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Contrails

Yellow flower and contrail
Yellow flower and contrail

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There’s a story behind these photos: Robin & I were in Boothbay Harbor the other evening. We had noticed two young women—dressed very fashionably and sporting carefully applied makeup—taking selfie after selfie of themselves in various places around town. We were on the footbridge across the harbor, and the two women were there, taking selfies of course. As they passed us, a yellow flower fell out of one woman’s hair and onto the bridge. Robin picked up the flower—smelling of the woman’s perfume—and tossed it onto the water. As we watched it drift, we noticed the contrails reflected in the water. Photography ensued…

Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 14-120mm lens @ 100mm, ISO 800, f/800, f/4.7, 1/400″ exposure.

Flowing

Cobb Brook in low water
Cobb Brook in low water

I’ve been getting to know a new camera and putting it through its paces on some of my favorite subjects. This shot of Cobb Brook in low water seems to indicate that the camera might be a keeper…

Here are a couple more:

The deep pool on Cobb Brook
The deep pool on Cobb Brook
Water slides over a mossy bed
Water slides over a mossy bed

Panasonic Lumix GM5, 12-32mm lens @ 27mm, ISO 200, f/20, 2.5″ exposure

More rain…

And a little more rain in Fargo Brook
And a little more rain in Fargo Brook

Another inch or two of rain and Fargo Brook jumps its banks. Standing on the bridge taking this shot was an interesting experience…

Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 24mm, ISO 400, f/7.1, 1/13″ exposure.

High and muddy

Fargo Brook running high and muddy this morning
Fargo Brook running high and muddy this morning

We’ve gotten over 2.5″ of rain in the past 36 hours and Fargo Brook is running high and muddy.

Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 24mm, circular polarizing filter, ISO 64, f/22, 3″ exposure.

Middle of a stream

Spring runoff in Fargo Brook
Spring runoff in Fargo Brook

The water is running in Fargo Brook as the snow melts at higher elevations. A slow shutter speed captures some interesting textures.

Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 70mm, circular polarizer, ISO 50, f/9, 1/10″ exposure

Frozen

Water & Ice frozen in time...
Water & Ice frozen in time…

It just takes a shutter click to freeze the moving and the still together…

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 1250, f/29, 1/13″ exposure

Roots

Black willow roots bedecked by morning frost crystals
Black willow roots bedecked by morning frost crystals

A big black willow toppled over down along Fargo Brook a couple of years back. The cold temperatures the other morning yielded a bumper crop of feathery frost crystals on the exposed roots over the water.

Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 1250, f/14, 1/320″ exposure

Aye-eye!

A rusted mooring eye on the Maine shore
A rusted mooring eye on the Maine shore

This rusted mooring eye was was mounted deep into a truck-sized boulder on the beach in Maine.

Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 100mm, ISO 1250, f/4, 1/800″ exposure.

Ripples

Small waves create ripples in the sand at North Beach in Burlington
Small waves create ripples in the sand at North Beach in Burlington

The wave action at North Beach in Burlington create ripples in the sand.

Sony RX100M3, ISO 125, f/3.5, 1/500″ exposure

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