Bass Harbor Frosting

I've been processing images from up in Acadia NP during the recent arctic temps and sea smoke.  While the sea smoke blocked much of the most exciting light,  I think I was still able to capture the cold conditions at this landmark lighthouse.  My first time there, I was expecting to have to work around other photographers since it is so iconic and in probably every calendar, postcard, and visitor guide - year after year.  Wanted to get something of my own for my portfolio, and figured a good winter image might be more valuable than a gazillion of the warm weather images that abound.  I am not into the crowds either. Was there one evening and one morning, and the subzero temps and gale force winds kept everyone away.  Saw one person, who bailed after 5 minutes.  I guess I would too had I been wearing jeans and a sweatshirt!  I did get doused by one rogue wave, but the cold temps made the water freeze in minutes, then I just shook off the ice.  Very nice!

This was 2 images - I couldn't get the whole wide angle view I wanted horizontally , so I got most of the image in my first shot, and the top 1/5 using a second exposure and stitched them.  The sea smoke was blowing toward me, making things a little more challenging.  The horizontal images show the smoke the best, so I figured I'd post one of those.  This was shortly after sunrise as some warm light would occasionally break through the mist.

D810, 16-35mm, ISO 64, 1/180, f16