We stayed at the Tugboat Inn. Our part of the hotel was built on a peer that went out into the harbor consisting of about 16 rooms (best of my recollection). Eight rooms on the south side where we stayed and I believe more rooms on the north side as there were two floors and a longer row of rooms as you headed towards the restaurant area. Our side was just one floor built on peers.
Our room, being on the south side was located on the quiet end. There was no activity on the island that I photographed so I don’t who owns it or when they’re there. If anyone does please write in.
With little hesitation the first morning I woke up I took my tri-pod and camera and headed down to the end of our porch past all the rooms and set up. I had dreamed of shooting this lone island and now the time had come.
I took a 4 second long exposure using a 10 stop ND filter. The wind was so strong that morning that I couldn’t get a shot in focus due to camera shake over the 4 seconds. So I firmly grabbed my tripod mounted camera and held it tight pushing downwards into the tripod during the exposure. Thank goodness that worked! With that exposure I was able to get the smooth water you see in the image as well as the cloud movement above. Fortunately the rest of the image was tack sharp.
HINT: When taking timed exposures always take another couple of images at a fast speed and then exposure blend the long exposure with the short exposure. Otherwise you may find that leaves on trees etc. are blurred from the long exposure. This shot did not require any exposure blending.
For those that want to know we were very pleased with our experience at the Tugboat Inn. Our room was a decent size, kept up to date and immaculate. The restaurant had a good menu and the servings were oversized and quite tasty. We found the staff to be very cordial and professional. I highly recommend this hotel to anyone traveling through the area. Bear in mind they do have other buildings on their property and I’m just speaking to the one area that we stayed in.
We did the usual tourist thing during our stay and gallivanted about town popping in many stores and trying different food. Of course I now own a Boothbay ball cap and Cheryl has the sweatshirt. Seems like a tradition wherever we go on vacation. FYI if you need a large grocery store there was one about 1.5 miles down the road from where we were staying just outside of town.
A couple of things to point out. We drove all over the area adjacent to Boothbay and it was nothing but woods. Albeit beautiful woods but woods. Because of all the private property we couldn’t find anyplace where we could park and journeys towards the waters edge. That was kind of a bummer but we did enjoy the ride very much. It seems like if you want to go to any attractions outside of Boothbay you can expect a 1-1.5 hr. drive.
The other thing is we like to stay fairly active during our vacations. We don’t sit still for too long. Boothbay was perfect for (3) days but after that we got bored. We ran out of things to see and pictures to take. However, if you’re the kind of person that is happy chilling than this is the place for you. Also bear in mind there are boat excursions you can take but due to my horrible seasickness we passed. So for those of you taking advantage of those offerings I think you’ll find your stay a bit fuller than we did.
Image photographed with a Sony A7RII, 42.3 MP full framed mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-108 F4 lens at 24mm.
4 seconds, f11, ISO 400, Aperture Priority, 10 stop Neutral Density Filter, tripod mounted.
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