Mount Desert Island, Maine - South End

Arched Bridge

Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine

We are based in Blackwoods Campground in Acadia National Park. Yesterday we decided to tour Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor and then Bass Harbor. On the way around Somes Sound we passed through the small town of Somesville and came upon this bridge by the edge of the road. It is a very popular tourist photography opportunity and almost every gallery has a version on its walls. We had to give it a try. We liked Carol's composition best. It is a scene Claude Monet would have painted. The light was nice.

Lobsterman Memorial
Bernard, Mount Desert Island, Maine

As we passed through Bass Harbor the sun was getting lower on the horizon but the harbor shore is on the east side which put the sun in our eyes. We continued around the harbor to west side and the town of Bernard. All the way at the end of the road is a book store that resembles a lighthouse. The lobster pot floats are the patterns of lobstermen that have either retired or passed away.

Bass Harbor Sunset
Taken From Thruston's Lobster Pound, Bernard, Maine

Just up the harbor from the bookstore is Thurston's. The light was turning golden and I was ready for lobster in the rough. This is the place. As the light improved I would step out to the edge of the porch and snap a few shots. Just magic!

Bass Harbor

Carol was sitting on a bench behind the bookstore and saw this composition of kelp and the harbor to the north. She noted that when I went through hundreds of candidates from the day's shoot that we picked four, three of them were taken by Carol....she is getting hard to live with.