Rocky Cape Ann Coastline
The rocky coastline of Cape Ann might easily be mistaken for the coast of Downeast Maine. The boulders along the shore vary in shape from jagged and sharp to smooth and rounded.
The rocky coastline of Cape Ann might easily be mistaken for the coast of Downeast Maine. The boulders along the shore vary in shape from jagged and sharp to smooth and rounded.
It was a perfect winter afternoon to search for photographs among the reddish granite boulders, fresh snow patches, and blue green waves, under the cobalt blue sky. Halibut Point in Rockport, MA is an elbow of land that juts out from Cape Ann. On a clear day like this one you can see stretches of the Massachusetts and New Hampshire coastlines and even a few islands in Down East Maine.
[The Mouth of the Ipswich River]
the Mouth of the Ipswich River
On a winter day in early January when snow and ice usually blankets the North Atlantic shoreline, I spent an afternoon meandering around Ipswich Massachusetts, looking for dramatic afternoon light. This view of Castle Hill is from the tiny neighborhood of Little Neck, a hilly promontory covered with a mix of year-round and summer homes, each with a dramatic view of the sea and the river.
Ancient Red Cedar tree
Although the eye and brain attempt to neutralize the perceived color of light, your brain and eye can still sense the difference between the light of a cool shaded forest and the warm tones of sunset on the beach. Cameras don’t have this power or sensitivity; at least not yet.
Today’s digital cameras think that average daylight is somewhere between 5500° and 6000° Kelvin. Years ago I read that this value was a measurement of sunlight at high noon on the Summer Solstice as it occurs in Washington, D.C. This could be folklore, but it sounds nice!
A 20 second exposure records the misty seascape illuminated by the full moon. The constellation Orion is visible above the horizon.
On the day after a surprise nor’easter brought high winds and several inches of snow to central New England in late October, skies were super crisp and clear.
Red Maple leaf in Ravenswood Park, Gloucester, MA
Sunday in Rockport, Massachusetts. Cape Ann is a year-round source of photographic subjects. I’m always on the lookout for interesting patterns and colors in the decaying maritime structures.
Many fall foliage forecasters say the colors are late and muted this year. Maybe so. Is this due to the cool wet spring and summer we had in New England, or a factor of global warming?