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Wild lupines at the Height of Land, overlooking Mooselookmeguntic Lake at sunset.

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July sunset on Lake Maranacook, Winthrop Maine

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Jordan Pond trail at Acadia National Park

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What better way to spend a summer night on Frye Island than exploring the rock jetty at sunset?  Sunsets from the island overlooking Sebago lake never get old. 

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NOT A BAD SEAT! (Marginal Way Ogunquit, Maine)

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Fernald's Neck Preserve, taken in the winter of 2022

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Boot Cove Bog is serene and beautiful at the same time. It is located near Lubec.

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Full moon lighting up Passamaquoddy Bay. Perfect night for mermaids.

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"Cannonball Temptation" South Bristol, Maine.

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Sunrise at West Quoddy Headlight in Lubec

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Usually when I photograph a moonrise, the conditions are less than ideal, but thanks to family and friends I shot this Super Moon rising from a beach chair at Goose Rocks Beach! It was a magical evening watching the moon peek out from behind Timber/Granite Point.

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The serenity of Maine coast. Dreamy Lubec waking up coated with a blanket of fog.

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It’s a balance test I can never resist on the stepping stones at the Asticou Azalea Garden.

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Captured this image Labor Day weekend of 2023 in Schoodic Peninsula with my Nikon Coolpix B500 camera. It was an early morning photoshoot and the soft pastels accentuated the fog and reflections perfectly. Classic coastal Maine morning moment.

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Our longtime favorite resort has changed ownership, but the frontage of the Asticou Inn on Northeast Harbor remains a special place nearby Acadia National Park.

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I captured the Beaver Blood Moon rising at Mackworth Island after trudging in the mudflats at low tide for quite a distance. When I arrived at my destination, I was surprised to see a piece of driftwood that was not there the month before, and it framed the moonrise perfectly. 

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Captured this image in early January of 2023 in Mount Desert Island, Maine with my Nikon Coolpix B500 camera. It was an early morning photoshoot and the light was spectacular giving off a violet sky. "Morning Softness" captures the calm and beauty of an early Maine morning. 

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While at Sebago Lake, I hoped to capture a sunset on what was finally a rain-free evening. But then I turned away from the sun setting and focused on the nearby Presidential Range, including Mount Washington. I love the silhouetted layers reflected on the range, which includes the antennas on Mount Washington making it feel much closer than it is.

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Captured this image in April of 2023 during the blue hour at Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse in Rockland, Maine with my Nikon Coolpix B500 camera. "Blue Dawn" captures night slowly slipping away as daylight moves in with great leading lines to the lighthouse. 

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The frog pond at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden. The September light hit perfectly allowing for a sunflare in the pond. 

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Captured this image in early January of 2023 just after the holiday season in Southwest Harbor, Maine with my Nikon Coolpix B500 camera. "Pure Maine Christmas" truly captures the essence of Maine at the holidays in one beautiful shot.

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It took way too long for me to discover the Rachel Carson Salt Pond in New Harbor that inspired her book, The Edge of the Sea. I was fascinated by the most beautiful periwinkles I have ever seen gripping the colorful rocks at low tide.

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Captured this image in May of 2023 at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse in Bristol, Maine with my Nikon Coolpix B500 camera. The clouds and early morning lighting made this a stunning capture with the reflection in the tide pool. 

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Long exposure of the boathouse at high tide on Conary Cove, Blue Hill, Maine. 

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These pastel-colored grippy winkles captured my attention at the Rachel Carson Salt Pond in New Harbor.

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Little Long Pond light. This gate always stops me in my tracks, whether it's sunny or foggy. This light signifies the beginning of cooler weather and that great September light.

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The Asticou Azalea Garden is a zen place for reflections of all kinds. 

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Bass Harbor. An evening spent eating a the Sea Ketch followed by some sunset photos.

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Abagadasset River, Bowdoinham, early evening.

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Sunset, Arundel Wharf Restaurant deck, Kennebunkport.  August 2023

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Summer sunset paddle in 1930's Old Town canoe on Spednic Lake, August 2023. My peace on earth

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The waterfall on Hadlock Brook trail was roaring after a July storm

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A pastel sky at dusk and velvet surf define the rocky coastline at Schoodic Point peninsula the mainland portion of Acadia National Park, Winter Harbor, Maine.

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My childhood summer home,
This is the view from THE RITZ, the original cottage we summered in. 
Little Island
Vinalhaven, Maine

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A Monarch's last visit to a field of Dense Blazing Star in Freeport, Maine before the long journey to overwinter in Mexico.

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Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor, Maine. 

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Another image of the Vinalhaven shoreline, just around the corner from the photo of the stone in the tidepool that I submitted, but so different in character.

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A glacial erratic along the Debsconeag Ice Cave Trail in Baxter State Park in Millinocket, Maine. One of nature's stunning humbling reminders of our smallness in the world.

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The Bigelow Range during peak foliage from the top of Quill Hill in Rangeley, Maine.

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Summer sunset over Ambajejus Lake in Piscataquis County, Maine...a place of pure tranquility.

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March sunset through bare birches over Mooselookmeguntic Lake in Oquossoc, Maine.

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Oyster boats in harbor of Damariscotta, Maine. 

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Lupines and wildflowers in full bloom overlooking the bay in Round Pond, Maine.

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The hazy orange sunrise on Highland Lake, Maine was present this summer morning as a result of the Canadian wildfires.

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Southwest Harbor, Maine...the sun cascading off of the boats and calm ocean water. A beautiful start to another summer day in Maine.

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This red winged black bird creates a stark contrast in a field of lupines. Taken in Richmond Maine 

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Lupins, rolling hills and fluffy white clouds! The trifecta I was looking for in Union, ME.

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Dawn, looking west, Phippsburg. Late February 2023.

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The opening act before the super blue moon was an array of rainbows over Georgetown from Fort Popham, ME.

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Looking at things from a different angle in Portland. 

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Above Long Pond in the Belgrade Lakes region.

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A different kind of birds-eye view over the marsh in Wells. 

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West Quoddy Head in Lubec, the Eastern most point in the contiguous US. 

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Grindle Point Light Station, Islesboro Maine.
Looking through the dirty glass inside the boat house. Margaret Chase Smith ferry to Islesboro

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A very frigid morning in early February 2023 at Willard Beach.

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A dog walks York beach during a magnificent sunrise.  York, ME.

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A mighty tree in a small cemetery standing tall as a rainbow provides a splendid backdrop.  South Berwick, ME

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Bass Harbor Head Light Station in late June 2023.  The only photo in Acadia that turned out this trip because it was an extremely foggy week.

Landscape Submissions

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Hiking the summit trail at Borestone Mountain

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Photographed at Crescent Beach in Owl's Head during a very thick marine layer last summer.

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Holding discarded lobster claws on the breakwater in Rockland

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A Grandson waving good by to the sun. At our camp on Big Lake, Maine

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My daughter, Jubilee, in a lupine field on Islesboro

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Exploring Maine Trails with the best friend 

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Wrapping up a day of back breaking work digging clams out of The Medomak River in Waldoboro, Maine -Corey Cain

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Dennis Chernov Wandering the streets of Bar Harbor 

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Sailing on the schooner Eastwind in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.  

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Sisters...Couldn't be happier...in Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine

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Chasing the Rights of Man, a Friendship Sloop, on Captain Neal Parker’s custom rigged mini schooner. 

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A beautiful sunset at Sand Beach in Acadia for a couple celebrating their 10 year anniversary! 