the action in the water! Just enough blur to give that sense of movement. Awesome stuff!

 

[weepete]

2nd one for me too

 

[D-B-J]

Very nice!

Thanks for the kind words! It was the first sunset in a while that had some clouds in the sky--the last few times I've been photographing cloudless sunsets.. Haha.

Jake


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[runnah]

Damn tourists...

 

[sscarmack]

These are great! A tad too dark for my taste (Which is surprising, bc I love dark photos haha).

But I really like the motion of the water and the calmness of the sky.

Once again, a nice shot

 

[D-B-J]

Damn tourists...

Hahah. I think I qualify as a non-tourist/wannabe-resident now [emoji5]️


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[D-B-J]

These are great! A tad too dark for my taste (Which is surprising, bc I love dark photos haha).

But I really like the motion of the water and the calmness of the sky.

Once again, a nice shot

I know what you mean. I wanted to include the wave action but the only spot that there seemed to be any was off to the far left; I myself much prefer the second image, but added the first to see what others thought.
Much darker/moodier than my typical work, for sure.


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[bribrius]

Damn tourists...

thats what i was thinking. LOL Good shots though. Like the frame balance. 2 for me too, both are nice.

 

[D-B-J]

Damn tourists...

thats what i was thinking. LOL Good shots though. Like the frame balance. 2 for me too, both are nice.

I agree [emoji5]️


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[RDenhardt]

Really nice shots! I prefer number 2 as well but number 1 has some nice draw from the moving water on the left. Very nice images

 

[D-B-J]

Really nice shots! I prefer number 2 as well but number 1 has some nice draw from the moving water on the left. Very nice images

Thanks! The moving water is nice, but not as prominent and awesome as I had hoped.

Jake