Solitude

Photo quote for today: "Nothing is ever the same twice because everything is always gone forever, and yet each moment has infinite photographic possibilities." - Michael Kenna

As I was struggling to make my way down a foggy road one morning, I came to a fork in the road and was greeted by this composition. With snow on the ground and fog as back drop the tree just stood out as the perfect opportunity to make this solitary image.

Fog over MDI

Photo quote for today: "A good photograph is knowing where to stand." -Ansel Adams

This is one of those images where less is better. Without some help from mother nature, it would have been an image cluttered with homes, but thanks to some early morning fog it became a very simple composition.

Lone Sentinel

Photo quote for today: "No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and a pocket full of unexposed film." -Robert Adams

When does ordinary become something special? On this day it was when the light and fog turned an ordinary field into a rather interesting composition. As a boy I grew up a five minute walk from here. As an adult I've driven past this field every morning on the way to work for twenty years, never giving it a second look until that day when it all came together.

Angel Falls

These two images are from Angel Falls. The bottom one is more about composition then color, while in the broader landscape color plays a bigger roll in the final image. When I find myself in an interesting area I like to work the subject from as many different angles as possible.

This is one of those places that I almost never made it into to photograph. Using my Gazetteer to help locate these falls, I had driven my 4X4 a couple of miles down a rough logging road to the trailhead parking lot. My wife and I then harnessed the dog and packed the gear for what should have been a short hike, but after searching the area for over an hour we were unable to locate the trailhead. Frustrated by the effort I was ready to call it a day, when my wife suggested we take a break, garb a bite, and then try it one more time. While we were snacking we heard the sound of a large vehicle driving down the logging road. When I went to check it out I was suppressed to see that it was a full-size tour bus filled with out-of-state visitors. When I asked the guide where they were headed she replied Angel Falls. I took note of the direction they were heading, and after they made their way back to the bus I followed in their footsteps. I know what some of you may be thinking, but technically I wasn't really asking for directions.

Spring Birches

Came across this stand of Birches on the way to the Bear River in Grafton Notch State Park. It was one of those situations where the lighting was diffused and just right. I've printed this image in both b&w and color, with equally good results.

Sunrise

This sunrise was photographed from my kayak, and was made just shortly after leaving my home for a morning paddle. The early morning fog and the reflections of the sky onto the water gave the scene the feel of a painting.