The Mount Washington Hotel glows at Christmas time in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The resort was decked out in it’s holiday finest and this photo of the rear of the building highlights the beautiful veranda with it’s lights glowing right before sunset. The signature white siding and red roof are accentuated by the artistic filter I used to process the image.
The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge preserves over 4700 acres of salt marsh, sand dunes, and beachfront on the north shore of Massachusetts at Plum Island, not far from Newburyport. Home to over 300 species of animals, it is a prime area to view migratory birds. With its core mission of providing crucial wildlife habitat, the refuge typically closes large sections of beachfront in the spring to protect the Piping Plover, a shorebird that nests on the open beach and is very sensitive to human encroachment.
This wooden boardwalk winds through the sand dunes from parking area #3 to the ocean. The scene was captured on an unusually warm November day with a stiff wind blowing. The grasses have turned to a soft tan color, most of the tree leaves have fallen, but some bushes still show off their red leaves; red berries are abundant.
This image uses an artistic software filter to impart a painterly appearance. Prints are available from my Pixels shop.
Phillips Church serves the students of the preparatory boarding school Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. The church was designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram, a champion of American Gothic Revival style, who also designed the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City as well as many of the original buildings on the academy campus.
I captured this photograph on a early December day when heavy, wet snowflakes were starting to fall. They offered a nice contrast against the rich wood grain of the chapel doors. Symmetry is apparent in the double doors, wreaths, and planters in their matching alcoves.
Part of my portfolio of photographs, this image uses an artistic software filter to impart a painterly appearance.
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