PhotoSunday: Fast

Shutter Priority: Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10); Aperture: f/10.0; Focal Length: 55 mm; ISO Speed: 200

John, Arthur and I walked up May Brook from the beaver ponds across the road towards May Pond. We didn't get far because Arthur had to return to New Hampshire. But it was beautiful and we saw new things. I lagged behind on the hike to experiment with shutter speeds and fast water to see if I could get the effect I wanted. I think I did. The first photo gives me the feeling I always have in the woods with John — calm contentment (it is also John's favorite effect with water). The photo below reproduces nature but without any memories attached to it.

UPDATE: I found two other water photos from the May Brook hike that I like better than this. I have posted them here.

Program Mode: Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/600): Aperture: f/5.6; Focal Length: 55 mm; ISO Speed: 500

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A Turkey Vulture in New Hampshire

John and I started up the long driveway of a friend in New Hampshire and this turkey vulture was sitting in the road. I was all ready for it! It flew into a pine tree and faced to the left. But it wanted to change positions, which it did awkwardly, so that it faced to the right. I love to look at it’s feet and beak, which it uses to balance and hold onto the branch of the tree. John actually took the last photograph of this series. He was closer, on the driver’s side, to the vulture. He did a magnificent job!

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SkyWatch Friday: The Pemigewasset River

Below the Eastman Falls Hydroelectric Station, outside of Franklin, New Hampshire

The Pemigewasset is 65 miles (105 km) long. It meets the Winnipesaukee River in Franklin and together the two create the Merrimack River that flows down to Boston. The Merrimack River is the river on which Thoreau paddled and about which he wrote in his book A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. The Merrimack is also where John and I took Wingnut kayaking this past summer and where I carelessly fell in with my Canon Rebel XSi around my neck. After I hauled my sorry self out of the river, I saw a flock, yes, a flock of bald eagles. These were the very first bald eagles I had ever seen in my life. And my camera had died because I drowned it. (It cost a fortune, but the camera has been repaired. And I have learned my lesson.)

The section of the Pemigewasset seen here is just below the Eastman Falls Hydroelectric Station. It is a favorite site for anglers of Atlantic salmon. If you can avoid being drowned when the water behind the dam is released, it is good fishing.

ANGLERS Pemigewasset River Catch & Release Section From a point approximately 150 feet below the Eastman Falls Dam to the downstream side of the Rt 3 & 11 bridge the following regulations shall apply: There shall be no closed season for all species. All fish taken shall be immediately released unharmed to the water. Atlantic salmon shall only be taken by fly fishing as specified in the Atlantic salmon brood stock regulations. All other fish shall only be taken with flies or artificial lures with only one hook point.

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On the Breakwater

John at dusk (#58)

A Weekend in Old Saybrook Set

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