One of the back roads we found a scenic farm and cows. Riding on a back road in New Hampshire you will find farm scenerys like this image is common. I love New Hampshire :).
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Round and About NH: White Mountains - Spring
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Artistic Flowers
I enjoy gardening, hiking and taking pictures of my flowers and wildflowers.
One of my favorites, are seeing beautiful, colorful flowers with a classy, black backgrounds, matted and framed. Soooooooooooooo guess what I am doing this year, taking flowers with a black back ground. I have nothing blooming and wildflowers have not popped up. I practiced with a house plant and floral bouquet my grandchildren sent for my birthday.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Sunset And Reflection
Magic Hour Lighting (Thanks Greg).
Reflection and sunset
After dinner I wanted to try to capture a scene I had spotted last week, sunset on the river. The scene was not a front view of the sunset but turned around and found beautiful lighting. Because of the mountains the lighting is very short lived.
Information I found when researching sunset photography.
Turn around!
Many times we get so caught up in photographing the sunset itself that we forget about the beautiful light that is being produced by this modified light source. Turn around and take notice of the golden light a sunset provides.
I returned home put on my boots and went out on our golf course for sunset images. The grounds have huge puddles from snow melt offs, introducing a great opportunity to include reflections with my sunset images.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Bob and I went on vacation to Utah, Arizona and Nevada last October (Bryce, Red Canyon, Northern Rim of the Grand Canyon, Zion, Red Rock Canyon and Vegas.) I never had the time to work on the images until now. We had a beautiful vacation. Check out my vacation images of Grand Canyon's Northern Rim, Arizona It was an overcast day.
There are so many beautiful places in the United States to see. Post your favorite vacation spots you have visited including images. Return to my journal linking your entry.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Black, White and Sepia Photography
Black, White and Sepia Photography
I have been working on my Black, White and Sepia Gallery this week. I love to explore all types of photography....someone said I need to find my nitch but I am having too much fun :).
If you have a moment check out my Black, White and Sepia Gallery You see the full impack (hopefully) of my photos if you use the slide show.
Friday, April 11, 2008
High Tension...... Towers and Wires
I found the above image during last years vacation. High tension tower and wires on the road we took to the Northern Rim, Arizona.
I really love this shot, something artistic about it...my husband thought I was nuts when I asked him to pull over so I could take this picture.
Monday, April 07, 2008
YES, Success, My Dream Shot of A Tom Turkey
I woke later than usual, went into the kitchen to make a cup of tea, opened the blinds and saw Tom turkey, full tail feathers opened, strutting their stuff.
I ran for my camera, naturally the right lens was in place. Grab a pair of shoes and jacket over my pajamas, went out on the deck and starting shooting. I have been talking with a few people about using my extender 2 x on my 70-200 f/2.8L. One of the comments made, it works best on sunny day, not an overcast day. It sunny!!!!
Something about me taking images in my wearing pajamas, I usually end up with a winning shot :).
I promise not more turkey images, only if the babies show up!!!
The End
Friday, April 04, 2008
Almost Dream Turkey Images
Last week we were pulling out the garage, Bob notice my flock was feeding. I had my camera ready, requested he stop and let me see if I can take a few shots. Frankly we both thought they would run away. SHOCKED the turkeys let me get about 15 feet away from them to take pictures. While the images I am posting are not my perfect dream shots, I am still very excited to have taken a few with tom's tail feathers fanned opened, strutting...it is mating season. I am still determined to take my perfect image but my chances are now less, they no longer need to be fed (on the last bag of fed), there is more opened ground.
I really enjoyed watching "my flock" over the winter and I learned a lot about wild turkeys....I even became attached to them. The end of April the hens will leave the flock, nest and the poults (young) will hatch. It will take about two weeks, when their wings develop, to fly and roost in the trees. In three weeks the hens and poults (8-15) will rejoin the flock.
To see all my turkey images click on Guess Who Came For Breakfast and Dinner "Wild Turkey" - a photoset on Flickr
Thursday, April 03, 2008
A Look and Feel Of Spring In New Hamphsire FINALLY
Rivers and streams are flowing, ice is melting.
Our ride this past weekend (the sun was shinning, no snow, cool) we drove passed another pretty view this one on Rt. 103, and had to back up so I take a image.
I love sharing our beautiful scenic areas our state offers.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Happy Birthday Rob, Rare Goose Photos :)
Happy birthday Rob (our son) and happy April Fool's Day :).
Sunday we visited a few more sugars houses. Bob spotted flock of goose, resting on someone's front lawn and driveway....naturally we had to stop to take pictures....could it be a rare bird siting?
Returning home, working on the images I sent to my bird watching friends to help in identifying. At first Donna thought they might be rare goose visiting this area. Further investigation, she realized they could be domesticated goose.
I wrote to our state, Jane from NHFG, forwarded my email to someone who could identify my goose. The mystery was solved "Farm Yard Goose" French Toulouse. Sigh, wildlife another unsuccessful wildlife story :(. LOL.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
New Favorite Sugar House, Pond View Maple Sugar House, Weare, NH
Maple Sugar Weekend is being held this weekend, I found another beautiful sugar house. Fresh spring snow, sugaring and a beautiful setting makes a perfect picture, don't you agree :).
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Return To Sugarbear Sugarhouse
Wayne
Ed
Last Saturday, Bob and I returned this year, visiting Sugarbear Sugar House, located in Meredith, NH. We spent two hours, meeting friends and talking with Wayne Brunt the owner of the sugar house and his brother in law Ed White, watching the full process of making Maple Syrup. Sugaring is Wayne's hobby not a business although he does sell the syrup.
They tapped 600 sugar maple trees. It takes 40 gallons of sap to make a quart of maple syrup.
Bob and I have visited quite a few Sugar Houses, Sugarbear Sugar House is my favorite to photograph. The last 13 images were taken on Saturday you will find on NH Maple Sugaring - a photoset on Flickr
Tags: Sugarbear Sugarhouse, Meredith, NH, Maple Sugaring, bpdphotos
Thursday, March 20, 2008
New Hampshire Maple Sugaring
Last week the sugar maple sap started to run, warmer days and freezing nights. The sap starts to defrost and run. My pictures will show to ways of tapping a tree, the old traditional, method using buckets to collect the sap. Modern, today methods, tapped into the sugar maples the hoses will connect and run into huge vats....it can resemble a maze of tubing through out the woods.
(click on images for full size photos) For more images click on my photo set NH Maple Sugaring - a photoset on Flickr
Hertiage Farm, Sanborton, NH
Sugar Bear Sugar House, Rt. 104, New Hampton, NH
The next procedure the sap is boiled down in evaporator over a wood fire. The sap will become concentrated. It takes forty gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup.
Maple syrup has different grades (how the syrup runs, collected:
Grade A - First run, light amber
Grade A - Medium amber
Grade A - Dark amber end of the 4 to 6 weeks season
Grade B - Darker, stronger flavor the last of run.
Family Style Breakfast at Hertiage Farm, Sanborton, NH
For further information check this site New Hampshire Maple Producers' Association - Welcoming Page
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
New Turkey Images....I Know I Am Boring You :( Add Your Caption
Add you caption :).
I set up another place to feed my flock, allowing me a better view point taking pictures.....removed the screen.....had my camera waiting. When they arrived I open the kitchen door very slowly......went down on my hands and knees and crawled to the window so I would not frighten them. I took 133 images :(...deleted many. I really think I need help, I have a major obsession taking pictures of turkeys and have become VERY attached to them. I am striving for the perfect shot!!
I am seeing a humorous side of my turkey series LOL.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Discovery, I Found Images I Never Edited, No SNOW.
I have going through my images and editing or re-editing as I learn PS. In addition I am finding more images I am convert over to my Olde Tyme Series.
I took horses feeding across the street from a nature center when my friend Donna was visiting.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Wild Turkey Tale For Today And NH's Record Snowfall
We woke up to 5 inches of snow, instead of the predicted foot. Usually the night before I will throw out the feed for my birds (my pets, all 28 of them), the snow would have covered the feed last night. It was still snowing when we woke up, thinking I would wait until after breakfast, my birds had another idea. Bob heard the turkeys, chirping and looking up at the door where I would go to throw out their feed. I put on my rubber garden clogs, still in my pajamas and went out on the deck throwing out the last of their feed....I ran out of feed.
After they had eaten the wildlife feed, they went off into the woods, actually waiting for me to feed them again. We felt terrible but our driveway was not plowed and there was no way we could get out to buy the feed. Our turkeys go through about 40 lbs. of feed every two weeks, more I feel he they cannot forage for food. They would be starving if we did not feed them.
I have been researching turkeys and found an interesting articles Guidelines for winter feeding of wild turkeys - N.H. Fish and Game and Wildlife Profile: Eastern wild turkey - N.H. Fish and Game I a totally in love with my turkey....WARNING HUNTERS stay away!!!!
Our local news station had report of about the wild life causalities due to our almost record holding winter, we have now about 108 inches, the record number were set in the 1873 at 122 inches of snow. My locate is further north, receiving higher snowfall counts.
New Hampshire Weather, Manchester New Hampshire Weather & Forecast - WMUR New Hampshire's Channel 9
Record breaking?
As of yesterday, we were at 102.2" of snowfall. That had us in 2nd place for highest snowfall in a winter season since 1900 and only the third time we've reached 100" since 1900.
How about ALL TIME? For that, yesterday we were in 8th place, as of this morning, at LEAST 6" of snow has fallen in Concord (at the time of this writing), so that puts us into 6th place all-time... we'll get the "official" measurements and update them on this page later today.
1) 1873-74 122.0"
2) 1872-73 115.0"
3) 1995-96 113.2"
4) 1886-87* 111.0"
5) 1887-88* 111.0"
6) 1898-99 103.2"
7) 1874-75 103.0"
8) 2007-08 102.2" (Not including today's snow, pending official meausurement)
*As an aside, many people have asked us why the state records we talk about are in Concord? Well, aside from it being the State Capitol, it is the only place that continous and professionally taken measurements have been made that date back as far as official records have been kept for weather. This is also the only spot where the National Weather Service pays professionals to take the measurements, so it's assured that they will always be taken, as opposed to the volunteer measurements that come in sporatically around the rest of New Hampshire... by the way, we really appreciate your measurements you send in to us!
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