The mists of Maine- long exposures of the ocean on a rocky beach

[68wSteve]

This is a great shot, what body and lens did you use!

[Damn Brit]

Nice, do you have a link to a larger version or can you post one here?

[kerrowdown]

Like a cotton wool ocean, like this a lot.

[MO-bran]

Beautiful shot. I would love to have a place such as that to have for shooting. How long was your exposure?

[xs400]

Very nice, I'd like to see a larger version.

[Sailor]

I love it, and add to the requests for a larger version.

Jer

[chemrat]

Thanks for all the kind feedback. The original size image is here.

The major technical specs are Pentax K10D, 3 sec exposure, ISO 100, tripod and (of course) no image stabilization, the lens was an smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL set to 20 mm, aperture f/27, + 2 EV exposure compensation (for some reason), ND 4.0 filter to allow the long exposure time and a Cokin gradient filter to tame the sky (which is cropped out, anyway), 2-second self-timer used.

Here is a comprehensive list of technical details:
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 3
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: +2 EV
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Color Space: sRGB
Sensing Method: One-chip color area
Custom Rendered: Custom
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Manual
Focal Length In35mm Format: 30 mm
Scene Capture Type: Standard
Subject Distance Range: Distant
Quality: Best
Focus Mode: AF-S
AFPoint Selected: Auto
Exposure Time: 3
FNumber: 27.0
ISO: 100
Exposure Compensation: +2.0
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Shade
White Balance Mode: User-Selected
Saturation: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Sharpness: Med Hard
Picture Mode: Aperture Priority; 1/2 EV steps
Drive Mode: Single-frame; Self-timer (2 s); Shutter Button; Single Exposure
Color Space: sRGB
Lens Type: smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL
Camera Temperature: 18 C
AELock: Off
Noise Reduction: On
Shake Reduction: Off

[Ash]

Nice one chemrat.
Well done.

[dcmsox2004]

ahhh.. i can smell the ocean from here... marvelous capture...
as echoed before, please show us this pic in larger scale...

[chemrat]

Dear dcmsox, the large scale image is in the link incorporated into my reply above (the word "here", and is also here: "

Click on the image to view it in a larger size

"). Thanks for the supportive comments!

[MO-bran]

Thanks for posting the info on the shot--now I see that you live in Missouri too. Guess it was a vacation shot. Still I love the calm feeling the picture causes when I look at it. I can hear the water and smell the air.

[mel]

Nice. Where in Maine is this? I was there last week in the Bar Harbor/Acadia Nat'l park area. I didn't take any long exposures as I had no tripod and was traveling with kids. This is beautiful. I hope to get back up there again under more photographically favorabl conditions.

[chemrat]

mel, we weren't as far up as Bar Harbor. The rocks are, if my google map link works, here. The nearest town is Martinsville, but Port Clyde is a little bigger and easier to locate, and is about 3 miles away. Andrew and NC and the rest of the Wyeths lived in and around Port Clyde. This is all "below" Rockland as far as Route 1 is concerned. For more of this summer's trip to Maine via Flickr (including some bad photos, I'm afraid, along with some from sea kayaking, Monhegan Island, etc.), see here. Thanks! Jim

ps nice set of cameras, to say the least! I haven't gotten round to listing my lenses yet. I look forward to seeing your photos.

[chemrat]

Thanks, MO-bran! Yes, this was a vacation and family get-together. It seemed wrong to leave when the weather was still good in MO, but we were lucky in Maine and missed the cold and damp that had plagued much of the summer, apparently.