The view from Square Ledge overlooking Pinkham Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Route 16 winds its way along the floor of the valley. The rocky outcropping here provides panoramic views that are ablaze with color in the fall.
This image uses an artistic software filter to impart a painterly appearance. Prints are available from my Pixels shop.
I was hiking on a short path (the Farley trail) at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm when this vista unfolded. This is the Little River, a short tidal inlet formed from the Merriland River and Branch Brook in Wells Maine. The meander of the river reaches out to the Atlantic Ocean (technically the Gulf of Maine here) and it’s bankful state at high tide nicely reflects the clouds that floated by on this summer day.
I used bracketed exposures processed with High Dynamic Range (HDR) software to add luminosity to the scene.
The reserve is part of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, a collaborative program designed to protect these vital natural resources.
Also nearby is the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, providing additional views of the extensive salt marshes in this area.
Falls of Song is a 40 foot waterfall on the Castle in the Clouds property in the lakes region of New Hampshire. The trail including this boardwalk is part of a 28 mile network of hiking trails maintained by the Lakes Region Conservation Trust.
This image uses High-Dynamic Range (HDR) technique and an artistic software filter to impart a painterly appearance. Prints are available from my Etsy shop.
This image was captured at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, New Hampshire. It was early in the morning on a warm June day. I was walking on the sandy beach area in the northern area of the park looking out toward Little Harbor as the sun was rising. Trees in silhouette usually add interest to early morning scenes – this one didn’t disappoint.
The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge is a wide cable-stayed bridge connecting Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts over the Charles River. Part of interstate 93, it was built as part of Boston’s “big dig” project. The bridge was named after the civil rights activist Lenny Zakim and the American colonists who fought the British in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
From this vantage point, one of the towers with it’s cabling that supports the roadway can be seen. The massive Boston Garden, home of the Boston Celtics basketball team and Boston Bruins hockey team can be seen at the end of the bridge. The image was captured from the North Bank Pedestrian Bridge which connects a ribbon of parklands running along the Charles from North Point Park in Cambridge to Paul Revere Park in Charlestown. That bridge, an interesting structure itself, is a 12-foot wide, 700-ft long, steel sinusoidal bridge so named because the side supports twist in a sine wave shape.
Part of my portfolio of photographs, this image uses an artistic software filter to impart a painterly appearance. Prints are available from my Pixels shop.
Portland Head Light overlooks Casco Bay at Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Surrounded by beautiful grounds of Fort Williams Park, it is often the site of weddings and attracts lighthouse-lovers, sightseers, and harbor cruise boats. First lit in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. It stands 101 feet tall and its fourth order Fresnel lens has a range of 24 nautical miles. I captured this image while on a cruise of Casco Bay out of Portland.
Part of my portfolio of photographs, this image uses an artistic software filter to impart a painterly appearance. Prints are available from my Pixels shop.
This image of a 1969 Chris-Craft Sportsman antique power boat was taken during the New Hampshire Boat Museum annual vintage wooden boat show, held on the docks in Alton Bay, New Hampshire, a small village at the southern end of Lake Winnipesaukee. This gleaming 22′ boat is amply powered by a 283 Chevy V-8 inboard engine.
Part of my portfolio of photographs, this image uses an artistic software filter to impart a painterly appearance. Prints are available from my Pixels shop.
One of my favorite places to walk is Peirce Island in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It offers interesting views of the the harbor, including Prescott Park and the Fish Pier with its working boats. This scene shows the fishing boats docked at the pier on an early June day, with the steeple of North Church and the historic Sheafe Warehouse (c. 1740) in the background. The viewpoint is from Four Tree Island, a picnic area connected to Peirce Island by a short pedestrian causeway.
Part of my portfolio of photographs, this image uses an artistic software filter to impart a painterly appearance. Prints are available from my Pixels shop.
This image of the Boston skyline is taken from Fan Pier Park in a revitalized neighborhood of the city along Boston Harbor. Part of the Harborwalk, a 43-mile linear park along Boston’s shoreline, this area is perfect for a stroll with tremendous views, grassy areas, and park benches for relaxing, and plenty of restaurants and cafe’s in the area. The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is located here. The Boston Tea Party Museum is a short walk across Fort Point Channel.
Part of my portfolio of photographs, this image uses High-Dynamic Range (HDR) technique and an artistic software filter to impart a painterly appearance. Prints are available from my Etsy shop.
Inspired by the Connecticut Statehood stamp, I traveled to Mystic Seaport in 2012 to capture a photograph of the Charles W. Morgan, the subject of that stamp. Unfortunately it was being restored at the time so it was surrounded by scaffolding inside a large shipyard building. Getting a nice image proved difficult, so I opted to photograph the Joseph Conrad, another ship in the Mystic Seaport collection.
The Joseph Conrad was built in 1882, in Copenhagen, as a training ship. It was originally named the George Stage, after the son of a prominent ship owner, Frederik Stage. In 1934, after 52 years of service and about to be retired, British Captain Alan Villiers bought and renamed her after Joseph Conrad, the author of popular seafaring novels. Two years and fifty eight thousand miles around the world later, George Huntington Hartford II bought and modernized the Joseph Conrad as a private yacht, sailed and raced her until 1939 at which point ownership was transferred to the US Maritime Commission and used once again as a training ship. Acquired in 1947, The Joseph Conrad now finds its home at Mystic Seaport as an exhibit and training vessel for the Mystic Mariner Program.
Part of my portfolio of photographs, this image uses an artistic software filter to impart a painterly appearance; prints are available from my Pixels shop.
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