I FINALLY MADE IT

2018 Get Out And Shoot

I finally made it out to shoot a Lighthouse nearby, that is one of the TOP photographed Lighthouses on the EAST Coast US.
Of course, nothing is ever easy... after struggling to schedule shooting this, I finally made the two hour drive to shoot it ...and?

Under Renovations, covered in Scaffold and Tarps!

Which brings up my post today: What I want to go out and shoot.

Here's My recap list for 2018 Photoshoots

Get Out And Shoot, for 2018!
2018 recap so far? I ✔ Checked off a few more items from prior year's lists. I've also added more. No excuses, my focus needs to be better, and more dedicated to shooting. ... and not just shooting for shooting's sake, but Chasing The Light, too. Sunrises, Sunsets, Golden Hour, and the sky.

I'll really need to make Make Time To Get Out And Shoot!

Highlights:
long-exposure waterfalls, more species of wildlife to shoot, Cape Cod and New England Lighthouses, and more wish-list places to shoot.

2018 List

More Birding
Barn Owl
✔ Barred Owl
Burrowing Owl
Great Grey Owl
Great Horned
✔ Long Eared Owl - (two days of freezing cold, and managed a few dozen really crappy photos of mostly hidden Long Earred)
✔ Screech Owl
✔ Snowy Owl

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Bald Eagle
✔ Coopers Hawk
Northern Harrier (the Grey Ghost)
Red Shouldered
✔ Red Tailed Hawk
Sharp Shinned Hawk

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✔ Black Crowned Night Heron
✔ Great Blue Heron
✔ Great Egret
✔ Green Heron
✔ Mute Swan
✔ Snowy Egret
Tri-Coloured Heron
✔ Yellow Crowned Night Heron

Waterfalls Around MA
Campbell Falls, New Marlborough MA
Glendale Falls, Middlefield MA
Pawtucket Falls, Lowell, MA
Shelburne Falls
✔ Wayside Inn Grist Mill, Sudbury MA
White Marble Falls, Clarksburg, MA.

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Waterfalls Around New England
Maine
Steps Falls, Newry Maine
NH
Bridal Veil Falls, Franconia NH (on days when it ISN'T pouring rain!)
The Flume, NH
Falls On the Falling Waters Trails, Lincoln and Franconia NH (on days when it ISN'T pouring rain!)
✔ (but it was pouring) Glen Ellis Falls, Jackson NH (on days when it ISN'T pouring rain!)
✔ Jackson Falls, Jackson NH
Tucker Brook Falls, Milford NH
CT
Day Pond Falls, CT
VT
Moss Glenn Falls, Granville VT
Moss Glenn Falls, Stowe VT

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Scenic and Landscapes
Monomoy, seals, birds...
✔ Plum Island, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
✔ Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Cranberry Bogs of Cape Cod, at Harvest
Newburyport in Summer
Gloucester
New Bedford
Marshfield

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Around New England
Covered Bridge, Newry Maine
✔ Tannery Hill Covered Bridge, Gilford NH

Lighthouses
✔ Scituate Light, MA
✔ Derby Wharf Light, Salem, MA
✔ Fort Pickering Light, Salem, MA
Gloucester Light, MA

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Nubble Light, Maine. I am NOT counting this morning's attempt. Because, as far as I am concerned today did NOT happen!
Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth Maine
Pemmaquid Point Light, Maine
Owl's Head Light, Owl's Head, Maine
Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, Acadia, Tremont ME
Marshall Point Light, Point Clyde, ME
Doubling Point Light Station, Arrowsic, ME

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Cape Cod Lighthouses
Nauset Light, summer sunset
Chatham Light, summer sunset
Lewis Bay Light, aka Hyannis Harbor Light
Monomoy Light
✔ Nobska Point Light
Sandy Neck Light
✔ Stage Harbor Light
Wings Neck Light, Buzzards Bay
✔ Race Point Light
Seagull Beach Lighthouse, Yarmouth
Ned's Point Light

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Wildlife
Whales, Humpback, Right, Fin Back
Sharks at Truro, Chatham
✔ Seals at Truro or Chatham
Duxbury, Plum Island, anywhere.
Spoonbills, Herons, birds, in FLA

Big Game North America
Bear - Black, Brown, Grizzly, Polar
Elk, White Tail Deer, Mule Deer
Moose, Bison, Big Horn Sheep
Cougar, Coyote, Wolf

Florida
JN "Ding" Darling NWR

Oregon
Thor's Well in Cape Perpetua

Arizona
The Grand Canyon

Antarctica
Penguins, Seals, Whales, Ice, Panoramas

Galapagos Islands
birds, turtles, mammals

Alaska
Glaciers, Whales, Ice

France
Beaches and US Cemetery at Normandy

Australian Outback
Sunsets, Rock, Deserts, Panoramas

Focus on technique.
Not spray and pray!

What do you want to shoot? Any plans for getting out there?
Let me know in comments below!