One of my favorite things to do as we spend time at Mere Point is to watch the sun set. Because the end of the point, just a short walk away, offers such an expansive view of the bay and the surrounding islands it almost always looks great. During our extended stay in Maine in June I tried to get out to see that sunset almost every night. And now, after an unacceptably long delay, I’m sharing my experiences on those evenings.
First up, we have the evening of June 6th. This sunset was initially somewhat disappointing with thick clouds near the horizon keeping the glow to a minimum. However, as you can see, it came through in the end.
The next evening offered another set of mixed results. The clouds were again thicker than would be ideal, but just as the sun dipped down to the horizon it lit up the underside of the clouds with a soft pink glow that reflected down to the water. I really liked how the perfectly smooth tide pool gave a view of the cool gray clouds overhead as well.
The next evening the clouds looked much better, and I decided to return to that same tide pool to see if I could catch it with better lighting. In the end I’m not sure if it’s a better or worse picture, but it is certainly interesting as well.
The more time I spent at the end of the point the more I tried to mix up the angles I was capturing. After all, no matter how interesting the sunsets, they will all start to look boring if they keep repeating the same shot. Given that, I spent some time the next evening capturing this view looking at the dock to the north west. I love the way the setting sun was lighting up the seaweed and rocks.
The next couple nights were spent with other activities including everyone’s favorite: the zoom calls. However given how the first few days of sunset hunting came out, I was hooked.
