New Hampshire in the North east United States becomes a magnificent region of colors during fall. We had been on the Kancamagus Highway in late fall of 2005. Beating the few days of rain and the mist, we could catch some breath taking colors that painted the mountains.

Here is an impressionistic look from the cascade falls.

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Impression of New Hampshire

Slowly I am getting to reach the bottom of the stack! It must be over a thousand slides that I am reviewing. And although some of the things could have been done better, or differently, I did have a few shots that I am beginning to like.

Here is one more from that collection – a combination of golden yellow poppies and cyclamen,  swaying gently in the warm breeze against the blue sky.

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California Poppy and Cyclamen

I am sieving though hundreds of chromes of California Poppies – some of them were in full bloom a week back when the temperature was high. I did get some great perspectives of these poppies against the clear blue sky.

The Don Edwards Refuge have scattered poppies and the flats around Coyote hills have a square mile area of mustard. Here is one from the refuge. It’s shot on Provia 100 and scanned electronically.

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I have been shooting a lot again, and that’s wonderful. And I am shooting film again and the new digital baby has started to gather dust – which is not so wonderful. While I have shot for a few days with the long Nikon 400 mm VR, with the blooming of the flowers and the colors all around, quite by instinct, I have taken out my film cameras again.

Earlier this year, it was a little upsetting to hear that Fuji will not be making the Velvia any more. Lately I found out that Fuji has started shipping Velvia again, though at this time, its only the 100 ASA thats been shipped. I am hoping that the 50 ASA will appear soon again!

So I am back to the field, shooting a lot of Californian poppies and the wild flowers. This year, the wild flowers have not bloomed as much – and from the reports that I have been reading on NatureAli, the south California has not seen much wild flowers either. People who have visited the Gorman Hills and spots around Highway 5 have come back quite disappointed.

There are a lot of mustard though – in the east bay region, apart from the bright patches of mustard you would see on the Hills around Sunol, the wide open land around the Dumbarton Bridge is completely covered in the yellow carpet.

So I am out shooting with my F5 and my faithful old F100 again, and this time my bag is packed with Provia!