Acadia from Dusk to Dawn
Since moving to Mount Desert Island in September, I have seen some spectacular sunrises and sunsets. Last Saturday November 2, Janice and I went out on one last kayak trip for the season. We chose Seal Cove Pond and what a lucky choice it was. We got on the water about 4:30 PM and an hour later the sky started changing colors and patterns every few minutes. And then it was dark. The …
Fall on Mount Desert Island
Our first fall on Mount Desert Island has been beautiful. The autumn color has lasted for weeks, and there’s still plenty to enjoy. On Friday and Saturday we toured the island and I captured the images on this page using the Canon 5D3 with 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. My new iPhone 5S has served well as an always-at-hand camera, but it can’t compete with the big (and very heavy) full-frame Canon …
Moose Island
Today we had a rare opportunity to visit a private island.The MDI Photo Club arranged the trip by getting permission from the land owners who were kind enough to let us photograph their property. Janice and I, along with our daughter Emma who was home for the long Columbus Day weekend, met the club on the western shore of Mount Desert Island (MDI) about two hours before low tide and waited …
The New Home of George Soules Photography
See that little yellow arrow in the wide image below? That’s where we live now! I snapped this panorama with my iPhone 5S near the peak of Mansell Mountain. I can see this area of open granite from my home office window, and it can see our house in Southwest Harbor. The body of water in the foreground is the southern end of Long Pond. The other images (all shot with iPhones except for Janice …