Views from the summit of Cadillac Mountain. Digital version. There will be 2-3 film shots someday in the distance future.
This one was from the hotel restaurant where we had breakfast. The four mast sailing ship is the Margarette Todd. I wish I had a huge zoom lens, don’t you?
So there we were on the summit of Cadillac Mountain, the highest elevation in the state of Maine, looking out across Bar Harbor toward the Atlantic Ocean. The view was spectacular.
I had my Nikon Z5 out and I was snapping away left and right. You get a photo, you get a photo, you get a photo, BAM BAM BAM photos of everything! Oh, some other visitor stepped in front of me while I was pressing the shutter? No problem! Just line up the shot and take it again. Life is good!
Then I switched to my Nikon FG-20, loaded with Fuji Superia Xtra. I carefully line up a shot. Check the light meter, check the aperture, check the shutter speed, focus and refocus repeatedly. Snap. Wind the film to the next frame. Line up a second shot. Check the light meter, check the aperture, check the shutter speed, focus and refocus repeatedly. Snap, but just as a depress the shutter release button some numbnutz walks in front of me. MUTHAFUCKA YOU JUST COST ME ONE FRAME OF FILM! Quietly fantasize about throwing said numbnutz off the side of the mountain. Then line up the shot again and…
Yeah, that’s the difference. It’s a subtle difference, but it’s there.
This is the view from our hotel room’s balcony. I didn’t realize until a few minutes ago (around 9:00am) that our room sort of faces East. I’ll see about the view at sunrise tomorrow morning.
Look at that puppy over there! She’s HUGE!
We’re going to Acadia National Park today, including a visit to the summit of Cadillac Mountain. Expect lots of pictures in the future. Film and digital. On the film side, expect color and black and white. I’m out of control!
Adam Sandler answered this question at some point in the past. It’s a three pronged answer: Phone, Wallet, Keys.
Since the start of the pandemic, when our household was sustained via multiple, nearly daily, Amazon package deliveries I added a pocket knife to my must-have-with-me-at-all-times list. I started with a cheap little thing I bought at a gift shop somewhere in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, but at Christmas 2021 I bought nice Swiss Army Knives for me, my wife, and my step step kids. My Swiss Army Knife is in my jeans pocket right now as I type this. It’s always either on my person or close by.
There is another answer to this question that is infinitely more important than phone/wallet/keys/pocket knife. It’s not a tool. It’s not a gadget. It’s a symbol and I am never, ever without it.
My wedding ring.
Geddy’s is a pub in Bar Harbor and I’m a fan.
My mother’s brother passed away yesterday. Her sister passed in November, and she passed in February. Over the course of nine awful months, three of the four siblings died.
He had nine children. His wife and the kids were all there at the end. My heart goes out to all of them and their families. It’s only been six months since we lost my mother. I know how they feel.
Rest in peace, Uncle Jim.
We drove up to Bar Harbor in a little more than five hours. We met Bellana at the hotel and then walked about a mile to the downtown neighborhood for lunch. After a couple of hours Jen and I went back to the hotel and I unloaded my camera. Well, the digital camera. I did take some film but those need to wait.
I have 41 photos to add to Flickr. Flickr’s uploader has been working for 15 minutes and hasn’t managed to upload a single shot yet.
I gots them mean old hotel wifi blues, babie doll.
We might have to wait until Monday night or Tuesday to upload the pics. Oh well. You’re all heartbroken, I can tell.
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