Test Shots

I've learned in outdoor photography that sometimes it is good to take test shots of subjects when you have the opportunity. That way, you can get new ideas, find out what works, and what doesn't.

Last September I took a drive up to my home town and spent the night at my brother's house in Vermont. The next morning I took photos of a remote covered bridge on the Green River. On the way home I crossed the French King Bridge that spans the Connecticut River along Rt. 2 in Massachusetts. This is pretty cool bridge in The Pagan Sphinx's territory.

The colors had not developed yet and it was my intention to return later and shoot them again. Alas, weekend after weekend of bad weather prevented me from returning to get better shots before the fall colors wained.

Looking East across the 782 foot span.


Two pictures of the Connecticut River looking north as the morning clouds burn off.




140 feet above the Connecticut River, a spider decide to try to catch dinner. The morning fog gathered in droplets in the prevailing southerly breeze.

Forgotten Photo Friday, White-breasted Nuthatch

I was really excited to get these White-breasted Nuthatch photos. I know a lot of my birding and blogging friends have lots of nuthatches. I used to have three species of nuthatches at my feeders in Colorado. Now I have gulls, gulls and more gulls. So for me, these were a treat.






These photos got upstaged by the American Goldfinch bathing on the banks of the Ipswich River.

The Terminator

The astronomy definition of terminator the boundary between the part of a moon or planet that is illuminated and the part that is dark. This shot represents the terminator crossing Gloucester Harbor.

The end of the season

This is the end of the season. This houseboat is being brought in from the Annisquam River to the inner harbor for the winter.

For the future.

Here's looking forward to having a good crop of milkweed for next year's Monarch Butterflies.