Daily Archives: August 21, 2023

Maine! Northern Blazing Star Show

On August 21, 2023 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - Blazing Star, flowers, Kennebunk Plains, Maine, nature, wildflower

Our first August in Maine I was driving out past the Kennebunk Plains in August and saw the Northern Blazing Star show for the first time. It was like this, dense and lush and covering the plains…and I have not seen it like this since, until this year. It has been good, and beautiful, in past years, but not like this! And under a perfect August Maine sky. Sony A5100 with the kit 18-50mm zoom at 24mm equivalent. Intelligent Auto. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and Apple Photos.

Maine! Ruby-throat again

On August 21, 2023 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - back deck feeding station, birds, hummingbird, Kennebunk, Maine, nature, OM-1 & 100-400mm

Ruby-throated Hummingbird: York County, Maine, USA, August 2023 — Of course, while working the feeder for gorget shots of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, I got lots of shots where the gorget is not lighted. In this one you an see a few spots of incandescents, but mostly it is a study in the other plumage details. 🙂 OM Systems OM-1 with ED 100-400mm zoom. Program mode with my custom birds modifications and the minimum shutter speed bumped up. Processed in Pixelmator Pro. ISO 3200 @ f6.3 @ 1/1250th.