Bass Harbor Lighthouse in the morning

Just a quick question about the Bass Harbor Light in the morning just prior to sunrise through sunrise itself. The question is entring the grounds before 9am - Is that allowed? When my wife and I return to MDI this fall, I am trying to get new photo ideas and I never photographed Bass Harbor in the morning.

Thanks.

Mike

Bass Harbor Lighthouse in the morning

I just called one of the friendly and helpful (no joke) operators at ANP.

The parking lot and grounds at Bass Harbor light are closed from 1 hour after sunset until 1 hour before sunrise---so you should be in good shape for sunrise photography.

Bass Harbor Lighthouse in the morning

Wow, thanks for making that call for me. I really appreciate it.

Mike

Well cw answered that question definitively. Thanks.

I have been to Bass Harbor early in the am several times but admittedly never before sunrise... but not long thereafter. We always visit in September and it is fairly quiet down on the rocks (following the trail around the left of the lighthouse) and everywhere else for that matter that early in the morning.

When are you heading up in the Fall? We are doing late September. Hope to make some great image myself this year.

Not to turn this into a photography thread but what do you think of a 10-20mm lens for sunrise along the coast?

Since public access is available to only the east side, sunrise really is the prettier light to shoot in.

Don%26#39;t think you%26#39;ll be alone, however. I got up REALLY early one time to take photos there ar sunrise and was surprised at the handful of photograhers who where there when I arrived.

PAflyfisher...

We are headed up later than we usually go this year... the week of Oct 15th. We will get there probably sunday or monday and be there for an entire week. We usually go up in the spring and fall around the end of september, but wanted to wait a bit this year.

Second, a 10-20mm lens will be great especially on a crop camera either nikon or canon which will essentially make it a 15 or 16 mm lens, kinda sorta. But, it will be perfect for what you need it to do. I had the Canon 20d (still do) and loved it. Taken some of my best shots with it and a 10-22 mm lens. I then went to a 5d, and it took nice shots, but in reality I didnt like it all that much. I sold it, kept the 20d and bought a used 1dsII which I will be using this year. And I really enjoy wide-angle shots. So, you should be good to go. Just make sure you keep the horizon level. Some of the best shots are ruined because of crooked horizon. You might need some neutral density filters and/or a polarizer to knock the light down just a bit to blur the water if you are interested in doing that.

Third, I am also from PA, originally. Moved to Maryland for my job, but the wife and I are from Lock Haven in Clinton County. And, I love fly fishing, too.

Thanks Crash.

We have only ever visited in September - as early as the day after Labor Day and as late as the last day of the month but always in September.

We are thinking of bucking the crowds in %26#39;08 and doing a July visit in order to head up to Cutler for the trip to Machias Seal Island for the Puffins.

Most of my photography is birds, wildflowers and nature so it is not uncommon for me to wander around with my 400mm lens on for weeks on end. But I do have a Sigma 10-20 for my Canon XT as well as the 18-55 kit lens and 28-135 IS. So I should have the wider angles covered. I think I will be using those a lot in July when we visit the Central California Coast/Big Sur areas and then move inland to Yosemite. That should get me warmed up for Acadia in September!