I have been exploring the local Land Trust/Conservancy properties in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport this month. This week I visited Smith’s Preserve in Kennebunkport. It is the largest Preserve in the Kennebunkport Land Conservancy and has a number of well developed trails. If the day I visited was typical, it is popular with mountain bikers. There is a small stream, some marshy areas, and, as far as I got, some shady second growth forest with large exposed bolders and rock ledges. It makes a change from our typical Coastal sand plain forest.

I took a number of in-camera HDRs, trying to catch the atmosphere. Here I like the slight rise from the trail, the lay of the rocks and ledges and the dappling of the light and shadow. Sony Alpha NEX 5T with ZEISS Touit 12mm f2.8. Processed for HDR effect in Snapseed on my tablet.