My New Hampshire Neighborhood

 
My neighbors live in a Civil War era farmhouse and raise "Oreo" cows... black on both ends and a white band around the middle.

Two images made with a Canon 40D camera and 24~105mm lens, stitched together with Photoshop CS3 

 
Muster Field Farm - A restored 18th Century historic homestead and working farm.

Three vertical panoramic images made with a Hasselblad ArcBody camera, 45mm Rodenstock lens, V96C back and stitched together with Photoshop CS3.

 

 
Wadleigh State Park - This park is on the banks of Kezar Lake. Unique in the nation, the New Hampshire state park system is not tax-supported.

Four horizontal panoramic images made with a Hasselblad ArcBody camera, 45mm Rodenstock lens, V96C back and stitched together with Photoshop CS3.

 

 
New Hampshire Summer (before and after modificaiton) - Ponds, lakes and rivers attract paddlers of every age and ability. Good for your body and your mind.

Canon PowerShot SD800IS.

 

 
Mascoma Fall Moon - Halloween, Oct. 2007. Give or take a few days, the moon and earth were closest to each other for the year.

One exposure for the trees, one for the sky and one for the moon. Hasselblad CW, V96C back, 350 CFE Tele-Superachromat, Teleconverter APO 1.4XE.

 
Snowmobiles on Lake Sunapee - After a very late-season freeze-over, and first blizzard, snowmobilers enjoy  Valentine's Day on Lake Sunapee, 2007.

Canon PowerShot SD800IS. At my age, image stabilization is the difference between getting the shot and not.

 

 
Granite Moss - This moss is as thick and long-fibered as the finest shag carpet. 

Hand-held Hasselblad ArcBody camera with 35mm Rodenstock lens and V96C digital back. 

 

 

Stream of Consciousness - A kindly breeze on a hot July afternoon pushes my canoe silently through space and time.

Sony DSC-T1 shirt pocket camera.

 

 

Ring Brook Panorama - Heavy rains made this quiet little brook roar to be heard for a hundred yards.

Hasselblad ArcBody camera with 45mm Rodenstock lens and V96C digital back. I made another image with the camera panned a few degrees to the right, and stitched them together with Photoshop.

 

 

Lily Pads - I discovered that paddling my "tippy" Bell Magic canoe one-handed, while keeping my camera high and dry with the other, wasn't easy.

Hand-held Hasselblad ArcBody camera with 35mm Rodenstock lens and V96C digital back.

 

 

It Stormed 'til Sunset - Twenty minutes after I got my canoe on the water, the sky filled with clouds and it poured heavily for about 20 minutes... then stopped completely for 20 minutes and then poured again... then off and on until the sun set.

Hand-held Hasselblad ArcBody camera with 35mm Rodenstock lens and V96C digital back.

 

 

New Hampshire - This is the first image I made here, and it still epitomizes rural New Hampshire for me... old and comfortable, but not the least bit tired.

Olympus 10D camera.

 

 

Celadon Flowers - Wildflowers near my house, modified in Photoshop to resemble Chinese celadon glaze on ceramic tile.

Fuji 220 Provia film; Hasselblad camera; 150mm Zeiss; drum scan; Photoshop digital effects.

 

 

Curtain Afternoon - Usually, when Gable sees me with a camera he comes to investigate. This time, I tip-toed around and didn't wake him from semi-doze.

Shirt pocket Sony DSC T-1 camera.

 

 

Pastel Snow - The blizzard suddenly stopped and the sky blushed. I never thought I'd get used to snow, after 34 years in Los Angeles... but, it's so different from the "city snow" I knew as a kid in Philadelphia. It's beautiful, and the air makes me smile. I like it!

Shirt pocket Sony DSC T-1 camera.

 

 
Ring Brook ROCKS! - About two weeks after I made "Ring Brook Panorama" above, it poured heavily again, and I crossed the road and hiked upstream to this beautiful spot.

Hasselblad ArcBody camera with 45mm Rodenstock lens and V96C digital back.