Undaunted, I plotted a return to the NEK for 2018, armed with Carol and Andy's excellent photography guide book. Both Carol and ctyanky predicted that great color would return in 2018, and were they ever right
I know many people were disappointed that we had so many rainy and cloudy days in 2018, but from a photographer's perspective, that just means the colors are more saturated, and the waterfalls have nice flow.I was in the NEK from 10/03/18 through 10/09/18, and hit the peak of color just right this year. Oddly enough, of the 7 mornings that I was in the NEK, I had 3 sunny sunrises, and 2 sunny sunsets. As usually happens, most of my best images were made during brief windows of time when the light and weather offered extraordinary conditions. I had two great sunrises at Marshfield Pond (one with minnestotaman in attendance), and one of the most amazing sunrises that I have ever seen at Jobs Pond on 10/06. Nicholls Ledge was on my list for sunset, and on 10/09, my last night in VT, I enjoyed a spectacular sunset there. During the rest of my trip, I shot more waterfalls and foggy trees than I know what to do with
I also prefer natural landscapes with no man-made elements, but even I couldn't resist shooting some Vermont barns and farms.I want to thank everyone on this forum for helping to create a wonderful resource about autumn in Vermont. The advice and help distributed here is the best around !!! I met several of you while on my travels this year, and it was a pleasure. Standupphotog - consider yourself extremely lucky to have been at Jobs Pond on 10/06, mornings like that don't happen very often.
To quote Arnold "I'll Be Back".
Vermont Images from 2018 - click on the large thumbnails to see full size images.
https://www.edmcguirkphoto.com/p414588328
I am so happy for you to have found such peak and beauty during your trip and that you came back to find it again, after your disappointment last year. I actually think Vermont peak found you!
