I was up and in place by 4:30 AM to capture the sunrise from Otter Cliff in Acadia National Park.
It was so serene. I was the only person out here at this time of morning. I decided to head here for for sunrise instead of booking a reservation for sunrise from the more popular Cadillac Mountain.
After capturing images of the initial sunrise, I noticed a trail that led down from the overlook area that I standing in.
I decided to head down it to see what other vantage point it might give me for creating some abstractions of the scene and the continuing sunrise.
I stopped atop an outcropping and began to notice how the sunrise was glinting and sparkling off the surface of a rather active Atlantic Ocean. There had been some storminess on our drive to Maine so it was out to sea but still creating a rather tumultuous effect on the water.
There was a near constant thunderous crashing of waves into the rocks down below. In fact, I noticed that something about the rocks here was making the surf more thunderous than Thundering Hole which we had visited on our day of arrival two days before.
Also, the buoys were rocking to and fro, their bells adding a wonderful ringing effect that has to be a quintessential element of a coastal Maine experience.
It made for a wonderful symphony of sound in the background as my mind became enraptured by what was happening on the surface of the water.
I set my lens upon it and started playing.
I absolutely loved lingering with the light and the water. What a way to start a day!
I recall how fulfilled I felt that morning and how I could’ve remained there for hours.
I hope you enjoyed lingering with these images and could feel the warmth I felt as I captured them.
OMG, Amazing!
Incredible photos, and also I was completely awestruck seeing the title of your post. Between yesterday and this morning, I wrote a poem called “Below the Fire Water.” Feels almost insulting to the universe to call that a coincidence, especially after chatting with someone on Substack yesterday about coincidences like this.