I had looked for a long time for a wall of color behind some birch trunks like this and was pleased to find this grove of trees right alongside the road, giving me a good vantage point to shoot from further back with a telephoto lens, which compresses the distance between the trunks and the golden foliage in the background.

I like to look at the landscape with fresh eyes, and that often means unusual angles. This image was taken low to the ground, looking directly up at the aspens leaves as they dotted the blue skies. I was hoping for a completely blue sky and waited 30 minutes for the clouds to clear but they never did. Next time…

White Birch Trunk Beside the Great Meadow

Autumn along the Kane Path, created using a special technique to turn a straight image into a more abstract image by using camera movevent during the exposure. No additional filters were added using a computer.

One of the most beautiful, but still not heavily traveled, paths in Acadia is the Hemlock Road, near Sieur de Monts. I’ve photographed it on many occasions, but still find the most beautiful time is in the autumn, when the white birch trunks contrast with the yellows, reds, browns and greens of autumn and the path is carpeted with fallen leaves.

This square image will print as 10x10 inches.