Today we visit New Hampshire’s famed Kancamagus Highway. The Kancamagus Highway (also known as the “Kanc”) is a 34 mile scenic drive that is known as one of the best fall foliage viewing areas in New England. The Kanc in October is the destination of choice for thousands of “leaf peepers” from all over the country. With the weather being unusually warm (high 70′s and low 80′s) as well as being Columbus Day week, the crowds were at all-time highs.
The Kanc has many attractions but one of the most popular is the Albany Covered Bridge. Being part of a photography workshop, we arrived after our dawn shoot at Cathedral Ledge (see yesterday’s post) in hopes that it was still early enough to beat the crowds. As the 20+ photographers in our group arrived in the parking lot, we found it totally deserted. Little did we know that a tour bus was on its way to the bridge.
This is the first time that I have shot with so many photographers, so it can be interesting to see where everyone goes to set up their shots. Trust me, we had this bridge covered from every angle. This shot was taken inside the bridge with a 16-35mm as I wanted to get a wide view of the river, the surrounding foliage and the bridge structure along with it’s graffiti. I will say that despite the number of photographers, everyone was conscious of not walking into one another’s shots and would remain motionless whenever someone was shooting so as to prevent the bridge from shaking.
Incredible shot Len, you have brought out the character of the bridge quite nicely, and to complement the bridge you got the nice fall colors in the background. Beautiful shot.
Too bad about the graffiti though.
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Terrific shot Len! The textures and the warm tones inside the bridge are beautiful. It looks like you had some gorgeous foliage to shoot too.
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This is really awesome Len! The foliage pulls you right through the bridge. Very cool!
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Wow Len, this is perfect, what an outstanding use of HDR! I love the composition too, perfectly processed
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What an awesome shot, Len! Framed up so beautifully and the Fall colors are outstanding. Nice one, bud.
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Terrific shot Len. Love the pov from the inside looking out. I recognized the bridge instantly from my trip there last year. So many great things to shoot there.
Beautiful shot, but a bummer to see all the graffiti.
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Absolutely incredible, Len, I LOVE this shot! Great blog post, too, really insightful.
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Unbelievable shot Len. I love the depth and fall colors and of course I’m a big fan of grafitti. All around terrific.
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Really beautiful - a series of windows out onto the world and what a world of color there is. The tones of the bridge complement the view through without overpowering it.
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Top stuff Len. Love the way the background is framed.
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Nicely done. Looks like you managed to get one of the prime spots mid-bridge to enable you to capture the river where you did in relation to the bridge. The HDR processing is really nicely done as well.
Mark Summerfield recently posted..Forsythe Park, Savannah
nice work Len,looks great!
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Really love the color and detail in the wood here and the play of light.
Wow! The foilage I can see behind the bridge. Great choice on lenses… Wouldn’t have chosen anything other for this.
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I love covered bridges, I wish they had more in CO!
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Wonderful shot Len!
Great way to showcase the view!
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