Acadia National Park in Maine is the only national park located in the northeastern US. It is a beautiful park where mountains, islands and ocean all come together to form a unique experience. Located on Mount Desert Island, Acadia’s origins were actually started by a group of summer residents that formed a public land trust to protect the island from development. The trust slowly acquired parts of the island and John D Rockefeller donated over 10,000 acres of land to the trust. Rockefeller also built 45 miles of stone carriage roads that traverse the park. Acadia now covers 47,000 acres of property.
This image was taken on one of Acadia’s famous beaches namely, Otter Beach. The beach can be somewhat treacherous as I found out by stepping on a rock and taking a fall. Lesson learned – even though there are other people on a rock, make sure that you step on a dry part of the rock like they did.
There were about 50 photographers lined up to catch the sunrise. The sunrise turned out to be a very short one as the clouds were quickly moving east. I was able to catch the little light there was giving a warm glow to the cliffs as a wave began to crest toward the beach.
Great light Len, love the composition and detail on the boulders is stunning
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A short but awesome sunrise. I almost fell hard monday when I was shooting on the rocky beach near my house!! Beautiful job!
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Beauty shot Len. Love the soft glow of the light on the rocks and the overall scene (composition) is great! Nice job!
Jim Denham recently posted..Landmark Glow and Candidtag
Love the golden light on the hillside! Its so dramatic with the clouds rolling in.
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Fantastic warm glow on the foreground rocks. Great image.
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Wow Len, you were here at the perfect time! This is stunning man!
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Great light and composition Len.
Wonderful warmth, Len!
Heath O’Fee recently posted..Maui – I
Terrific shot, Len. Love the light and processing on this. The rocks are awesome.
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Absolutely gorgeous light and colors Len, nicely captured!
Curt Fleenor recently posted..KingAir
I love that light on the cliff side! Way to capture it.
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what a beautiful place
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Lovely light on the beach boulders, and what a great line of orange glow there is on the horizon. You can’t beat a good sunrise, Len. They live in the memory.
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Just beautiful Len. I love the way you’ve processed this shot. My husband and I are (hopefully) planning a trip this summer to Acadia National Park. I can hardly wait.
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that is a real beuaty Len, great work!
Jim Nix recently posted..Hollow hallways
Gorgeous shot here, Len, WOW my friend!
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The sun-rise may have only been a short one but it enabled you create a fantastic image. Well done, Len!
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Wonderful work on this one. Love the way the stones on the bottom seem to be in harmony with the trees up top.