I have long been meaning to do a full photo essay on Stonington, Maine, home of Billings Diesel and Marine, where Phyllis and I have spent so much of the last five years. First during the “Interminable Refit” and now while replacing Morgan’s Cloud’s engine.
But such a project (the essay, not the engine) would take time I don’t have right now. So here is what Phyllis suggested I call a “Photo Short”: A few grab shots of a place we really like, taken in the course of getting other things done (the engine out mainly) in the last two weeks. As you can see, Stonington is still a real fishing town and we like that. Or as they say around here, Stonington: a drinking town with a fishing problem.
Now that the new software we are using makes it easy to post slide shows, we are thinking of making these Photo Shorts a regular thing. What do you think? Leave a comment.
Oh, and if you are one of our gear-head readers and think that posts like this are a waste of your time, just skip this one. And don’t worry, I’m working on more navigation and engine replacement posts.
Click on the photo and the slide show will get bigger as long as you have a reasonably recent version of Flash installed on your computer.
andreas April 4, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Love your pictures, can almost smell the sea!
Victor Raymond April 5, 2010 at 9:21 am
Quality at full frame is outstanding. I love that softness the fog provides. Thank you.
Yves Lafontaine April 5, 2010 at 6:10 pm
John, I remember you getting to the village ( Green Turtle Cay, Abacos ) early in the morning, to frame the beauty of that small village.You have done it again at Stonington with that strong sense of architectural shooting and coloring , you very personal touch.You really are a great photograph.Thank you!
richard April 6, 2010 at 7:11 am
Is this where they filmed the movie Orca? Sure looks like it…can’t remember that famous actor’s name who starred…looks and talks a lot like Greg Norman…great shots here and enjoy the format too…Richard in Tampa Bay
Jon Amtrup April 6, 2010 at 5:22 am
You really got the eye for it, John, Beautiful.
John April 7, 2010 at 5:34 am
Thanks to all for the kind comments. Stonington is a great place to take photographs and fog only makes it better.
Since we did not get any negative comments about this digression from our more normal technical posts, we will make “Photo Shorts” a more frequent feature.
Bill Rockelmann April 15, 2010 at 10:10 am
John,
Great shots…..I’ve been going to mid-coast Maine every summer for nearly 40 years (primarily Boothbay Harbor). You capture the essence of coastal Maine perfectly.