Sunrise Flight
Dawn on Ogunquit beach. It was about 4:30 in the morning when I dragged my body from the bed, threw some clothing on including long sleeves, long pants, and socks. Not because it was so cold. It was a warm September, but I had already discovered that the mosquitoes are voracious in those early hours.
One gull flying over the shore on the hunt for clams and crabs
Looking for breakfast at sunrise
At first, the beach was completely empty, but gradually as it got closer to daylight, there were runners and strollers. Couples hand-in-hand … but apparently only one photographer. Everyone else stayed close to the incoming tide and many walked in the water.
Plovers and a lone gull
I was looking for a wider view, so I stayed back. The farther you are from the water, the worse the mosquitoes become. I think I may have been the only “live one” on the scene.
Categories: birds, Birds, flying, Marilyn Armstrong, Photography, Sunrise
I can see it in my minds eye – your photos are a big help. Nothing like a glorious beach at sunrise.
Leslie
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Ogunquit is particularly pretty with the houses down at one end and open beach in a long curve on the other. There was a perfect mist on the house end of the beach. There’s also a river that run down a hill into the water. Kind of perfect. It was September and there weren’t many people around.
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It looks like a piece of heaven to me….
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Thanks for sharing these with us, Marilyn. Beautiful!
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It was a gorgeous sunrise. One of the two best I’ve seen.
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Great that you didn’t miss it!
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All are wonderful shots, capturing the texture of that hour when the rooster crows.
The LAST shot is simply EXQUISITE. The SUNRISE SURFERS.
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It was a magnificent sunrise. We don’t get to see many like that.
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Nice photos. My wife loves Ogunquit, but I tend to like the more “Down East” parts of the Maine coast.
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We were on a 2-day “vacation” and they have a really nice Inn in Ogunquit which is very near the beach. Good place for photography.
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I will admit that the beach there is great. I’m sure it was great to be able to get to the beach at dawn for photography.
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It was September, so it also wasn’t crowded. I think we were there for three days in total. Three lovely days.
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I’m sure they were. I actually enjoy the beach more on the off season when there are fewer people.
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I don’t like crowded beaches. I didn’t like them when I was a kid, either. It made it very hard for a little girl to find OUR blanket. Jones Beach got really busy in July and August.
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Awesome pictures.
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They were the first really good pictures I had taken with a digital camera. It was also my first good digital camera! 2008!
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The camera is good and the photographer is excellent
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I was really proud of these. I’d never taken really “good” pictures with a digital camera. I had taken some pretty good film shots, but digital was pretty new back then, at least for me.
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😉👍
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I love the colours in all of these pictures.
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It was an exceptional sunrise and rather longer than usual, maybe because it was right on the Autumnal Equinox.
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absolutely stunning Marilyn, so happy you braved the mosquitoes for us!
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There were so MANY. They bit right THROUGH the sweatshirt!
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Yikes!
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You can’t beat dawn on the seashore. Gorgeous photos.
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I got really lucky that day. It was an amazing sunrise.
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It looks it too!
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I am sure we get out best sunrises on the Equinoxes. This was the Autumn one. I’ve also gotten a few in the spring.
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Our winter dawns are often the best here… and I am so lucky with my dawn-facing windows 🙂
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The three bird feeders now make it impossible for me to shoot without going outside and shooting on the deck away from the feeders. My favorite spot was lost when that screen decided to never come out of that window again. I used to get the best pictures from there. Now, all I get is the screen.
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The birds here are ignoring the feeders at the moment. It has been so mild on the whole that we still have aphids and plenty of midges, as well as berries on the trees.
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After they poisoned our woods last fall, I knew that all the insects many of the birds depend on were going to poison them. I hoped to set up an alternate food supply, but of course, they don’t KNOW the food is lethal until they fall down dead. I fear that is why entire species are missing and there are many fewer birds.
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I just hope the missing species recover. We are already losing too many.
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wonderful photography !!
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Thank you!
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