Glistening

Here is the second photo I am posting from my winter excursion. I came across this tree as I was hiking back to my vehicle. The snow and drops where being caught just right by the rising sun.

Barn of Winter

I finally made it out last week to take my first shots of Winter. This is a shot I took of a Barn, this is also the barn in my photo titled “Barn“. There will be many more photos from this trek out though the woods and knee-deep field snow.

Frigid

I had been inspired to create today, so while our driving through the back roads I found a good spot to park near the Tooky River. I then walked a bit down a snowmobile trail and then down a hill through the snow and held my breath while crossing some ice. That is where I took this shot of some ice from a recent high water level. The ice was formed about two feet off the ground on the tree trunk. I may try this one in black and white, what do you think?

A Day on the River – In Red

This is the second in m y series “In Red”. This is a photo I took last summer on the Contoocook river of two kayakers. I thought it would look

Plunder in Red

This is the first of a series of my older pics that I am going to bring the color red into and call “in Red”. It just hit me the other day when I rolled out of bed. I wrote about it on my “Secret Verses” blog. Check back there will be more to follow!

In the Graden of Pan

This is a little project I have been working on that I titled “In the Garden of Pan”. I wanted to take some of my photos and create something artistic with them. This is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to let me know what you think of my forray into the world of digital manipulation.

The Great Tree

This is the second in my B&W study. I came across this huge Maple while my Daughter and I where out walking a local trail. I was captivated by its sheer size. This tree has obviously lived a long life and has many more to go. I tried many angles and various sides to take the shot and this is the one I settled on. I hope you enjoy and check back for the next installment!

Plunder

Well, I apologize to the long Hiatist between post, there has just not been a whole lot of time to go on photo journeys. Though I got out today and I am being moved by Brett Westons B&W photography. So, I am going to dedicate some time to B&W photography and all its most contrasting natural beauty. I start the series with this shot I call “Plunder”. It is just a leaf that had such bold veins in it and contrasted so very well. Stay tuned for many more to come.

Perfect Tune

I was reading through some of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s work today. I came across this poem he had written which inspired me to go through my shots of The Fells and find something reminiscent of the poem. This is a shot I took as some Fall rain clouds began to move in at the end of my hike; enjoy.

For nature beats in perfect tune,
And rounds with rhyme her every rune,
Whether she work in land or sea,
Or hide underground her alchemy.
Thou canst not wave thy staff in air,
Or dip thy paddle in the lake,
But it carves the bow of beauty there,
And the ripples in rhymes the oar forsake.

-Ralph Waldo emerson

The Garden

I am not sure what makes me love this shot so much… I think it is the limb of the tree in the foreground. When I was taking photos in this garden I was staring at this tree and thinking how much I loved the curly branches. So I hopped on a huge rock to get the angle with this branch that outstretched over the garden.