Jennifer Steen Booher

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  • Top to bottom, left to right:<br />
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Row 1: Foliose lichen (possibly Tuckermannopsis sp.), sea glass, Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum), Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea), broken bottle neck (not sea glass)<br />
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Row 2: Common Periwinkles, Paper Birch bark (Betula papyrifera), slightly weathered bit of broken glass, periwinkle<br />
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Row 3: Common Periwinkles, broken glass, acorn (Quercus sp.), tampon applicator, Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis)<br />
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Row 4: Common Periwinkles, bird leg bone, periwinkles<br />
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Row 5: Rockweed<br />
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Row 6: Common Periwinkle, Soft-shell Clam (Mya arenaria), periwinkles<br />
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Back story<br />
The Asticou Stream Trail starts just across Peabody Drive from the Azalea Garden and winds down to the harbor through a little stream valley. It’s not a long trail – I think if you walked straight through you’d reach the shore in 10 minutes. I, of course, rarely manage to walk straight through anywhere. I poke fungi with sticks to see if they are solid or spongy, I look hard at footprints and scat to see what creatures have passed before me, and of course, I take photographs of everything. Since it was January, that meant lots of photos of frozen waterfalls and icicles. When I finally reached the shore, it was dead low tide and the mudflats were glinting in all their icy glory. <br />
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There are definite challenges to winter beachcombing – things are frozen to the ground, but the mud flats are still semi-liquid, like a Slurpee - so you sink deep.. You have to pull your gloves off to pull things out of the icy water or mud, dry your fingers as fast as possible on the inside of your pocket, and get the gloves back on before the cold soaks too deep into your bones. Of course there are rewards, too. Ice formations you’ll only see on an outgoing tide as the temperature nears zero. The undivided attention of every herring gull in the cove. And solitude – in January, the shore belongs to you.
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  • Rockweed and Blue Mussel
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  • From left to right, top to bottom: Rockweed (Fucus distichus), Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), Common Periwinkles (Littorina littorea), American Lobster claw (Homarus americanus), plastic ring from bottle cap, broken glass, lobster claw, periwinkles, Blue Mussel, Rock Crab (Cancer irroratus), rope, crab claw, Slipper Shell (Crepidula fornicata), periwinkles, Dog Whelks (Nucella lapillus), lobster-claw bands, Sea Potato (Colpomenia peregrina) (possibly Leathesia marina), Irish Moss (Chondrus crispus), Paper Birch bark (Betula papyrifera), Bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus), periwinkle, plastic scrap, rope, lobster-claw band, Blue Mussel,Pitch Pine cone (Pinus rigida), broken earthenware (prob. part of an old sewage pipe), Blue Mussel, periwinkles.<br />
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Technique<br />
I work on an oversized lightbox built out of foamcore, plexiglass, and 2x4s. It’s not the prettiest thing, but it’s wonderful for photographing translucency. The still life is composed directly on the light box, photographed, and edited in Photoshop and Lightroom. I used to shoot with a Nikon d7000 on a tripod with a horizontal arm that lets me aim straight down, but I moved up to the d810 two years ago, and it’s a bit heavier so I’m building a sturdier overhead rig.
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  • Thick growth of Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) at low tide on the Maine coast.
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  • Ascophyllum nodosum No.6 (Rockweed or Knotted Wrack); Bracy Cove, Maine
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  • Top to bottom, left to right: Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), driftwood, sardine tin cover, soft shell clam (Mya arenaria), White Pine cone (Pinus strobus), beech seeds (Fagus sylvatica), beech seed capsules, Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum), sea glass, Blue Mussel, Common Periwinkles (Littorina littoralis), Soft Shell Clam, periwinkles, clam shell hinge, Dog Whelk (Nucella lapillus), Blue Mussel, plastic bottle cap with Northern Rock Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides), Blue Mussel, nacre of Blue Mussel, barnacle, Limpet (Testudinalia testudinalis), Slipper Shell (Crepidula fornicata), clam, beech seed capsules, lobster claw (Homarus americanus), periwinkles stained by iron chains in the water, broken glass, plastic wrapper, beech branch, beech seeds, periwinkles, bottle neck.
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  • There were big waves the morning after Hurricane Irene, and enormous piles of fresh seaweed. Kelp (Saccharina latissima), fragment of a painted wooden boat, sea star (prob. Asterias vulgaris), sea glass, Dog Whelks (Nucella lapillus), Irish Moss seaweed (Chondrus crispus),  broken china, part of a styrofoam lobster buoy, and Rockweed (Fucus distichus) covered with Coiled Tube Worm (Spirorbis spirillum).
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  • Ascophyllum nodosum no.7 (Rockweed), Seal harbor Beach, February 5, 2018. The unusual color is probably due to freezing temperatures.
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  • Periwinkle feeding on rockweed in Otter Cove, Acadia National Park, Maine.
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  • Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea), driftwood, schist and granite beach stones, lobster-claw band, Dog Whelk (Nucella lapillus), White Pine cone (Pinus strobus), Rockweed (I think it's Fucus distichus) covered with Coiled Tube Worms (Spirorbis spirillum), rope, Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), Red Pine cone (Pinus resinosa), Coralline (Corallina officinalis), sea brick.
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  • Driftwood, painted aluminum scrap (probably boat debris), Common Periwinkle shells (Littorina littorea), and Rockweed (I think it's Fucus distichus.)
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  • Top to bottom, left to right: Razor clam (Ensis directus), Soft shelled Clam (Mya arenaria), lobster claw band, Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), partial crab claw, broken glass, plastic scrap, Slipper Shell (Crepidula fornicata), Blue Mussel, Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum), Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis), broken glass, Northern Rock Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides), Quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria), Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea), Rock Crab (Cancer irroratus), Slipper Shell, Dog Whelk (Nucella lapilus), Periwinkle, Soft Shell Clam, Quahog
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  • Polypropylene rope, sea glass, driftwood, beach stones (basalt, granite, schist?), Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), crab claws (probably Cancer borealis), Periwinkle (Littorina sp.), wire, Dog whelk (Nucella lapillus), Waved Whelk (Buccinum undatum), Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis), Irish Moss (Chondrus crispus), Rockweed (Fucus vesiculosus), pottery fragment, rusted metal with Northern Rock Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides)
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Row 1: Rock Crab (Cancer irroratus), vinyl glove with coralline encrustations and marine algae holdfasts<br />
Row 2: Sand Dollar (Echinarachnius parma), lobster-claw band, Common Slipper Shell (Crepidula fornicata), unidentified bivalve - possibly a baby Razor Clam (Ensis directus), Northern Rock Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides), Slipper Shell, plastic lining from bottle cap, Toad Crab (Hyas araneus)<br />
Row 3: unidentified bivalve - possibly a baby Razor Clam (Ensis directus). I think this is a Jonah Crab (Cancer borealis) but it has hairs on its back, which is weird. Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea), unidentified Sea Star (Asterias sp.), Paper Birch bark (Betula papyrifera), lobster-claw band, acorn cap (Quercus sp.), juvenile Green Crab (Carcinus maenas), Common Periwinkle, lobster-claw band<br />
Row 4: Moon Snail (Lunatia heros), plastic lining from bottle cap, sea glass, Coralline (Corallina officinalis), plastic stitch marker, unidentified bivalve - possibly a baby Razor Clam (Ensis directus), driftwood<br />
Row 5: lobster-claw band, fragment of lobster-claw band, Toad Crab, Sand Dollar, Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis)<br />
Row 6: Sand Dollar, Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum)<br />
Row 7: plastic bread bag tag, Soft-Shell Clam (Mya arenaria), aluminum soda can top, unidentified plastic fragment, Common Periwinkle, Horse Mussel (Modiolus modiolus)
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  • Razor Clam (Ensis directus), lobster-claw band, Soft-shell Clam (Mya arenaria), beach stones, sea brick with Northern Rock barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides), Dog Whelk (Nucella lapillus), plastic chain, Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), Green Crab (Carcinus maenas), sea coal, Common Slipper Shell (Crepidula fornicata), brick, sea glass, periwinkle encrusted with Coralline ( Littorina sp. and Corallina sp.), Waved Whelk (Buccinum undatum), maple seed (Acer sp.), feather, Tortoise-shell Limpet (Testudinalia testudinalis), lobster-claw band, plastic button, Rockweed (Fucus distichus), ceramic fragment with barnacle, aluminum soda can top, Rock Crab (Cancer irroratus), Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis), Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea), shoelace
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  • Sea glass bottles, Green Crab (Carcinus maenas), driftwood, feather, Common Slipper Shell (Crepidula fornicata) with a strand of Rockweed (Fucus distichus) attached, bone, Dog Whelk (Nucella lapillus), Waved Whelk (Buccinum undatum), pine cone, plastic confetti popper, Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea), and beach china.        <br />
[This photograph is only available as a limited edition through www.eyebuyart.com]
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  • Sand Dollar (Echinarachnius parma), driftwood, beach stone, Rockweed (Fucus distichus) covered with Coiled Tube Worms (Spirorbis spirillum), aluminum can bottom, Coralline (Corallina officinalis), bone, Common Slipper Shell (Crepidula fornicata), sea glass, Hollow-stemmed kelp (Laminaria longicruris), Soft-shell Clam (Mya arenaria), Atlantic Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus), feather, Tortoise-shell Limpet (Testudinalia testudinalis), plastic fragment with crustose coralline (not sure of species), kelp (again, not sure of species.)
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  • Hiker in winter boots standing on rocky shoreline.
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  • A "plaid" beach stone lies with other striped and speckled rocks, tumbled with seaweed on the New Brunswick coast.
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  • Bright green sea glass on a rocky Maine beach.
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  • Closeup of Bar Harbor Formation outcrop on the shoreline of Bar Harbor, Maine
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  • Seaweed growing on ledges of Bar Harbor Formation  stone, Bar Harbor, Maine
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  • Hermit crabs, periwinkles, and seaweed collected on a marine biology field trip in Acadia National Park, Maine.
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  • Ventral view of a Rock Crab (Cancer irroratus) in Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine.
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  • Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) frozen into sea ice, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
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  • Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) frozen into sea ice, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
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  • Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) frozen into sea ice, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
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  • Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) frozen into sea ice, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
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  • Top to bottom, left to right: Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), driftwood, sardine tin cover, soft shell clam (Mya arenaria), White Pine cone (Pinus strobus), beech seeds (Fagus sylvatica), beech seed capsules, Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum), sea glass, Blue Mussel, periwinkles, Soft Shell Clam, periwinkles, clam shell hinge, Dog Whelk (Nucella lapillus), Blue Mussel, plastic bottle cap with Northern Rock Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides), Blue Mussel, nacre of Blue Mussel, barnacle, Limpet (Testudinalia testudinalis), Slipper Shell (Crepidula fornicata), clam, beech seed capsules, lobster claw (Homarus americanus), periwinkles stained by iron chains in the water, broken glass, plastic wrapper, beech branch, beech seeds, periwinkles, bottle neck.
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  • Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) frozen into sea ice, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
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  • Ascophyllum nodosum (Rockweed) gathered in Hulls Cove, Maine
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  • Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) frozen into sea ice, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
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  • Top to Bottom, Left to Right:  Row 1: metal rod in plastic plug, sea urchin test fragments, bottle cap, Green Crab (Carcinus maenus), driftwood, Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis)  Row 2: balloon fragment with ribbons  Row 3-5: sea urchin fragments, crab claws, Northern Rock Barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides), plastic taillight fragment, Green Crab, acron cap, stone crusted with Coralline (Corallina officinalis), Razor Clam (Ensis directus), plastic shotgun shell, Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea), False Angelwing (Petricolaria pholadiformis), Jonah Crab (Cancer borealis), asphalt chunk, Barnacle, shotgun wadding  Row 6: Slipper Shell (crepidula fornicata), Green Crab, Periwinkle, Rockweed attached to lobster trap rope (Ascophyllum nodosum)  Row 7: plastic liquor bottle (Fireball Cinnamon Whisky), Green Crab  Row 8: feather, Green Crabs, lobster claw band
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  • Ascophyllum nodosum (Rockweed) gathered in Hulls Cove, Maine
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  • Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) frozen into sea ice, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
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  • From left to right, top to bottom:<br />
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1. sea glass, die-cast toy truck, sea glass, Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea), Razor Clam (Ensis directus)<br />
2. ceramic electrical fixture, granite beach stone, porcelain shard, Common Eider skull (Somateria mollissima), ceramic spark plug, Soft-shelled Clam (Mya arenaria)<br />
3. more periwinkles, Northern Rock Barnacle clump (Semibalanus balanoides), two Dog Whelks (Nucella lapillus), driftwood, two Common Periwinkle<br />
4. seaweed – I’m not so good with marine algae, but I think it’s Rockweed (Fucus distichus), sea glass, Green Crab (Carcinus maenas), sea glass, bird leg bone<br />
5. more sea glass, Common Eider spine, aluminum soda can tab, Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), fabric flower, copper doohickey (maybe part of a hose)<br />
6. Moon snail (Lunatia heros), more periwinkles, styrofoam packing peanut, another Blue Mussel, plastic spoon, lobster-claw band, plastic earpiece from sunglasses, sea glass, and an oyster shell (the shape looks like Ostrea edulis, a.k.a. the European flat oyster, which means it was most likely farmed, not wild)
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