Old Orchard Beach Sunrise

I almost didn’t make it. Sunrise was at 6:30am. I left home at about 5:15. When I plugged Old Orchard Beach into Google Maps on my phone it told me I’d get there at 6:33. Uh oh. Fortunately the pre-dawn traffic was non-existent and I was able to shave a few minutes off of that time. Still, when I got to the water I only had a few seconds to spare. The tide was so far out that only the furthest end of the pier was in the water. That meant I could mess around shooting from underneath the pier. It was kinda cool.

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That boat came close to messing up my sunrise shots. He stayed out of the way though. Mostly.
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I wasn’t alone, which sort of surprised me given that it’s November and all. There was one other person running around with a tripod like me, and one who was right on the water’s edge with a cell phone, and one more who was standing on the sidewalk, not quite yet on the beach, flying this thing.
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Yeah, I’m giving up the software industry and getting into the post card business.
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The Amusement Park is shut down for the year. It looks kinda sad.
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