Yesterday I spent an hour or so wandering the woods behind my house. It was a fairly warm seasonal spring day here in the good old Granite State.
That was yesterday.
This is today.
April in New Hampshire wouldn’t be April in New Hampshire without a snow storm or two. Or three.
Who knows, because well, it’s April in New Hampshire.
Today, while walking out back, in the rain, the pattern formed by the pale green lichen on the top surface of this long ago cut oak stump caught my eye. The vibrant green of the moss, combined with the lichen and the dark wet wood, made me want to attempt to make a photo. I’m moderately pleased with the results.
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From late October through most of November, the most gorgeous golden light passes through the woods on the side of the road to my house. So far this is the best I’ve done to capture it. Taken back in 2008, only a few months after I bought my first camera, this is also my first attempt at HDR, not half bad if I do say so myself.
Canon 40D
Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L
ISO 100, 45mm, f8 @ 1/100
Free.
A soon as I read the theme for this week I knew which photo I was going to use. This red tail hawk was a most wonderful and patient subject. He / she posed for me for almost an hour, then as if we could read each others minds, as I was finishing up with my last photos, it took flight.
Before Departure.
Fleeting.
Defined as passing swiftly. That often describes the scene before me captured in many of my photographs. Be it the fleeting instance of the perfect light, or the interaction of wildlife, there but gone in an instant.
a mother wakes her young with a kiss
breakfast with daddy
in a moment the light would be gone
In the immortal words of Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
NOTE. I’m off to Acadia National Park until mid week. Any and all comments will be replied to when I return.
Together, a family in the woods.
(Yes, I have shared this one before, but if the image fits, I’m going with it 😀 )
Together, a parent was never too far away.
Together, an “ode” to love.
(true damselfly and dragonfly fans will get it ;-))
Peaceful.
Is a cascading stream in the New Hampshire forest.
Watching the sun peak over the horizon as ghostly waves caress the cobbled granite shore.
A mother and her young.
Jeff Sinon Photography 