Nantucket Main Street Cobblestones

The view looks straight down Main Street in Nantucket, from street level at the foot of the hill, just as the sun breaks the horizon behind a deep-red colonial building at the top of the rise. A tall lamp post anchors the left foreground, its lantern lit and glowing amber, while a starburst of golden light flares from between the buildings and spills across the rounded cobblestones below. Deep greens canopy the scene from both sides, broad-leafed trees catching the warm backlight and turning their edges to copper and chartreuse. Clusters of deep-red blooms crowd the base of the lamp post, and clapboard storefronts in soft grays and creams line either side of the street, their windows just beginning to catch the morning glow. The whole composition pulls the eye upward along the gentle curve of the stones toward that warm, blazing center.