Ordinary tree, extraordinary sky. We photographers count our blessings when Mother Nature smiles beatifically like this. [UFP100912]
![Ordinary tree, extraordinary sky. We photographers count our blessings when Mother Nature smiles beatifically like this. [UFP100912]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-TnG3Tjs/3/10fcaefb/L/TFB_6499-L.jpg)
![Previous, above and two frames following, Camden harbor. [UFP092012]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-gM4GpZj/1/6c848c87/Ti/TFB_4061_2-Ti.jpg)
![Ordinary tree, extraordinary sky. We photographers count our blessings when Mother Nature smiles beatifically like this. [UFP100912]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-TnG3Tjs/3/10fcaefb/Ti/TFB_6499-Ti.jpg)
![[UFP102112]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-crTWbH7/1/d31429a0/Ti/TFB_8470-Ti.jpg)
![This frame and next, Cape Neddick lighthouse and head light in York. This is among the southernmost of the 63 lighthouses/head lights that dot the 3,500 miles of mainland shoreline in the state. Neddick (a.k.a. Nubble) is arguably the most photogenic of them all. The afternoon we visited was, well, picture-perfect. Colors undoctored. [UFP102112]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-QT9TZ9s/1/40270cfe/Ti/TFB_8465-Ti.jpg)
![Same cruise ship, now basking in purplish twilight. Look closely and you will see couple walking past it on breakwater. Sailboat is in distant background, to right. [UFP101312]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-7ZWjRgH/1/042372f6/Ti/TFB_7364-Ti.jpg)
![Folks on charter boat say hello to gulls, goodbye to humanoids on shore, among them at least one envious photographer. [UFP102112]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-kFVzgwW/1/6ffe43b9/Ti/TFB_8195-Ti.jpg)
![Pair of charter schooners returning to Camden harbor at twilight following a cruise on a glorious September day. Curtis Island is to right. [UFP092012]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-CBdQvnj/2/2f651e7f/Ti/TFB_4050_2-Ti.jpg)
![View of Marshall Point Head Light and Lighthouse from railing of boat ferrying us back from four-hour, self-guided visit to Monhegan Island. The sea was rougher than it looks. (Yup, another gull.) [UFP100912]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-zNcQxck/1/d51f4402/Ti/TFB_6650_2-Ti.jpg)
![Placid Monhegan harbor. [UFP100912]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-wRmFkcd/2/7bc6b800/Ti/TFB_6638-Ti.jpg)
![Lovely sunset colors swathing hills behind Rockland Harbor. [UFP101312]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-cjLHFZ2/4/8c4ca3ea/Ti/TFB_7384-Ti.jpg)
![Sun begins to set as lobster boat returns with day's harvest. [UFP091712]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-Z3nwpxf/3/af2ed34a/Ti/TFB_3711-Ti.jpg)
![Taken about 20 minutes after the sun had dropped below the horizon, the tail end of what photographers refer to as the Golden Hour, meaning fantastic light. [UFP091712]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-vhbKD4H/2/666ec3f2/Ti/TFB_3754-Ti.jpg)
![Seagulls dutifully watch over Lobsta Mobsta, one of numerous fishing vessels whose home port is Rockland. [UFP092012]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-mrK3gtQ/2/435669bc/Ti/TFB_4022_2-Ti.jpg)
![Friendship, ME, harbor. Two Boys had just been anchored up after returning with a large bounty of lobsters, selling at the time for approximately $3.00 a pound wholesale. Any idea how much a new lobster boat costs? Depending on size -- they go up to 60 feet or so -- and how outfitted, between $200,000 and $300,000. [UFP092012]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-whKGPq5/2/1cfa5c6b/Ti/TFB_3993-Ti.jpg)
![Up close and personal: Freshly trapped lobsters, sharing crate lifted onto dock from a fishing vessel. Every crate is weighed; this one registered 88.5 pounds (tare weight) on the scale, Friendship, ME. With a special tool, bands are carefully placed on the claws before the lobsters exit the boat. [UFP092012]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-NBR69fV/2/d1ee2daf/Ti/TFB_3974-Ti.jpg)
![This and three frames following, lobster traps. In days of yore they were constructed of solid wood. Today are metal, usually coated with vinyl to extend their useful life. Similarly, buoys were once made of wood; today they are PVC or Styrofoam. [UFP101112]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-ztPBpGL/2/87e71aa1/Ti/TFB_6905-Ti.jpg)
![Were you to hold a magnifying glass to this photo you might observe that it is covered with barnacles. The holes in the lower right of each trap allow smaller (illegal) lobsters to escape unharmed. [UFP092412]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/ME-2012-2014/i-vbs6hCK/1/6ce6c5b8/Ti/TFB_4640-Ti.jpg)