"Hi-Fi" (October 2023) - a photo on Flickriver

"Hi-Fi" (October 2023)

            I'm not a "peak foliage" snob. Many of my best fall photos were not made during peak foliage. There is an opportunity to find beauty throughout the whole season. Nonetheless, I'm not one to turn down peak foliage when I have the chance. Especially when the magic of the White Mountains is only two hours away. So each year I try to get out when the colors will be popping.  

This year, I hiked Owlie at the end of September just as the colors started to trickle in. (In doing so, I got the world's biggest bruise - but I'll save that story for another day.) I was planning one more hike for early October when the leaves would be really vibrant. I like to try to take a weekday bookending the holiday weekend, since traffic can be insane Saturday-Monday in the Whites, but my schedule was not cooperating. Furthermore, I saw a big rain event was coming in for the weekend, which would knock down a lot of leaves, so I switched up my plans last minute and was able to take Thursday off. 

In doing so, I hit the jackpot. The weather was unseasonably warm. I wore shorts the whole day. I hit the Sugarloaves (Sugarloafs?) on my way to Zealand. I tried to get to the summit for sunrise, but was running a little late and then got distracted photographing a nice birch tree near the trailhead parking lot. Happens to the best of us. Nonetheless, I had both North and Middle Sugarloaf to myself that morning and the views were stellar. The foliage was peak. The summits are perfect for fall because they are lower than the surrounding mountains so you are tucked into an open pocket of colorful hardwoods growing up the neighboring hillsides like seats in an amphitheatre. After the Sugarloaves, I headed over to Zealand and enjoyed the bog boardwalks, Zealand Falls, and the magnificent view from Zeacliff. A ten out of ten day in the mountains.

Taken in: United States / New Hampshire / Carroll / Twin Mountain (show map)

Taken on: October 5, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/16.0, 1/200 sec, 21mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

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ISO:	1600
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Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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