After a long layoff over January I’m back in the field, at least in a small way. Between work, the dreaded winter colds and sniffles, and a weird winter that was warmer than usual with a lot of rain and little snow, I just haven’t been feeling it.
So on Saturday I went off to Pawtuckway state park in New Hampshire to see it I could get inspired. Well, I got kind of inspired. It was good to get out and explore a new part of the park.
Like most forested areas in New Hampshire, the entire area was heavily logged in the 1800s and early 1900s, so all of the growth is secondary growth, which is tight and dense.
This makes finding good and interesting compositions hard. Knowing this beforehand I went looking for close detail, so I could crop out the general clutter.
I was still struggling, end ended up with such uninspiring images as this.
I found a small pond, more of a vernal wetland I guess, that had some interesting mossy logs in it.
It was also really hard to find any compositions, because it was so overgrown. I figured this would be ok to at least work on my focus stacking.
It is less than stellar on all counts. That huge branch in the lower right that I missed in camera. Sigh
And then there was this rock in the sunlight.
The lack of technical brilliance is clear to see. Oh well! At least I was walking around and getting fresh air.
Then as I walked along, I heard the sound of a small brook running over rocky stream bed. Well, there’s something I usually make work, at least half-decently.
Ice still persisted on some of the rocks and branches, adding at least some interest. The light wasn’t too bad either.
The results are neither the high point of my photography, nor are they utterly terrible. Clicking on the images will bring you to the higher resolution versions on Flickr.
