They set off fireworks as the ferry left Portland, Maine, about 9 PM, en route to Nova Scotia. We thought it was nice for them to do that for the people on the ferry. It wasn't until an hour or so later that we realized it was the Fourth of July. This is Kodak Ektachrome shot about 6 AM the following morning as we approached Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. In those days, it was an overnight trip, partially because they had a casino onboard, I suspect. The current operator has it scheduled to be 5 1/2 hours.
HI Andrew! I am totally unfamiliar with Ektacrome. Is that slide film? Is this a scan of a slide? I'd love to hear more about the process of creating this image.
I fixed the typo. It is "Ektachrome," not "Ektacrome." Yes, it is a slide film rated at ASA 64 and I developed it myself in Beseler E-6 (manufactured by Tetanol) since I was representing Beseler at the time. I think this was shot with a Canon Ftb and 24mm lens, but that may not be correct. I had several other camera/lens combinations available and just don't remember. I scanned this on my Nikon Super Coolscan 4000 ED using Vuescan software because the Nikon software has not been supported for many years. There was some insignificant cropping necessary to level the horizon. I never did take a formal class on composition, but I did know that the horizon should rarely be in the middle and I was doing a lot of experimentation with it being toward the top or bottom of the image. There was nothing interesting about the sky that morning and a whale had breached a few seconds before (it is underwater here, doggone it.)