EARLY DEPARTURE

Early departure, New Harbor, Maine

The first lobster boat left the harbor about 25 minutes before sunrise. It only takes a few minutes to load the barrel with bait for the lobster traps at the wharf but the real hard work starts when they reach the first trap a bit later. The sky to the east was still covered with a band of clouds and the golden light I was hoping for didn’t happen that morning at the end of September. But a story can still be told with the photo. The powerful spot lights on the boat deliver more than just a silhouette and the light in the background helps to tell the story, just in a slightly different way than what I had in mind.

Nikon Z6 III, Nikon NIKKOR Z 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, @100mm, 1/400s, f/4.5, ISO 10000, -1.67EV

WAVES, NO MATTER WHAT

Surf, Acadia National Park, Maine

It doesn’t need a Nor’easter as it crosses the east coast at the moment to produce some big waves and a beautiful surf as it was in Acadia National Park, Maine already a few days ago. The rugged shore has plenty of good spots to watch the waves crushing against the rocks any time. The big storm that followed wasn’t as devastating up here as it was further south. Yes, it rained the last couple days and shots in good sunlight were out of question, but tomorrow we may see an end.

OUT EAST AGAIN

Lobster boats in the harbor of Lubec, the easternmost town of the US

I wanted to go back to the coast of Maine, one of my favorite landscapes in the United States, since a long time. Ending the day with a good lobster dinner right at the wharf where the caught lobsters are delivered and watching the light of the setting sun touching the boats is priceless.