My Vacation—Part 1

JD and I recently spent nine days in Maine.  We had never visited Maine and it looked like a great place to get away from Houston’s summer heat.  Our visit included only the coast of Maine.

For the trip, I packed light:  Nikon D4, Nikon 28-300mm, Nikon 50mm, two Nikon SB800s, tripod, Canon G12, Epson P6000, extra batteries and memory cards.  Everything easily fit into my ThinkTank StreetWalker backpack.

Today’s shot is of the Driftwood Inn, our hotel the second night of the trip.  The Driftwood Inn is located at the tip of Bailey Island and has a great view of the ocean.  Before the trip, I had told JD not to expect much of this “rustic” hotel however after arriving at the hotel, she parked herself on the porch and told me to cancel our dinner reservations because she had no intention of leaving the “view.”  She pretty much stayed there on the porch until bedtime—you can see her head at the far right side of the porch.

The photo was taken as the tide began to come-in.  I positioned my camera as low as I could to the rocks and used an aperture of f/16 to expand my depth of field.   I tried to frame the shot so that the rocks led you into the photo.

Enjoy.

Camera settings:  Nikon D4, 28-300mm f/3.5~5.6 at 28mm, ISO 100, f/16 at 1/60^th of a second on a tripod.

Post Processing:  

Lightroom 4—applied landscape preset during import of photo, set white and black points, adjusted color balance, added vibrance and clarity.