Photos of events, nature, scenery, and travels. Featuring our beautiful state of New Hampshire, surrounding New England states and United States.
On the way home from our vacation at the New Jersey shore, we stopped in NY visiting my cousin Lois and Fred.
I took a picture of the massive Moodna Viaduct which at 3200' is the longest RR bridge east of the Mississippi and was opened by the Erie RR in 1909. Picture was taken from Orrs Mill Rd Salisbury Mills, NY. Added HDR plugin, adding an enhancement to the image.
Our extended weekend trip to Maine was certainly a highlighted trip and our first time to really explore the state. Maine's coastline area is beautiful and I am sharing a few images I took. You can also see Maine's Lighthouses entry and all my images taken of the coastline.
I have always loved the shore area and hope someday we will be able to retire on a coast. Maine certainly would a place we could consider but in all likeliness, if we can afford a home located in Cape May area of NJ, will be our destination point, we have an family and friends living there.
The last couple of weeks I have been busy around the house and yard, enjoying the summer, in addition Bob and I took a few days for our anniversary, visiting the coast of Maine. I spent few days shooting locally, bring the approximated total count of at least 800 pictures to edit (many were ditched, the beauty of digital). I also learned a few Paint Shop Pro techniques plus filling a few photo orders...busy busy but fun!!!
Which photos should I share first? Maine. If you ever had the opportunity, visit Maine's coast, the coast is picturesque, delicious seafood, the smell of the ocean, the rocky beaches...I could go on and on but I will allow my pictures give you tour.
You can view all pictures of my Maine Lighthouses clicking on bpdphotos : photos : Scenic Maine- powered by SmugMug
After a heavy rainstorm, I grabbed my camera wanting to see what photos I could come up with.
My garden bench is always a great subject to photography and did not fail me yesterday. My pictures were not touched which I find interesting they almost look like a painting. You can see the rain soaked wood of the bench and planters giving more texture to the prints.
Our NEPE group's first meeting spot was Vermont State Parks - Ascutney The weather was overcast did not deter us from shooting.
Visiting the Adair Inn and Gardens I took a couple of images of Peony and beautiful white and yellow Iris.
I am trying to track down where I can purchase the iris, I have the plant in purple and blue.
NAPA group attended Fields of Lupine Festival with perfect weather and wonderful clouds, it was photographers dream.
You can view my photo album of all the images I took of the Field Of Lupine
Golden Finch
Squirrel trying to out stare me. He was pretty cute and very close to the deck....not sure what to make of me with my camera.
You all know about my challenge, taking any kind of birds or wildlife, well I practiced yesterday.
I planted myself with my new 100-400 Canon Lens on our small deck, shooting with this lens. My pictures were not clear and I wanted to practice. This batch came out pretty decent.
I prefer taking birds (if and when I can actually see them) in their natural setting, not on the feeders.
We were riding in Vermont, passing a cemetery I noticed behind the cemetery, a field with Lupine. A challenge, tombstones, a tall fence, high tension wires, on private property, no way I to get to. Standing tippy toe, I took a few shots....I am pleased although I would have rather had a lower shot of the field.
Check this link for more images 29th Annual Quechee Hot Air Balloon Festival 2008 - a set on Flickr
Our NEPE group meet last Friday night in Vermont, to shoot glow pictures of the balloons after they took off at 6 PM. John one of the organizers, decided to take a flight, returning with an experience of his life. The cost for the flight was $222. The balloons for the glow show remained on the ground, they are not allow to fly at night, showcasing their firing up, displaying an awesome glow show to music.
The next morning we were up at 4:30, meeting at the field at 6 AM to view another flight. The wind current was not as strong as the night before, the balloons remained very close to the field, allowing us to photograph.
I cannot think of better time, great shooting with our newly found friends, enjoy one of my most remembered events.
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My covered bridge project is going to take a lot of time and will be slow going. The great part I have been going back redoing previous images, since taking I have learned different techniques using Photo Shop.
If I can offer photography advice, shoot using the raw format, (thanks to CmishVicki's encouragement). Most of my bridge pictures were shot in jpeg format. There is a huge difference in tweaking your images using raw format.
Another tip buy a wide angle lens. I have a Canon 17-40, is one of my most used lens for my scenics. My spring image of the bridge was shot with this lens.
My husband and I decided to locate and photograph all the covered bridges in New Hampshire. Another goal we have, photographing the bridges all the seasons.
We have almost completed our journey, only three more bridges to photograph. Vermont here we come :)!!!
Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge is the longest covered bridge in the USA. The bridge links NH to VT.
I found on Rt. 3 on a pond, beautiful Yellow Pond Lilies. A nice addition to my Wildflower Photo album. Check it out and if you can identify the flowers I left vacant, please get back to me ....thanks.
(Thank you helping, identifying or correcting my flowers names. I still have few more needing indentification.)
I woke up very early, was having tea and reading on the porch. I was looking outside, watching the birds feeding, when I notice beautiful, morning light shadows.
Definition for Pajama Photo: Spotting a great site or photo op, early in the morning in my yard while still in my PJ's. I was hoping and praying it was too early for the golfers to appear :).
I wish I was knowledgeable, knowing the names of wildflowers and shrub. Aunt Alice and my mother's cousin Mimi, when hiking in the woods had no trouble naming all the wildflowers.
The group I joined went shooting last weekend to Mine Falls Park, Nashua, NH, schedule events Calendar - New England Photo Expeditions (Nashua, NH) - Meetup.com Unfortunately the water was not flowing over the dam and the wrong time of day. Our meeting was really nice, meeting new people, hiking, exchanging photo tips. We did find a few areas to photograph.
