Today’s long exposure image was taken back in April 2012.  The Spring is a great time to photograph the harbor as clouds are not an uncommon site and the waters remain free of boats allowing for longer exposures.  With a full harbor, the odds of keeping boats sharp with exposures stretching to seconds and minutes become very small.  On this day, I only needed to contend with one boat and tried to time this 5 second exposure when the winds calmed and the harbor was relatively still.  The sun rays were the clear focal point of the image and I sought to de-clutter it by removing the empty buoys in the harbor.  The rays were angled perfectly in relation to Abbot Hall on this particular day.