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On The Road – dagaetch – Acadia National Park in October

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Long time lurker, first time submitter. I was in Acadia National Park (Maine) in mid-October for a photography workshop. We mostly didn’t get great sunrises/sunsets, but the daytime weather was perfect for photography, and we were there right before/at peak, so the colors were glorious. Acadia is relatively small for a national park, but it’s got so many varied places – seashore, lakes, woods, a couple ‘mountains’ (they aren’t that big but hey) – that you’ll be able to spend a week there and not see it all. I highly recommend a visit.

On The Road - dagaetch - Acadia National Park in October 7
Acadia National Park, MEOctober 8, 2019

Sunset at Jordan Pond. This was basically the only day we got good color for sunset.

On The Road - dagaetch - Acadia National Park in October 5
Acadia National Park, MEOctober 9, 2019

Patches of leaf color on the hillside reflecting into a very still reed and lily-pad filled lake called The Tarn. Literally by the side of the road – my back was 10 feet from the car.

On The Road - dagaetch - Acadia National Park in October 6
Acadia National Park, MEOctober 9, 2019

This was at a place called Duck Brook. I just love how the colorful leaves form a canopy over the waterfall.

On The Road - dagaetch - Acadia National Park in October 2
Acadia National Park, MEOctober 11, 2019

Boulder Beach in the early morning. No color for this sunrise, but the waves were lapping over the rocks, so I took a long exposure and let it turn to mist.

On The Road - dagaetch - Acadia National Park in October 3
Acadia National Park, MEOctober 11, 2019

This was near the Great Meadow. It was a decent size patch of woods, enough spacing that you could move around easily but busy enough to make for interesting pictures. This is probably my favorite image, and one I took as a high resolution panorama. Will be printed as a big canvas to go on my wall.

On The Road - dagaetch - Acadia National Park in October 4
Acadia National Park, MEOctober 11, 2019

This was down by Otter Point. There was some offshore weather activity which was giving us huge waves and made for some really cool picture opportunities. We were about 20 feet above sea level.

On The Road - dagaetch - Acadia National Park in October
Acadia National Park, MEOctober 13, 2019

Sunrise on our very last day again didn’t really have amazing sky color, but the leaves were making up for it. The quiet stillness led to some wonderful reflections. This is from the north end of Eagle Lake.

On The Road - dagaetch - Acadia National Park in October 1
Acadia National Park, MEOctober 13, 2019

One of the last pictures I took on this incredible trip. I probably over processed it a bit, but the still water, bone white bark, and vibrant leaves just make for a stunning image. Still at Eagle Lake.

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    Big Picture Pathologist

    Dear dagaetch:

    Please to be making computer desktop-sized wallpaper images, and tell us where to download. Kthxbai

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    Big Picture Pathologist

    I’ve actually been there, but these scenes are more beautiful than what I remember

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    JPL

    The pictures are so lovely.   I haven’t been to Acadia but vacationed in Blue Hill and the coastal area of Maine is beautiful.

    Please continue to send in your photos since they are magnificent.

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    kentropic

    Gorgeous images — thanks for sharing! Acadia is fun in the summertime, too: climbing the Precipice is a one-of-a-kind experience, not for the faint of heart or the acrophobic.

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    Isua

    Hi, I’m a many-years-now lurker, and this is the first time I’ve looked at the photos and immediately saved them so I can go back and look at them again and maybe try to think about them in my practice paintings. These are LOVELY. Everyone ‘s are, I love this feature, but something about seeing the Bubbles in that first pic just flipped a switch in my brain and I want to go paint like Bob Ross and want to say thank you Dagaetch.

    (We climbed the Bubbles on my first trip with my then-boyfriend,  now-husband, and I called my grandma from the top to tell her where we were because she’d be tickled. Looking back I have no idea how we had cell phone reception up there, but it happened. )

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    Miki

    Wow. Gorgeous. Spent a week camping there in the early 90s – amazing place. Thx for sharing, dagaetch.

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    stinger

    Acadia is the national park I most want to see, so thank you greatly for these pictures.

    From their quality, I assume you were the instructor for the photography workshop!

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    Kay (not the front-pager)

    @Dagaetch: Do you sell any of your photos? The third picture, Duck Brook, is what I’ve been looking for for my family room for years. The colors and composition offer tranquility that I need these days.

    All of us can see beauty. It takes a gift and a skill to be able to capture it for others to see.

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    pinacacci

    wonderful, I love the smokey rocks but my favorite is the Tarn; reminds me of Degas. Thank you for sharing!

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    WaterGirl

    PSA: In case these lovely photos inspire you to submit your photos, please hold off for a day or so.  Gin & Tonic got an error while submitting to On the Road last night.  So until I can verify whether that was an odd one-time glitch or there is a problem with the form, maybe hold off on submitting?

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    Kattails

    Beautiful photos, well done, well composed. Will check out your Flickr pages and the workshop leader’s as well (just took a glance).  I have friends who go there every summer. I clearly need to put it on my short list.

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    J R in WV

    dagaetch:

    Wonderful photos, each and every one. Never hesitate to submit more OTR features for the Jackals here on Balloon Juice! Unless Watergirl tells us to hold back for technical reasons. But otherwise, let us share your experiences with camera in hand.

    Great stuff. Well framed, well exposed, well processed. Thanks for sharing!! I esp. love the “mist” on the boulders, great idea!!

    ETA:

    But! You should tell us about the camera you used… ah, wait, flickr will have that info, probably.

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    drdavechemist

    The drdave family has been spending a week of summer vacation on Mt Desert Island for most of the last ten years, and we love it! Thanks for sharing these terrific autumn photos–too bad that we’re all in school that time of year. Maybe in a couple years when the adults are retired and the kids are done with college…

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    RedDirtGirl

    Such wonderful pictures. I spent my summers as a kid on an island off Mt. Desert Island. Some of my family is still up there (not on the small island). I’m heading up on Monday for the holidays. Thanks for the preview!

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    WaterGirl

    I came back and looked at all these photos a second time.  Just looking at them, my breathing slows and I feel a bit calmer than I did before.  Thank you so much for sharing these.

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    Dagaetch

    @WaterGirl: high praise indeed!

     

    @J R in WV: exactly this. I love my DSLR, but take far more photos with my phone because it’s always in my pocket. That said, I use a Pentax K5ii. If I win the lottery, would love to upgrade to a full frame of some kind, but right now I don’t shoot enough to justify spending the cash for it.

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    stinger

    My Albatrossity calendar was just delivered! Happy happy!

    I agree with another commenter that you can’t have too many calendars, so Dagaetch, BillinGlendaleCA, and the rest of you — that’s a hint!

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    Elizabelle

    This is one of the most gorgeous OTRs ever.**  Thank you, dagaetch, and I hope you will share more photos with us in the future.  Especially meaningful to me, since I want to visit Maine for the first time next year.   (Jackal meetup to canvass against Susan Collins …)

    ** And that’s a high bar!  Bill in Glendale, Albatrossity, lots of talented photog jackals.

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