Image 4842
f 6.4 @ 1/500, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 07:06:32.
The trees had just begun to turn. They were quite late this year.
Image 4843
f 6.4 @ 1/640, 300 mm, taken 2017:10:10 07:08:38.
A telephoto view of the same mountain.
Image 4845
f 6 @ 1/500, 226 mm, taken 2017:10:10 07:09:20.
More fall color.
Image 4849
f 6.4 @ 1/500, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 08:28:45.
The Hancock-Greenfield covered bridge.
Image 4851
f 7 @ 1/800, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 08:29:39.
The bank of the Contoocook river.
Image 4852
f 4.6 @ 1/50, 24 mm, taken 2017:10:10 08:30:12.
The interior of the Hancock-Greenfield covered bridge.
Image 4853
f 6 @ 1/320, 82 mm, taken 2017:10:10 08:31:02.
Colored leaves.
Image 4857
f 7.4 @ 1/500, 58 mm, taken 2017:10:10 08:32:11.
From green to red.
Image 4858
f 7.4 @ 1/400, 45 mm, taken 2017:10:10 08:32:32.
The Contoocook river.
A panorama of Powdermill pond, near the bridge. It's best, of course, in high resolution.
Image 4863
f 6 @ 1/400, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 08:42:11.
River bank.
Image 4871
f 6.6 @ 1/250, 50 mm, taken 2017:10:10 08:43:26.
Jackie
Image 4872
f 7 @ 1/500, 75 mm, taken 2017:10:10 08:57:09.
Pines, maples, and brush.
Image 4873
f 6.6 @ 1/640, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 09:01:59.
Red leaf.
Image 4908
f 4.4 @ 1/50, 45 mm, taken 2017:10:10 18:08:08.
Liz and Sy give a talk in Exeter, NH.
Image 4876
f 4 @ 1/50, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 16:36:13.
Liz.
Image 4877
f 4 @ 1/60, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 16:36:15.
Jackie and Liz.
Image 4881
f 4 @ 1/25, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 16:51:10.
Liz.
Image 4883
f 4 @ 1/30, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 17:00:39.
Liz.
Image 4885
f 4 @ 1/25, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 17:01:44.
Which of these photos of Liz is the best? You decide! I can't.
Image 4886
f 4 @ 1/20, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 17:01:53.
Sy.
Image 4888
f 4 @ 1/50, 50 mm, taken 2017:10:10 17:04:08.
The book talk gets under way. The bookstore owner introduces Liz and Sy.
Image 4890
f 4 @ 1/50, 50 mm, taken 2017:10:10 17:04:12.
Listening to the introduction.
Image 4894
f 4 @ 1/40, 24 mm, taken 2017:10:10 17:06:17.
An attentive audience.
Image 4896
f 4 @ 1/25, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 17:11:14.
Sy tells a story.
Image 4899
f 4 @ 1/50, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:10 17:18:46.
Liz reads a chapter from her part of the book.
Image 4905
f 4 @ 1/25, 65 mm, taken 2017:10:10 18:07:20.
A young fan gets Sy's attention...
Image 4907
f 4.6 @ 1/50, 40 mm, taken 2017:10:10 18:07:56.
and autograph.
Image 4911
f 4 @ 1/50, 73 mm, taken 2017:10:10 18:11:59.
Sy's new pen celebrates her book "The soul of an Octopus".
Image 4922
f 4 @ 1/25, 58 mm, taken 2017:10:10 18:13:30.
Liz answers a question.
Image 4924
f 4 @ 1/50, 70 mm, taken 2017:10:10 18:26:27.
Photo opportunity!
Image 4926
f 4 @ 1/80, 73 mm, taken 2017:10:10 18:28:32.
Jackie and I couldn't believe this cover. No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people!
Image 4930
f 4 @ 1/30, 75 mm, taken 2017:10:10 18:33:34.
Nancy and Liz.
Image 4932
f 4 @ 1/40, 47 mm, taken 2017:10:10 18:33:42.
Nancy had some sweatshirts made up for Liz's and Sy's new book. Here, Nancy models one of them.
Image 4935
f 4 @ 1/40, 47 mm, taken 2017:10:10 18:33:46.
Another take on the sweatshirt.
Image 4937
f 4 @ 1/25, 47 mm, taken 2017:10:10 18:33:51.
Again, I can't tell which of these photos was best, so they're all here.
Image 4938
f 6 @ 1/400, 600 mm, taken 2017:10:11 08:09:33.
Red berries from the summit of Miller State Park, Pack Monadnock.
Image 4939
f 7.6 @ 1/1250, 600 mm, taken 2017:10:11 08:11:16.
Mt. Monadnock
Image 4943
f 8.6 @ 1/2500, 600 mm, taken 2017:10:11 08:23:15.
A sharp shinned hawk migrates past Pack Monadnock. This is actually the center of the frame. Even at 600mm, the image was tiny.
Image 4944
f 8.6 @ 1/2500, 600 mm, taken 2017:10:11 08:23:16.
Another view of that hawk.
Image 4946
f 8.6 @ 1/2500, 600 mm, taken 2017:10:11 08:50:41.
A distant river, from Pack Monadnock.
Image 4947
f 6.4 @ 1/320, 75 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:04:00.
The forest east of Liz's house.
Image 4948
f 5.6 @ 1/320, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:05:04.
Colored leaves and pine needles.
Image 4951
f 4 @ 1/30, 28 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:18:29.
"The cabin", at the end of an old trail east of Liz's house. Jackie took this one of me. Despite having covered mystelf with deet, tucked my cuffs into my socks, I still ended up with 3 ticks on me, which were found and removed when we got back to Liz's.
Image 4953
f 4.6 @ 1/160, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:34:01.
Jackie comments on the size of things...
Image 4955
f 4.6 @ 1/160, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:34:04.
and strikes a heroic pose.
Image 4956
f 5.4 @ 1/160, 70 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:37:42.
Ferns.
Image 4957
f 6 @ 1/125, 24 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:37:54.
Forest.
Image 4959
f 6.6 @ 1/400, 65 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:47:38.
Liz's house from the woodland trail.
Image 4960
f 6.6 @ 1/500, 85 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:47:55.
Another view of her house.
Image 4961
f 6.4 @ 1/400, 85 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:48:20.
And another. Which one's best? Again, you can decide.
Image 4962
f 5.6 @ 1/160, 55 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:50:12.
Some unusually light colored leaves.
Image 4963
f 4.6 @ 1/160, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:11 11:58:12.
That tiny log in the pond is actually the beaver responsible for the pond! You'll need the high res version to see it's a beaver, however.
Image 4964
f 5.6 @ 1/125, 24 mm, taken 2017:10:11 12:02:14.
The beaver pond was very still, and we loved the reflections of the trees in it.
Image 4965
f 6 @ 1/125, 24 mm, taken 2017:10:11 12:02:24.
Another view of the pond. The beaver was submerged, and every now and then would slap the water with it's tail. We only heard the slap, but never saw the beaver that did it.
Image 4966
f 4.6 @ 1/160, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:11 12:03:51.
This tree will soon be part of the dam that creates the pond.
Image 4967
f 4.6 @ 1/160, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:11 12:04:54.
More fall forest colors
Image 4968
f 4.6 @ 1/125, 84 mm, taken 2017:10:11 12:06:26.
Trees reflected in the still pond.
Image 4971
f 4.4 @ 1/125, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:11 12:10:00.
Maple leaves against pine needles.
Image 4972
f 5.4 @ 1/250, 105 mm, taken 2017:10:11 12:12:17.
Pond.
Image 4974
f 4 @ 1/20, 55 mm, taken 2017:10:11 14:34:15.
Jackie and Nampal decorate a photo in the New Yorker.
Image 4976
f 4 @ 1/15, 47 mm, taken 2017:10:11 14:34:26.
The result was worthy of a modern art gallery.