Getting it Right in the Digital Camera : Foliage Therapy

One Window, Chesterfield NH

Autumn 2016, A Gallery for no Particular Reason

Window on Autumn

The election is over I can only pray that people we have elected start working together for all of us, seeing beyond meaningless difference in race, color, sex or place of origin, to our common humanity and aspirations.

With that one nonpartisan prayer, I can move on to a much more exciting topic. I woke up the morning after the election seeking a way to move beyond the despair and tried to focus on the fact that I am privileged to live in a breathtakingly beautiful corner of our country. It may never be as important than today to apply a little “landscape therapy”. So I settled in to continue with work on my annual Autumn Celebration Blog.

Stone Pond Chapel

Foliage Workshop

In the last few weeks I have posted many fall foliage images, most related to specific, autumn related events, chief among these have been the DeMar Marathon, my Intro to Photography photo shoots and my Fall Foliage Workshop. Although not strictly an event, our trip to Maine’s isolated Monhegan Island was also a magical early autumn photographic bonanza. I have more to show from these great photographic “excuses”, but autumn is a time to get out shooting for no particular reason and this is my chance to show some of my favorites from this year’s contextual orphans. After all, this is autumn in New England and context seems entirely unnecessary.

Golden Afternoon, Westmoreland NH

Through the Gorge, Chesterfield, NH

Given the vagaries of the summer weather, no one expected this year’s foliage to be so brilliant and long lasting, but it is this uncertainty that makes photography in New England such an adventure. So, in rough non chronological order, and with minimal interruption, here are a sample of my treasures from this year’s explorations. Enjoy and, for just a few minutes, try to forget.

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