Fall Foliage Safari - Canceled

SORRY TO SAY BUT RAIN, RAIN AND MORE RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR BOTH SAT AND SUN SO THE SAFARI IS CANCELED. NO FUTURE DATE HAS BEEN SET SO GET OUT THERE ON YOUR OWN IN THE NEXT WEEK AS WEATHER ALLOWS AND CAPTURE SOME COLOR. IT SHOULD BE AT PEAK DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AROUND HERE.

I WAS AT THE TRAIN STATION THE OTHER DAY...

and lo and behold while I was there a perfect HDR subject, the steam engine, happened by !

Self Portrait in a Bubble

Bonnie Glidden had the highest score last Wednesday night of 38 submissions in our first competition of the program year. Congratulations Bonnie

Early fall foliage in Crawford Notch

Yesterday I traveled through Crawford Notch to visit a job site. The foliage is just starting and should be at peak next weekend. Route 302 suffered a lot of damage from Tropical Storm Irene. There is single lane traffic near the Dry River Campground, and several areas going up the Notch near Silver and Flume Cascades. Most pullout parking areas have been taken up by construction equipment and material storage so there is limited parking. There were some leaf peepers around. If you are going to photograph, I'd recommend going very early in the morning since there will be many people, construction equipment and few areas to pull-off areas to park. The NHDOT is working very hard to get things back to normal so conditions may change considerably in a week. The attached is a grab shot near Saco Lake and Elephants Head.

Fall Is Here !

Took this picture this afternoon on the way home from a short hike to Mt. Tom in Fryeburg Maine. The colors are starting to pop ( And so were the mosquitos )

LEARN TO LOVE YOUR CAMERA, PART 2

Do you still wonder what all of those controls on your camera are about ??? Well, don't worry you aren't the only one ! Dave Holt, Vice President of the North Country Camera Club, will conduct a Q & A meeting at "The Met" meeting room in North Conway for ANYONE who feels that their camera is still a bit of a mystery. (Something we have all felt from time to time !) The emphasis will be on answering questions about camera mechanics and photo processing, White balance , Firmware update etc, etc. The meeting is scheduled for THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 6:00 PM AT THE MET COFFEE HOUSE IN NORTH CONWAY. This FREE event is open to club members and non members. Come by have coffee and ask the questions or Help another member. "See you at "The Met" !!!!! IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO COME, BRING YOUR MANUAL AS WELL AS YOUR CAMERA .

Mushrooms are blooming !

A few Pics I took the other day on a hike to Mt Sabattus, Lovell Me. Nice short hike. Lot's of mushrooms to shoot. Just had my point and shoot. Would like to get back there sometime this week with tripod and other gear, preferably after a little more rain. Happy shooting !
Karl


 

Great First Meeting !

We had 32 attendees at our first meeting of the season, great turnout. It was nice to see some new faces!
Dick Pollock our new President made introductions and had a short presentation about the club and what to look forward to coming up. He then introduced Joe and Judy Burgess who gave an outstanding program on how to use simple tools and guidelines to improve your photos. The biggest takeaways I got from it were:
Get it right in the camera first and Learn to use the crop tool


Thank you Judy,Joe and Dick


on a side note: With all the photographers there I didn't see anyone take any pictures !
This post would have been much better with a couple of photos. .........   Karl

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