How does one capture the essence of Maine
with a limited number of vacation days in October?
With the best vacation sampler ever!
Exploring Maine's countryside, even with just a week,
brought amazing images into my field of view.
Here are a few my lens helped me capture
during my "sampler" visit in mid-October.
Most of the photos in this blog can be enlarged by
clicking on them; click the back arrow to return.
The white gazebo in Sullivan Town Green at Highway 1
stands in stark contrast to the deep emerald lawns.
The gazebo became a familiar landmark on
daily excursions during our visit.
We visited the little village of Sorrento and enjoyed
the comings and goings of fishing boats, then went for
a leisurely walk along the road above the harbor.
A lobster boat in Sorrento's harbor.
Rugosa roses were introduced long ago and
are famous for their huge hips (fruits), rich in Vitamin C.
Once used to prevent scurvy, they still yield a delicious jelly
and the easily-dried rose hips produce a lovely, healthful tea.
Like many fall fruits, they sweeten when shriveled by frost.
The bright yellow flowers of Oenothera, or evening primrose,
add a splash of willing color in late fall.
Autumn vegetation eagerly sprawled in the understory.
This common blue aster with woodbine spreading through it
made a pretty pattern in the fallen leaves.
Granite is the story
of Maine's geologic past and present;
it was sculpted by glaciation and continues to be
dissected by the freeze/thaw action of ice.
Here is the pond where jonathan and I stopped to take
just three photos each - this one is my first of three, too.
Within just a few feet, different cameras and settings
can produce a wide variety of interpretations.
Jonathan's photo highlights the nearground,
while mine picked up a distant view.
Both are interesting.
This birch-lined meadow near Narraguagus Bay
greets family friends on a daily basis, year-round!
Fresh still water near the harbor of Corea on
Gouldsboro Peninsula compelled us to watch for
moose... they were surely browsing just out of view!
The town of Corea was formerly known as Indian Harbor,
a reference to its early residents.
Its name was changed in 1896
with construction of Corea's first post office.
Blueberry fields are positively luminous in the fall!
This one overlooks the north end of Hog Bay
with Cadillac Mountain on the horizon.
Blueberry plants spread by their roots, each lending
subtle variations in color throughout the fields.
Maine seems like an artist's palette and reminded me of the
elements and principles that create a well-planned design.
The landscape everywhere is rich in form and texture,
with richly contrasting values of light and dark,
the rhythm of repetition, variety and unity,
balance and harmony ...
... and, as evidenced by the visual response it creates,
a ready example of color complements!
with a limited number of vacation days in October?
With the best vacation sampler ever!
Exploring Maine's countryside, even with just a week,
brought amazing images into my field of view.
Here are a few my lens helped me capture
during my "sampler" visit in mid-October.
Most of the photos in this blog can be enlarged by
clicking on them; click the back arrow to return.
The white gazebo in Sullivan Town Green at Highway 1
stands in stark contrast to the deep emerald lawns.
The gazebo became a familiar landmark on
daily excursions during our visit.
We visited the little village of Sorrento and enjoyed
the comings and goings of fishing boats, then went for
a leisurely walk along the road above the harbor.
A lobster boat in Sorrento's harbor.
Rugosa roses were introduced long ago and
are famous for their huge hips (fruits), rich in Vitamin C.
Once used to prevent scurvy, they still yield a delicious jelly
and the easily-dried rose hips produce a lovely, healthful tea.
Like many fall fruits, they sweeten when shriveled by frost.
The bright yellow flowers of Oenothera, or evening primrose,
add a splash of willing color in late fall.
Autumn vegetation eagerly sprawled in the understory.
This common blue aster with woodbine spreading through it
made a pretty pattern in the fallen leaves.
Granite is the story
of Maine's geologic past and present;
it was sculpted by glaciation and continues to be
dissected by the freeze/thaw action of ice.
Here is the pond where jonathan and I stopped to take
just three photos each - this one is my first of three, too.
Within just a few feet, different cameras and settings
can produce a wide variety of interpretations.
Jonathan's photo highlights the nearground,
while mine picked up a distant view.
Both are interesting.
This birch-lined meadow near Narraguagus Bay
greets family friends on a daily basis, year-round!
Fresh still water near the harbor of Corea on
Gouldsboro Peninsula compelled us to watch for
moose... they were surely browsing just out of view!
The town of Corea was formerly known as Indian Harbor,
a reference to its early residents.
Its name was changed in 1896
with construction of Corea's first post office.
Blueberry fields are positively luminous in the fall!
This one overlooks the north end of Hog Bay
with Cadillac Mountain on the horizon.
Blueberry plants spread by their roots, each lending
subtle variations in color throughout the fields.
Maine seems like an artist's palette and reminded me of the
elements and principles that create a well-planned design.
The landscape everywhere is rich in form and texture,
with richly contrasting values of light and dark,
the rhythm of repetition, variety and unity,
balance and harmony ...
... and, as evidenced by the visual response it creates,
a ready example of color complements!
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