There is already colorful foliage around if you explore and look. Here are some photos I took between October 1 and 7, 2018.
Leading off is one of my favorite birds, a Brown Creeper. I photographed it on Monhegan Island, Maine, Monday morning with a short lens in the rain. This was after two great days with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies.
A friend, his dog, and I hiked Mount Ascutney in Vermont on Wednesday. It was heavy fog the whole hike. The viewpoints only revealed eggshell white. However, the soft light was good for photography in the forest. Just before 7:25 AM in the semi-darkness I got this photo of already-fallen leaves.
Near the summit was a pretty area of wet lichen and moss.
On the way up and down we navigated some huge rocks. The Brownsville Trail we hiked has an old quarry part way up.
Later Wednesday, I ventured to one of my favorite early fall spots, the Enfield WMA near Route 4A in NH. Here are two photos I took there.
Then I did a little moving water photography. This spot is still within a mile of Route 4A in NH, a wonderful road in fall that almost no one visits. If you are interested in seeing photos I took along the road the last week of September, 2016, please CLICK HERE.
A “Three Ponds” hike on Saturday produced some more colorful foliage photos. Approaching Hopkins Pond in Andover, NH was a beautiful wetland.
The pond itself was peaceful and colorful. The lack of wind made for a nice reflection.
We then hiked up to Mud Pond.
Although much of the forest on the south side of Ragged Mountain was not yet in its fall colors, isolated pieces were, especially near water.
The recent rain had caused Kimpton Brook in Wilmot to have a good flow over the series of falls and shoots.
The series of wetlands along Route 4A in Springfield can be very colorful in early fall.
Vines draped over a fence on the Dartmouth campus provided a colorful motif.
All in all the three northern New England states provided a good start to the fall foliage season during the first week of October.