I had the opportunity to shoot Gerry Island a few weeks ago and managed to choose a night when the sun set near low tide. I watched as the path emerged from the water and formed a gentle S curve to guide the eye to the small island. Watch for a panorama view of this scene on Wednesday showing Little Harbor, Brown's Island and the homes along Front Street.
Thank you everyone for your comments on yesterday's post both here and on Facebook. While this began as a personal project to 'shoot the town', I am thrilled that these images have made an impression on you. The vote tally clearly favored the 'no boat' crowd and, as luck would have it, we still had plenty of fog to work with. I shot the above while waiting for the tall ship Lynx (that photo next week). Used a filter to block the light so that the image above results from five shots at 25 seconds each. No boats to remove [...]
With Gerry Island in the news recently [Reporter Patch], it seemed an appropriate time to post this shot taken a few weeks ago. I had wanted to return to Fort Sewall and shoot this image of Gerry Island for a while but was struggling with getting the mood just right. The way the fog rolled in and blanketed the island on this day seemed just about perfect. The island is layed out in this 4-shot panorama without a distracting background and seems to exist in its own world. With the four images used to make this one photo, the detail [...]