Marginal Way Ogunquit

by Benjamin Williamson

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Marginal Way Ogunquit

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Benjamin Williamson

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I drove down to Nubble for sunrise this morning. Finding it lackluster, I decided to wander up the coast a bit and enjoy the morning. My first stop was Marginal Way in Ogunquit. I named this image 'Moe's Rocks' in honor of Moe Chen Photography, who popularized this spot with his amazing images about 6 years ago. Perhaps photographers were coming here before, but I believe his work really inspired a lot of the new digital landscape folks to give this spot a try. I know it did for me.
Anyways, I was mainly here to enjoy the walk, and I did. It was very warm with the most amazing smells coming from the ocean and the flowering shrubs such as honeysuckle and rosa rugosa that line the path. I took a few snapshots just for fun, and wandered all the way from Perkins Cove past the security camera lighthouse (whatever that thing is, haha). Walking down a set of stairs to the ocean, I saw a familiar rock formation on one of the sandy beaches, and knew that Moe had captured one of my favorite images of his there. The light wasn't the best, but some nice crepuscular rays had formed on the horizon where the sun was shining through the clouds. I waited for the waves to lap perfectly among the rocks in front of me, and captured my image.

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April 8th, 2022

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