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Valley Overlook,  Champlain Valley, Vermont

Last week I returned home to Vermont from a swing through the canyons of southern Utah to find spring busting out all over.  What a big change from the red and ocher of the desert!  Late in the day I hiked up to a familiar overlook just as the sun dipped below some low lying clouds.

I've taken a break from regular posting here these past few months and have enjoyed the time away from the interwebs and social media.  Instead I've spent more time behind the camera shooting than I have in front of the computer processing.  And its been refreshing.  However, I now have quite a backlog of images from Florida to the Maine coast to the southwest as well as from here in Vermont.  I hope to get back to a more regular posting pace... we'll see :)

Thanks for taking a look!

#vermont   #vermontphotography   #landscapephotography  

 Atlantic Daybreak,  Ocean Point, Maine

 Atlantic Daybreak,  Ocean Point, Maine

I was on the road tonight on the coast of Maine and as I pulled into a little...

I was on the road tonight on the coast of Maine and as I pulled into a little roadside motel the sky went off.

Taken with my iPhone, edited for sharpness and contrast with Snapseed.

 Southern Flight Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, Vermont

Winter temperatures and short days have settled in here in Vermont.  And with the change of season thousands of snow geese are moving through the Champlain Valley on their was south.  Each evening at dusk they trade back and forth between agricultural fields where they feed and roosting areas.

#silhouettesonthursday  by +Siddharth Pandit 

Dark Light Lake Champlain, Vermont

I made a trek out to a rocky point on Lake Champlain for sunset last night, hoping for a great sky.   It wasn't to be as the sun was largely blocked.  However, with the lake at this level, this point flattens and sits just above the surface.  Given the strong wind and waves, water continuously washed over the sculpted pools.  In the fading twilight, the rippling water and wet rock reflected the colors of dark light.

Turret Moon Arches National Park

Mid-morning with the moon framed through Turret Arch.  Looking forward to a return trip in April, 2013 during the full moon.

The Way Up, The Green Mountains, Vermont

#fourseasonsfriday  by +Stephonie Schmitz 
#landscapephotography  by +Margaret Tompkins 
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Chasing Eternal Summer, Florida Keys

The other day +Kurt Budliger and I were attempting to shoot sunset from an exposed ledge on Lake Champlain.  The remnants of Hurricane Sandy had us leaning into a biting wind and trying to keep sleet and blowing spray off our cameras  where just days before we were in shirt sleeves.  It didn't go well, especially when the sun disappeared into the darkness of a cold front.  When we finally gave up Kurt said something to the effect of, "It'd be nice to shoot an endless summer."  And standing there with numb fingers, watering eyes and a long winter ahead here in Vermont, I thought, 'Well yeah, sign me up for some of that!"  

So here's one for an endless summer from a warm winter's day in the Florida Keys.

#landscapephotography  by +Margaret Tompkins 

Canyon Twilight

Canyon Twilight

Wet Paint, Green Mountains, Vermont

On an overcast and drizzling day this maple looked as though red paint had been spilled over its leaves.