Conservation Center Photography Show -- Tree Trunks and Vines, Heald Track, Wilton NH, 2012; Dead Trees and Hemlocks Heald Track 2012; Autumn Leaves Heald Track Wilton, NH 2013

The New Hampshire landscape presents dense forests with embedded beaver ponds at almost every turn.  In mid summer the ponds are often full with water plants, water lilies and grasses and other plants that are by themselves striking.  In winter the ponds are frozen over and snow fills the forest. I have made photographs from time to time in the Joe English Reservation in Amherst, Beaver Brook in Hollis, the Heald Track in Wilton, and in the Monson Center in Hollis.

This image was made near an old orchard, just off the access road at the top of the hill in the Heald Track.  The majesty of the dead tree, the contrast of the bare tree trunk with the dark tree behind, and the delicacy of the vines and foliage all provide a harmonious feeling.

The image was made with my Nikon Coolpix P510 point and shoot camera with digital capture. The image was printed with pigment ink on Hahnemülhe photo rag paper (308gsm weight). 11.1" x 15.0"

Tree Trunks and Vines, Heald Track, Wilton NH, 2012

Dead trees in beaver ponds are characteristic of New Hampshire ponds and these trees in the Heald Track were seen against the dark hemlock tree background. The contrast of the dead trees versus the vibrant live hemlocks is complemented by the stark black - white tones of the image. 

The image was made with my Nikon Coolpix P510 point and shoot camera with digital capture. The image was printed with pigment ink on Hahnemülhe photo rag paper (308gsm weight). 14.3" x 20.0"

Dead Trees and Hemlocks, Heald Track 2012

Fall leaves bring a grand display of color to the forest from dramatic reds and oranges to mellow yellows and subdued browns. The yellow leaves in this image from the Heald Track, rendered in high key tones, presents a swarm like curtain in front of the dark tree trunks and the light from the open area beyond the forest. The visual effect gives lucidity to the image.

The image was made with my Nikon Coolpix P510 point and shoot camera with digital capture. The image was printed with pigment ink on Hahnemülhe photo rag paper (308gsm weight). 

Autumn Leaves, Heald Track, Wilton, NH 2013

This image of the beech trees with their light colored leaves clinging to the branches into early spring evokes the quite of the forest and perhaps the reluctance to surrender fully to the cold, stark days of winter.

The image was made with my Nikon Coolpix P510 point and shoot camera with digital capture. The image was printed with pigment ink on Hahnemülhe photo rag paper (308gsm weight). 20.0" x 15.0"

Winter Trees, Heald Track, Wilton NH 2014