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The calming trickle of the Fall River was momentarily disrupted by the sounds of Amtrak's Vermonter trying to make up for lost time on this beautiful autumn day.
AMTK 55 @ Fall River Viaduct, Bernardston, MA
AMTK P42DC 145 (Phase III)
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Landscape photography is getting trendy. Its hard to stand out. This is especially true with locations. There are many beautiful locations in the world. In many of these, almost anyone can point a camera at the right scene and it will be stunning. I know this because when the conditions are right to shoot a cetrtain scene, I find there are 10 other photographers there too. Look at Tunnel View on a good night (hell, any night). So I am trying to shoot emotion more often. People get charged by different scenes, different pre-charged memories. My sister loves barns, some love the open road, others love fields of flowers. These do not need to be iconic, you don't have to have Mt. Fuji in the background to evoke these pre-charged emotions in people. So I am trying to look for everyday scenes that can be processed in a way that evokes these emotions. Not that I will ignore Multnomah Falls, don't get me wrong. But this is a good way to be able to shoot more often.
This is one of those scenes. Not so special. Its just an old train trestle on the way out to Vernonia. But the colors communicate more than just color, it hopefully evokes feelings of fall, sharpened pencils, dusty jackets returning to main rotation, storing the boogie boards and getting down the snow shoes. At the same time, the road, I hope, makes you feel free. This image pulls you into the light. The road, inviting, the bend after the trestle? Who knows! Adventure. Adventure in the cold. You, the wheel, a tank of gas, cold air outside, and endless opportunity.
This is a 5 image HDR stack, processed in photoshop and light room with luminosity masks and the back door wide open so I shivered while I processed it. I love the cold! Enjoy fall. Get out in it.
An absolutely stunning fall day in early November at the Chateau de Fontainebleau, France - it snowed the next morning
A female stands in water grooming in the middle of a small flock. While the males get a lot more attention, I find the females have a lovely subtle plumage, and the fall reflections on the water framed the scene well.
A larger group spent several weeks on the Lake in the fall, spooked and flushed periodically by Hawks and the occasional Bald Eagle. The species is a frequent fall visitor, and there are occasional northbound migrants in the spring.
A feature of the species that always seems striking to my eye is the short, beautifully coloured bill. It is often described as ‘goose-like’ and it helps them have greater pulling force on the underwater greens that form the core of their diet.
Georgia. Not a common fall migrant here but pretty reliable within a two week window beginning the last week or so of September. Sometimes they will come to their call even this late in the season. There were two birds working the privet which had a few ripe purple berries.