Owls Head Dandruff

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Owls Head Dandruff

The mud season combined with a recent snowfall made traveling on this rutted road to Owls Head Lighthouse almost undrivable.  My objective was to re-explore a small hidden pathway which traversed downward to the coastline.  As I prepared for my hike, the blustery winds began to knock the snow off the green pine bows. Consequently, the pleasing winter gush of swirling sunlit snowflakes seemed like Owls Head Dandruff.

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I loaded my Nikon D4s with a 24mm f/3.5 then put on my backpack then headed towards the trailhead.   The winds began to gust, and the falling snowflakes were like crystals backlit by the sun. The change in the environment happened quickly, so I made my images handheld and auto exposed.  I tried to grab a sunburst at f/11. However, that was unsuccessful as tree branches were bouncing all around because of the wind.

The Owl Head Lighthouse is one the areas most visited tourist destinations. The best time to travel there is during off hours or stormy weather. If you make the trip, explore the trails other than directly to the lighthouse. Because you will see a good deal more that the average tourist.  Even after several trips visiting this location I found a small hidden trailhead to the coastline.  I returned several weeks later to capture some Astro-images at low tide on a moonless night.

This is a four image composition created using the best pictures containing shadow and highlight detail.   Then using a few plugins from McPhun and also new CMYK and LAB workflows the bright sky were darkened.  Finally, I used the Golden rule to crop the final image with the dimension for the landing page.

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