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New Trail….Win!…

Posted on June 30, 2014 | Leave a comment

As an avid hiker, I’m always stoked to find a new trail or two.  On my recent trip to Campobello Island (which I posted about last week), I stopped at the Roosevelt International Park visitor center and grabbed a pamphlet detailing trails in Maine.

I’ll let that sink in….

I had to go to Canada to find new trails in Maine.  What the, what?  Yeah.  One thing Maine is notoriously bad at is promoting hiking trails (and signage. Hardly any signs exist, directing you to trails).

But, I made super use of that pamphlet and found several new trails to add to my hiking itinerary.  I decided to check out one of these new trails a few days ago.  The Hamilton Cove Preserve.

It’s within five miles of my favorite hiking spot, Quoddy.  And in all the years I’ve been visiting, hiking, and raving about Quoddy State Park, I never knew the Hamilton Cove Preserve existed.  Maine signage fail!

Anyway, I checked the trail out and I have to say, I was impressed.  It was a pretty easy to moderate hike and the views of the ocean and Canada’s Grand Manan island were awesome.

Hamilton Cove Preserve Overlook

On to the next trail…

Until next time…

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~A.M.

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Nature’s Humor

Posted on September 30, 2013 | Leave a comment

As a photographer, it’s always important to develop your creative eye.  To look for the things in your environment that other people don’t notice.  To be on the lookout for new and interesting subjects to photograph.  Sometimes nature can help you out.  With a little humor to boot.

For example, last week, I took a trip to the beach near my house and I came across a rock with an unusual pattern that had seaweed clinging to one side of it.  I’ll admit, I giggled before I took this shot.  This isn’t the first time I’ve seen a face in a pattern in nature, but I think this is one of the more silly ones I’ve come across!

Silly Rock Face

Keep an eye out for Mother Nature’s little spurts of humor!

 

Until next time…

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~A.M.

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Photo Remake

Posted on September 23, 2013 | Leave a comment

Every once in a while, I like to take a look through my photo archive and see how far I’ve come from where I began my journey in photography.  Sometimes I even like to try my hand at a “Photo Remake”.  In other words, I like to see if I can recreate certain shots and see how close I can get to the original image while still keeping things fresh.  I know that sounds a bit complicated and even a bit like an oxymoron, but it’s interesting to try.

 

About five years ago, I was walking along the beach and took a photograph of a flower growing on the edge of one of the small boardwalks that lead from the road to the beach.  Some of you who have been following me for a while might recognize this image.

 

Boardwalk Flower

I hadn’t planned to attempt a “Photo Remake” of this shot when I embarked on my most recent beach trip, but I kind of stumbled upon the opportunity.  Here’s the result.

 

Boardwalk Flower Revisited

Attempting to recreate an old photograph in a new light can have interesting results.  Sometimes the result is better than the original, and other times the result is a miserable failure.  Either way, it’s a good way to keep learning.

 

Until next time…

 

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~A.M.

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Rainbows And Unicorns

Posted on August 5, 2013 | Leave a comment

 

 

 

Ok, so this post doesn’t have any unicorns but there are rainbows! A double rainbow at that! I just threw in the unicorn thing to get you folks to read this. Looks like it worked!

 

So, unfortunately, I’m still stuck in my house (what month are we in now?) and I’m getting bored with my surroundings. But, nature came to my rescue yesterday. Sort of. It rained, which I wasn’t all that thrilled about because I didn’t want a repeat of the water park fiasco in my basement, but the sun decided to show its face briefly during this little shower. And what happens when sun and rain mix, kids? If you said “Rainbows!” you get a gold star!

 

I glanced out my kitchen window and saw a pretty vibrant rainbow forming. When I got outside after grabbing my camera, I was greeted with not one, but two rainbows. The second is a little harder to see, but it’s there.

 

Double Rainbow

 

 

So, thanks, Nature. This almost makes up for you flooding my basement last week. Almost.

 

 

Until next time…

 

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~A.M.

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The Throne

Posted on May 6, 2013 | 2 comments

No, I’m not going to be talking about the insanely popular book and television series “Game of Thrones”.  I’m going to talk about a rock formation that has been dubbed “The Throne.”

I’ve been hiking in Downeast Maine since I moved here a decade ago.  In all that time, I had never heard of, or seen, “The Throne” until recently.

I was searching for new geocaches in my area and came across one that was labeled “The Throne” and decided to check it out.  So, I downloaded the coordinates to my GPS and headed out to Catherine Mountain in Franklin, Maine.

After a nice hike up the side of Catherine Mountain, and several awesome views of Tunk Lake, I got to the peak and came upon the Throne in all its rock glory.

The Throne

Amazing what you can find when you get out there and look.  I actually think they could use something like this in “Game of Thrones.”

Until next time…

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~A.M

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