Boston Skyline and Charles River, Part 3
Clouds move over the Boston skyline and a dock on the Charles River. Photograph made with a 15-stop ND filter (200-second exposure time).
Boston Skyline over Charles River and Dock (Color #2), Boston, MA (12″x22″)
Boston Skyline and Charles River, Part 2
Clouds move over the Boston skyline and a dock on the Charles River. Photograph made with a 15-stop ND filter (166-second exposure time).
Boston Skyline over Charles River and Dock (Color #1), Boston, MA (12″x22″)
Boston Skyline and Charles River, Part 1
Clouds move over the Boston skyline. Photograph made on the bank of the Charles River with a 15-stop ND filter (166-second exposure time).
Boston Skyline over Charles River (Color #1), Boston, MA (12″x21″)
Maine Coastline near Freeport, Part 3
Clouds moving over a park and boat launch along the Maine coast. Exposure time: 211 seconds. Shot with a 15-stop ND filter.
Clouds, Trees, and Rocks (B&W#1), outside Freeport, Maine (12″x22.5″)
Maine Coastline near Freeport, Part 2
Clouds moving over a park along the Maine coast. Exposure time: 189 seconds. Shot with a 15-stop ND filter.
Clouds, Trees, and Water (B&W#1), outside Freeport, Maine (15″x22.5″)
Maine Coastline near Freeport, Part 1
Clouds moving over rocks and reeds/grasses along the Maine coast. Exposure time: 211 seconds. Shot with a 15-stop ND filter.
Clouds, Rock, and Water (B&W#2), outside Freeport, Maine (15″x22.5″)
Cape Henlopen Fishing Pier, Part 2
Boards and shadows on the Fishing Pier at Cape Henlopen, Delaware.
Fishing Pier from Top (BW #1), Cape Henlopen, Delaware (14″x22″)
Cape Henlopen Fishing Pier, Part 1
First in a series of the Fishing Pier at Cape Henlopen, Delaware.
Fishing Pier from Side (BW #1), Cape Henlopen, Delaware (12″x21″)
Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse, Part 2
Second in a series of the East End Lighthouse at Cape Henlopen, Delaware. For this image, I decided to put the horizon line in the bottom third of the photograph.
East End Lighthouse (BW #2), Cape Henlopen, Delaware (14″x21″)
Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse, Part 1
First in a series of the East End Lighthouse at Cape Henlopen, Delaware. For this image, I decided to put the horizon line (and lighthouse) right down the middle of the image.
East End Lighthouse (BW #1), Cape Henlopen, Delaware (14″x14″)
Clouds Moving over Blue Ridge Mtns from Pisgah Inn
Morning fog and clouds move over the ridge tops along the Blue Ridge Mountains. Exposure time: 61 seconds.
Moving Clouds over Ridges from Pisgah Inn, Pisgah Forest, NC (10″x22″)
Panoramic View of Blue Ridge Mtns from Pisgah Inn
Early spring view of the Blue Ridge Mountains from the Pisgah Inn. No fancy sunset or spectacular clouds, just ridges stacked on ridges rolling away into the distance.
Ridges Fading into Distance from Pisgah Inn, Pisgah Forest, NC (20″x78″)
Summersville/Gauley River Falls, Part 2
Two more cropped square photographs of the falls near Summersville Lake, taken on a recent climbing trip to the New River Gorge area in West Virginia.
Lake Summserville Falls (#1, Color, Square Crop), Summersville, WV (15″x15″)
Lake Summserville Falls (#2, B&W, Square Crop), Summersville, WV (15″x15″)
Summersville/Gauley River Falls, Part 1
On a recent climbing trip to the New River Gorge area in West Virginia, we hiked past a set of falls on our way to the cliffs along the shore of Lake Summersville. I stopped and set up my camera to make a few long-exposure photographs of the falls on our walk back to the car. Note the old wooden ladder that used to be used to access the area, and the new stairs next to it (much less scary to descend!).
Lake Summserville Falls (#1, Color, Full Frame), Summersville, WV (15″x22.5″)
Spring Storm Clouds from Devil’s Courthouse
Rain clouds approaching us at Devil’s Courthouse. The dark cloud in the distance over the ridge on the right moved over us and delivered some nice spring rain and thunder as we were hiking near Graveyard Fields about an hour later.
Spring Clouds from Devil’s Courhouse (Single Frame #1), Blue Ridge Parkway, NC (12″x21″)
Panoramic View from Devil’s Courthouse
Last weekend, I took a trip out to the Blue Ridge Parkway- I stopped by the Devil’s Courthouse as some dramatic spring storm clouds were rolling in. The trees at ~4,000-5,000 feet were just about to leaf out, but not quite, so it still looked a bit like late winter on the Parkway.
Spring Clouds from Devil’s Courhouse (Panorama #1), Blue Ridge Parkway, NC (17″x54″)
Fields and Clouds at Bosque del Apache, Part 2
Grasses glow in a field under the setting sun and winter clouds at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico.
Fields and Winter Clouds (#2, Color), Bosque del Apache NWR, NM (12″x21″)
Fields and Clouds at Bosque del Apache
Fields and winter clouds at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico.
Fields and Winter Clouds, Bosque del Apache NWR, NM (12″x21″)
Mountains and Clouds at Bosque del Apache
I love to drive down to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in central/southern New Mexico and watch the cranes land around sunset. However, I’m not a wildlife photographer, so I like to arrive early to stroll around before sunset and look at the clouds, surrounding mountains, and open fields.
Bosque Mountains and Winter Clouds, Bosque del Apache NWR, NM (15″x22.5″)
Sandia Ridge in Clouds
A fin of rock along one of the ridge lines in the Sandia Mountain Range pokes up into the clouds.
Sandia Ridge in Clouds (Single Frame #1, 2021, B&W), Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (22.5″x15″)
Sandia Mountain Winter Storm, Part 5
After shooting a several panoramas, I used my ND filter to make a few long-exposure photographs of the passing winter storm. I shot a series, ranging from 30 seconds to 6-7 minutes. There wasn’t enough blur in the clouds at <30-60 seconds, and at >3-4 minutes the clouds started losing most of their texture/blur, so I decided to share the 61s and 91s exposures.
Sandias and Winter Clouds (ND Single Frame 61s, 2021, Color), Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (15″x22.5″)
Sandias and Winter Clouds (ND Single Frame 91s, 2021, Color), Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (15″x22.5″)
Sandia Mountain Winter Storm, Part 4
After shooting a series of panoramas, I decided to make several single-frame photographs focused on the foothills and the patch of light on the mountains in the background. Here is one of my favorite single-frame photographs.
Sandias and Winter Clouds (Single Frame #1, 2021, Color), Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (15″x22.5″)
Sandia Mountain Winter Storm, Part 3
Another panorama of the Sandia foothills as winter storm clouds lift over the Crest. This is one of my favorite sets of photographs from the evening because the brighter foothills and clouds seem to frame the dark mountains. I can’t decide if I like the color or black and white version of the panorama better, so I decided to post both; the clouds appear more dramatic in the black and white version, and the foreground pops out more in the color version. Note the splash of light in the far left mid/background on the foothills.
Sandias and Winter Clouds (Panorama #8, 2021, Color), Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (21″x76″)
Sandias and Winter Clouds (Panorama #8, 2021, B&W), Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (21″x76″)
Sandia Mountain Winter Storm, Part 2
Last week I posted a panorama that focused on the path in the foreground, but for the second round of panoramas, I decided to focus more on the dramatic clouds draped over the mountains.
Sandias and Winter Clouds (Panorama #4, 2021), Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (21″x64″)
Sandias and Winter Clouds (Panorama #3, 2021), Cibola National Forest, New Mexico (20″x52″)
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