The thing I love about this photo is that it captures it all today. The sun was so bright when I set off and then when I took this photo at Chatham Harbor, I marveled at the sky. Then a mile away I hit very heavy fog, which I later realized is that purple hue over the horizon in this photo. The lines of sand at low tide also intrigued me.
I went to Chatham to photograph the tearing down of the camps/cottages on that last sand bar. The superintendent of the National Seashore ordered them removed in a nice orderly fashion rather than waiting for a storm. But it just broke my heart to look at those doomed camps, so I couldn't post a photo of them. A piece of history is disappearing this week, but I'm not sure I have the proper mindset to record it. So you get a fishing boat.
Laurie, this makes such a neat looking photo, loving all the layers as youlook out across the water, and the mix of colors. What a nice composition, simple but yet so much going on in it.
It's so sad that they're tearing them down. It does make sense, given how radically that area changes each year, but it's sad nonetheless.
I absolutely love this shot - I was scrolling through and before I even saw your name or the title, I knew it had to be yours. Thank you so much for capturing these wonderful uniquely Cape Cod moments and reminding me of all the things I love about home.
I know, can you believe they did that? Do those people get reimbursed or anything? So sad. This is a great pic, love the fog in background just waiting to pounce back in. Chatham harbor has changed so much in the 39 years I lived on the Cape. By the way, have you seen the "antique type" kid's peddle cars in some store front window in Chatham? We buzzed by them and I though dang, should have taken those.
I love the layers of color in this photo. Beautiful capture, Laurie. I know how you feel about the cottages. Even though I'm new here, it breaks my heart.
Sorry to hear that about the cottages. This pic is wonderful with its blue and brown layers and that blue boat! Like a painting! Wonderful composition here!
FAV! And a lovely fishing boat it is. I spent fun times out at one of those cottages several years ago. It had been in my boss's family for generations, which is the only way you can keep them. They cannot be sold. What a splendid place, too. I understand the need for removing them, since I have also watched them wash away in storms of the past, and that is just heart breaking.
@sailingmusic I don't think they get reimbursed at all. They've been paying rent on the land, about $8,000 a year. It makes me so sad that a whole community and way of life is gone.
I absolutely love this shot - I was scrolling through and before I even saw your name or the title, I knew it had to be yours. Thank you so much for capturing these wonderful uniquely Cape Cod moments and reminding me of all the things I love about home.
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