I wanted to explore the beach at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm Farm yesterday to complete the Photoprowls series on Laudholm…or at least to extend it. You pass this permanent Pond on the way to the beach, formed by the dam created by the road (Old Farm Lane) built across the marsh generations ago. It is strictly a hiking and biking path in this day of the Reserve. I could not resist this view of the high summer in Southern Maine. The Welcome to Maine sigh on I95 says “The way like is supposed to be.” On a July day like yesterday it is hard to argue. 🙂

This is another shot made possible by the extreme depth of field of the ZEISS Touit 12mm f2.8 lens. I was maybe 3 inches from that rose. The Touit lenses, this and the 50mm macro, have become so integral to the way I see the world (photographically) that I had to purchase them when my loan period ended. Either one of them would have been far and away the single most expensive piece of Photo gear I have ever bought, but there is simply nothing that even begins to compare with the way they image the world. They indeed capture life the way it is supposed to be. 😉

Superior Auto on the Sony Alpha NEX 5T pegged exposure at ISO 100 @ 1/250 @ f13. Processed for HDR effect in Snapseed on my tablet.