Lamoille County
- Christian Nestell Bovee.
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The star attraction of a fall foliage road trip to Vermont has ti be the Stowe community church located close to the northern border of the state. My plan for the road trip was to drive all the way north on scenic rt 100 and then cross over west at Smuggler’s Notch before driving south along the coast of Lake Champlain in upstate New York.
The persistent overcast sky and drizzling didn’t help me a lot with the compositions that I had in mind. Add to that, a hastily planned trip that didn’t allow any changes to the plan resulted in me struggling to get good images. My original plan was to get a sunrise shot of the church since the outlook point is at the parking lot of a local insurance agency. But when I woke up in the morning, it was pouring down, so I went back to sleep and headed out once the rain subsidized a bit. The sky was still overcast, and it was drizzling, and I didn’t manage to get the image I had in mind. At the time, I didn’t consider posting this image, but when I look at these images now, I understand that with a few adjustments, it could have been a very good image.
Since I didn’t do any of that, I had to rely on some creative editing and a fair bit of cropping to get it to a halfway decent shot.
Autumn view of the Moss Glen Falls near Stowe VT.
The most colourful spot on our roadtrip
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- John W. Gardner.
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Here is one more from the Vermont Fall road trip. The highlight of the trip was a location known as smuggler’s notch, which is a pass close to the Canadian border that separates Mount Mansfield, the highest peak of the Green Mountains, from Spruce Peak and the Sterling Range. Peak fall colors were almost certain at this location. The foliage didn’t disappoint, but the sky was overcast and rainy for the whole trip.
I was in the process of changing my approach to photography, and the aspect I struggled with the most was changing adjusting to conditions. But this trip tested me. I came back with over 700 images, but only a few handfuls satisfied me. I reached Smuggler’s notch towards the end of the trip, and the frustration was at the very high limit. But at smuggler’s notch is when I started to think differently about the composition and started to take deliberate photos rather than the obvious composition.
Kind of an overdone view, but hey, I was here during foliage season, so I had to get a shot of my own. This is a view of the Stowe Community Church...
Stowe Community Church
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Most notably Sandeep Thomas.