Located near Port Clyde, Maine the “downeaster’s”, affectionately call this the end of the world. You’ll know why if you make the drive to Port Clyde. This is also the lighthouse that Forrest Gump runs to in the movie of the same name before he turns around and heads to the west coast.   Strong contrast and compositional elements dominate this photo.

Photographers like to talk about the perfect light but more often than not you have to use the light that you have got!  Strong late afternoon side light created harsh shadows across this scene so waited until a cloud bank positioned itself over the lighthouse to diffuse the light as much as possible.

I processed the RAW image file to balance highlights and shadows and adjusted the color which had an overall strong blue tint because of reflections from the sky, water and clouds, to a warmer overall tone.