The last three weeks of summer are a transition time. Folks are getting in their last hurrahs on lakes and beginning to enjoy fall foliage in New England.
Summer ends with much uncertainly about the next year. But pets and sunsets are oblivious to politics and viruses. So I will try to present some photos that let us rejoice in why we live in this great part of the country.
Three weeks ago there was a nice sunset …
… and great clouds, that we haven’t seen in a while.
In Sunapee I found some old farm equipment.
I took these photos is Newport near the Corbin Covered Bridge. Note the small stone arch structure.
Also in Newport, I got close up photos of some chipmunks.
In NH on Lake Sunapee and in VT on the Pompy, folks were enjoying the water before it freezes up.
Common Mergansers and Great Blue Herons were also still enjoying the water.
Early morning is a great time for photography: the colorful sky to the southwest over Mount Sunapee, fog along the Connecticut River, and fishermen on Lake Mascoma provided subjects.
I found peaceful early morning spots in Norwich and on Lake Mascoma in Enfield.
I visited Wilson’s Landing one foggy morning to find it teaming with activity. A fisherman rowed out to try his luck, a young man was using a drone to photograph his father and two friends sculling, and two women launched and joined them on the river.
Devil’s Darning Needles, sumac, corn, and other foliage made interesting early fall patterns.
One of my favorite spots in the Upper Valley in spring and fall is the mouth of Grant Brook in Lyme. Here are two views of it on a recent foggy morning.
While there I got a photo of a Wood Duck landing.
I made a large panorama at the mouth of Grant Brook. You can click this image to get to a site where you can zoom way in and then pan around. When you get there, click the double arrow above the image on the right to see it full frame. Please wait for the resolution to download. You can use the + and – keys to zoom and the arrow keys to scroll. Or use the scroll wheel to zoom and the left mouse to drag.
In Norwich, I made a panorama of the Pompy a short distance before it empties into the Connecticut River.
Compare the two images below. One is clearly better than the other. What did I do to create the better one?
I simply backed up and zoomed in for the second photo. This minimized the scope of the background. It did NOT change the depth of field even though it might look like it did. Both images were shot at f/4 and both have the same subject size. Therefore, in spite of what you might read in some photo magazines, they have the same depth of field. Depth of field is not dependent on focal length, only aperture and subject magnification.
In Canaan on a bright but frosty morning, I photographed a farm house and Mount Cardigan.
Here are some other photos I took the last three weeks of Summer 2020.
I am looking forward to the fall and even the snows of winter. This is four seasons country and taking advantage of what nature has to offer is a great part of living, and living here.