Posted in Adventure, Hiking, Trees on Feb 6th, 2012 5 Comments »
Salisbury, Connecticut. We always look forward to this beautiful stand of beech trees on the Appalachian Trail between Salisbury and Lion’s Head on the way to Bear Mountain.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Hiking, Landscape, Places on Feb 1st, 2012 2 Comments »
Kaaterskill High Peak from Dibble’s Quarry Along the Pecoy Notch Trail on the way to Pecoy Notch just east of Sugarloaf Mountain in the Catskills. Kaaterskill High Peak is on the skyline. Dibble’s Quarry was mined for sidewalk slate used in New York City but over the years that it’s been part of a state [...]
Posted in Canon PowerShot S100, Hiking, Ice on Feb 1st, 2012 No Comments »
Now that I’m sensitized to ice crystals I’m looking for them everywhere. This day there was quite a bit of melt and the ice had more rounded edges.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Hiking, Ice on Jan 30th, 2012 4 Comments »
Mt. Race, Massachusetts. All of these shots were taken in a single puddle on the Appalachian Trail on the north ridge of Mt. Race. I don’t know enough about ice crystals to understand why some puddles produce crystals and others don’t but when I find a patch of great crystals like this it’s like finding [...]
Posted in Hiking, Places, Trees on Jan 26th, 2012 No Comments »
On Mt. Greylock, Massachusetts. Hiking down the Haley Farm Trail on the west side of Mt. Greylock we came across a dead black birch with huge mushrooms on it. Hiked out to the tree and shot straight up hoping to catch the mushrooms but instead got an interesting shot of the creepy decaying tree and [...]
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Hiking, Ice, Landscape on Jan 11th, 2012 No Comments »
Race Brook, Southwestern Massachusetts. More ice formations from our hike up Race Brook Falls and Mt. Race. This one’s got a lot of small detail which I’m delighted the point and shoot camera picked up.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Hiking, Ice, Landscape, Shadows and reflections on Jan 10th, 2012 3 Comments »
Race Brook Falls, Massachusetts. On the way down from Mt. Race Loren and I noticed a great reflection in the new ice on Race Brook. To the left in this frame the brook makes a small drop over some rocks making ripples that are freezing in this pool. I’m beginning to see how these wonderful [...]
Posted in Adventure, Hiking, Ice, Landscape, Places on Dec 27th, 2011 4 Comments »
Schaghticoke Ridge, Appalachian Trail, Kent, Connecticut. This is one of our favorite hikes in the area, from Bull’s Bridge to Kent on the AT. Near the New York/Connecticut border we crossed a little stream that had some nice ice on it. Had to stop and see if I could capture some patterns.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S95, Hiking, Ice, Landscape on Dec 25th, 2011 6 Comments »
Dave, Bill and I took a hike up to the Pinnacle overlooking Lake Waramaug in the Macricostas Preserve yesterday. The ice on Bee Brook was stunning where the stream braided and the flow of the water was disrupted. Had it not been in the 20′s (F) we’d have hung out longer looking for more patterns [...]
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S95, Hiking, Landscape, Trees on Dec 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
Mt. Everett Reservation, Massachusetts. We hiked up Everett and then around Guilder Pond and I caught Dave out on a cliff shooting an island in the pond. Everett isn’t a hard hike although it’s the second highest point in Massachusetts. Guilder Pond is a jewell that makes the entire hike worthwhile. In July the mountain [...]
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S95, Hiking, Ice, Landscape, Places on Dec 20th, 2011 7 Comments »
While hiking up Bear Mountain today we stopped a few times to take pictures of ice. As someone with Raynaud’s syndrome (cold hands from a faulty thermostat) it’s tough to take gloves off and take pictures on cold days. A solution for me is carrying hand warmers and more serious mittens for the times I [...]
Posted in Hiking, Video on Dec 11th, 2011 4 Comments »
While descending Bear Mountain in North West Connecticut I noticed a little whirlpool in a small brook and we stopped to see about a picture. It dawned on me that both my camera and iPhone do video and what better way to record a whirlpool.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S95, Hiking, Landscape, Places on Nov 17th, 2011 7 Comments »
North of Great Barrington, MA. We almost always stop at this pond on our way up to to Mt. Greylock and back in October we caught a sunrise on it. Combined with the fall colors it was quite an amazing morning of photography.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Hiking, Places on Nov 17th, 2011 No Comments »
Southwest Massachusetts. Just as we started to hike up Race Brook Falls to Mt. Race we saw a porcupine at the edge of a field. This was a beautiful little animal, no danger to Dave (they don’t shoot quills, you have to touch them) so he got close and got some nice shots. Many people [...]
Posted in Hiking, iPhone Photography, Shadows and reflections on Oct 17th, 2011 2 Comments »
Me waving from the log bridge across Macedonia Brook in Kent, Connecticut after a 6 mile R/T hike to Caleb Peak on the Appalachian trail.
Posted in Adventure, Hiking, Landscape, Photographers on Oct 14th, 2011 No Comments »
Be an Outdoors Person The landscape photographer Elizabeth Carmel has a nice piece in the current issue of Outdoor Photographer on improving your outdoors skills and the shape you’re is in so you can get to places not easily accessible otherwise. I think her advice is excellent for everyone, not just landscape and nature photographers. [...]
Posted in Canon PowerShot S95, Hiking, Macro, Places on Sep 17th, 2011 No Comments »
Mt. Everett, Massachusetts. This lichen was on the side of a hut on the Appalachian trail on the northeast side of Mt. Everett.
Posted in Adventure, Canon EOS 5D, Hiking, Photographers, Places on Sep 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
“Myself, Trav and Melissa pictured with the sign at Wonder Lake, the starting point of our climb up Denali. We took the Muldrow Glacier route, so the first week of the 30 day climb was spent ferrying gear, food and fuel across the tundra which my dad was kind enough to help with. From there [...]
Posted in Canon PowerShot S95, Hiking, Places, Shadows and reflections on Aug 31st, 2011 2 Comments »
Brook on Paradise Lane, Bear Mountain, Connecticut. We hiked up Bear Mountain yesterday to check out the water flow in local streams but in fact, they were all back to just a bit above normal. Just not enough drainage above this area to cause an extended heavy flow like in southern Vermont where there are [...]
Posted in Animals, Canon PowerShot G11, Canon PowerShot S95, Hiking on Aug 27th, 2011 No Comments »
Schaghticoke Ridge, Kent, Connecticut. I caught Dave using his Canon G11 to get a closeup of a colorful luna moth caterpillar. What a beautiful animal. We picked it up and moved it off the trail so it wouldn’t get stomped on.
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