Sometimes simple is nice. Photographers buy expensive lenses, high megapixel cameras, and some even use tripods (horrors!) to get sharp, highly detailed images. But sometimes a photo looks better without so many details. I find this especially true where the composition is strong. There are many ways to remove or hide details in images; I used one such technique here.
I headed out early from Sunapee for a training ride for the Prouty. I didn’t have a specific plan for distance, but I wanted the ride to be longish. Turns out it was 80 miles. Early in the ride, before the fog burned off, I stopped to take this photo of Newbury Harbor. Although the fog simplified the scene and obscured some details, I found I liked the image better with more of the details removed. I did this on a separate layer in Photoshop then “painted” back some of the detail locally with a layer mask.
I don’t make many photos of cemeteries, but this one is very uniquely situated. I’m sure most of the people in the Upper Valley have driven within 50 yards of it many times but have never seen it. The first person to identify it and describe its unique location will get a 50% reduction in the cost of any of my classes. If you just have to know where it is, send me an email.
My ride took me through Dunbarton where I turned back west. In Weare I stopped briefly to photograph this house.
Then I headed to Henniker and the St. George Cafe for a bagel. Here is a photo of the cafe.
From Henniker it is a long slog back into Newbury. Half way up the hill I stopped to make a four-shot panoramic image with my trusty LX5 of Andrews Brook as it flows east as part of the Merrimack River Watershed. A mile ahead I will crest the hill and enter a completely different watershed—Lake Sunapee is in the Connecticut River Watershed.
