A few photos from the first day of our October leaf peeping trip to New Hampshire and Vermont. We had a great time but we had to work to find the fall color. Portions of Vermont were hit by massive flooding over the Summer and those sections also had leaf fungus issues, plus it was unseasonably warm, which tends to misalign the timing of color change. But it made us explore new areas.
First up, a photo of the Milky Way from a viewpoint on the Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire, taken just as we arrived. The position of the Milky Way is not ideal at this time of year (low and descending in the direction of sunset), and clouds were starting to roll in, but I thought the lighting on the clouds worked for this photo.
The next morning was sunny and we photographed Jobs Pond, a location we found after our standard go-to places in Vermont had green or brown foliage.
Bald Hill Pond, another new location for us. If you look closely you can see a fire tower at the top of the hill/mountain.
Norton Pond, yet another new location for us. The search for color drove us to the northern extremes of Vermont and New Hampshire. This is only a few miles south of the Canadian Border
Some nice color running along a railroad line close to Norton Pond
An HDR composite photo of a small river called the Jay Branch
We had a nice sunset at Lake Willoughby, a spot that usually has wonderful fall color but had virtually none this year. But it is a nice place for sunset photography
The last photo is the MIlky Way over Lake Willoughby in Vermont. There is still unavoidable residual light from sunset and some light cloudiness, but it does define the hills and mountains around the lake, with some home lights as well
I hope to post some more photos from our trip soon
