To get this photo, I waited until late fall after the leaves were gone. I parked at the Holiday Inn which was closed for the season and walked across Route 3 to the metal guard rail along the section of road that crosses Duck Brook. Once in the ravine, I located a spot at the edge of the water that I thought had the clearest view of the bridge, and even from there I could only see two of the three arches. The left and right arches each span 89', but in the photo, the left arch is completely obscured by evergreens. I set up a tripod with a Canon 5D Mark III camera and a Canon 24mm tilt/shift lens. With the camera mounted in landscape orientation, I shifted the lens all the way down to capture the lower part of the scene and all the way up to catch the top of the bridge. Because the ravine was deep in shadow while the inner part of the center arch was in full sunlight, I had to take multiple exposures ranging from a half second to 125th second, which is seven full stops, at f/11 with ISO set to 50. Later in Lightroom and Photoshop, I stitched the lower and upper halves and manually blended the exposures. Note also that I focused on the bridge, but also took a shot focused on the large rock in the foreground and blended-in parts of that image to get more depth of field. - George Soules
Description: To get this photo, I waited until late fall after the leaves were gone. I parked at the Holiday Inn which was closed for the season and walked across Route 3 to the metal guard rail along the section of road that crosses Duck Brook. Once in the ravine, I located a spot at the edge of the water that I thought had the clearest view of the bridge, and even from there I could only see two of the three arches. The left and right arches each span 89', but in the photo, the left arch is completely obscured by evergreens. I set up a tripod with a Canon 5D Mark III camera and a Canon 24mm tilt/shift lens. With the camera mounted in landscape orientation, I shifted the lens all the way down to capture the lower part of the scene and all the way up to catch the top of the bridge. Because the ravine was deep in shadow while the inner part of the center arch was in full sunlight, I had to take multiple exposures ranging from a half second to 125th second, which is seven full stops, at f/11 with ISO set to 50. Later in Lightroom and Photoshop, I stitched the lower and upper halves and manually blended the exposures. Note also that I focused on the bridge, but also took a shot focused on the large rock in the foreground and blended-in parts of that image to get more depth of field. - George Soules [show more]
The photograph of himself that Edward is holding was taken by an unknown photographer in 1974. Northwood posed for this picture standing in his front yard. His cat Misty is at the far left behind him. Northwood was 90 and Misty was 18 when this picture was taken.
Description: The photograph of himself that Edward is holding was taken by an unknown photographer in 1974. Northwood posed for this picture standing in his front yard. His cat Misty is at the far left behind him. Northwood was 90 and Misty was 18 when this picture was taken.
This photograph shows was taken in the same location as item 12131 which depicts the Fuller House as it was moved from it's location on Main Street to make room for the Wendell Gilley Museum.
Description: This photograph shows was taken in the same location as item 12131 which depicts the Fuller House as it was moved from it's location on Main Street to make room for the Wendell Gilley Museum.
On the left is McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store and the Second Masonic Hall. The right side of the street (from near to far) shows the corner of the wall in front of the Southwest Harbor Public Library, Little Notch Pizza and part of Sawyer's Market in the Lawler Building, the First National Bank, and the Carroll Building.
Description: On the left is McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store and the Second Masonic Hall. The right side of the street (from near to far) shows the corner of the wall in front of the Southwest Harbor Public Library, Little Notch Pizza and part of Sawyer's Market in the Lawler Building, the First National Bank, and the Carroll Building.
The photograph shows the Carroll building on the left, the Village Green, and the First National Bank which all occupy sites leveled by the 1922 Southwest Harbor fire. The Village Green is about where the Hotel Holmes and its stables stood.
Description: The photograph shows the Carroll building on the left, the Village Green, and the First National Bank which all occupy sites leveled by the 1922 Southwest Harbor fire. The Village Green is about where the Hotel Holmes and its stables stood.