Snowy Little River Marsh: Kennebunk ME

We get some interesting weather in Southern Maine, especially in winter, and I have a growing set of images around the topic. This was an amazing New Year’s Day snowfall that fell overnight with no wind blowing. The world was magical the next morning, and, even though it was still snowing and the roads were slick, I went out to see what I might find. This is a little marsh along the Little River where it crosses Route 9 east of Kennebunk, about 3 miles from my home. 

In the heavy gray light, I looked for some hint of color, but capturing the color was a difficult exposure issue. Again, I mostly rely on the exceptional metering of the Sony H series cameras (H9 here). The camera does a better job of balancing difficult exposures than I could do. 

This was framed at about a 65 mm equivilent setting on the zoom. One of the advantages of a long zoom is, of course, the ability to frame a scene in camera, just as you want it. Even then, this image was cropped in post-processing to eliminate some of the reedy foreground. F5.6 @ 1/400 @ ISO 100. 

In Lightroom, I used a good amount of Recovery to bring up detail in the show, and added a little Clarity and Vibrance. Vibrance brought out a little more color in both the trees and the brown of the cattails…the cattails, in this case, adding some interest to the foreground. Sharpen Landscape preset. 

From the Winter Weather Gallery.