Alan Nyiri

Anticipation

Excerpted from "Acadia Panorama:"

There are few places I have yet encountered where I enjoy the process of making images as much as on Mount Desert Island, and Acadia National Park. I am constantly and consistently inspired by the confluence of ocean, shoreline, forest and mountain we find here. I try to flow wherever the weather and the resultant light may take me, and most of these explorations result in scouting trips, not images. I look foremost for an interesting quality of light that reveals a particular essence of a place or subject. When I anticipate a situation unfolding, I try to recall a location which will best utilize this light. Different light unveils different qualities, so I would have to say that there is no "bad" light...perhaps only inappropriate. While it may sound like it's all about planning and calculation, this really is an emotional rather than a cerebral process for me. As often as not, I'll stumble across a situation that stops me in my tracks - "Oh my, that's just wonderful!" - and compels me to start making images. Along the Maine coast, and especially on Mount Desert Island, this happens every day. I hope you enjoy the results.

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Another light that mariners mark is the rising full moon, seen here above Sutton Island from Southwest Harbor. Alan Nyiri	A field of lupine high on Beech Mountain overlooks Cadillac Mountain…another natural garden. Alan Nyiri
I spent one idyllic afternoon spent watching cumulous clouds build into small storms and one rain shower after another march down Frenchman Bay. Alan Nyiri	Whitecap Stream cascades down the western flank of Cadillac Mountain after an overnight rain. These small streams may all but disappear in the late summer, but they are an important habitat for amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and yes, landscape photographers. Alan Nyiri
As the setting sun peaks between evening clouds, Pemetic Mountain is briefly spotlighted. An hour later, Eagle Lake is a perfect mirror for this lovely sunset. Alan Nyiri	While the ocean has been sculpting the coastline over the millennia, repeated glaciation has been at work carving the interior hills and valleys, creating lakes and ponds. Alan Nyiri

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