Last Friday evening looked promising for a nice sunset so I headed over to “Sky Farm” (a Forest Society parcel) in Deering. The walk to the top is short (about a quarter mile) and the views (mainly to the north) are spectacular. The sunset itself turned out to be a dud, only some low clouds on the horizon. However, the sun provided for some warm low angle light for a brief time; this allowed me to make the first image.
On Sunday, I headed for the Contoocook Falls in Hillsborough… at least it said “falls” on the map… it is more of a set of small rapids. The light was too harsh (even with broken clouds) and there were not many good angles for shooting the river. However, I did discover some very small (fingernail-sized) wildflowers (Anemone quinquefolia, according to Joan) that made for interesting subjects. As I was setting up, one of the flowers had a visitor.
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Frank,
You continue to expand your photographic horizons. These flowers are well laid out. i especially like the detail in the final frame. The sunset has a warm feeling to it. A few steps to the left would have placed that colorful cloud over the open sky area and not the tree. I like the angle of the slope and those converging lines.
Making lemonade out of life’s lemons again!
Comment by Just Joe — 17 May 2012 @ 10:58 AM