TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Everyone in new England seeing some decent color at this point. Some nice patchy color in my area. Peak is probably a few weeks away, but its coming on fast. Post pics/observations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Moved from the NNE thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Awesome dude...was that today? Looks like you hiked Hunger or the Stowe Pinnacle? Somewhere on the Worecester Range though based on those views. This one is my favorite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Awesome dude...was that today? Looks like you hiked Hunger or the Stowe Pinnacle? Somewhere on the Worecester Range though based on those views. This one is my favorite... Yep this morning! And you are correct, Hunger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Yep this morning! And you are correct, Hunger. Big difference from last Thursday huh? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 For reference...look at the photos from NIttany and myself in the general Stowe/Waterbury area, and compare to this photo of Mansfield taken last Thursday. The difference in even 4-5 days is huge. It seemed to change very rapidly immediately after the first freeze, though I wonder if that was just a coincidence. Last Thursday...when things were still mostly green and more green/brown in the slight changed trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Big difference from last Thursday huh? lol For reference...look at the photos from NIttany and myself in the general Stowe/Waterbury area, and compare to this photo of Mansfield taken last Thursday. The difference in even 4-5 days is huge. It seemed to change very rapidly immediately after the first freeze, though I wonder if that was just a coincidence. Last Thursday...when things were still mostly green and more green/brown in the slight changed trees. unnamed.jpg It's nuts! Lol. This was from Friday: Now this general view: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Big difference from last Thursday huh? lol Stowe even looks a little further along than Waterbury is, at least looking at the difference in our pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Im in Florida do the next week. It looks like I could miss peak at this rate . Anyway, at least I have the great pics you guys have posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Just excellent weather today...couldn't resist a cell phone pic of this peaceful scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Just outstanding weather this weekend for leaf viewing. Highs in the 70s and 80s across most of New England with a great deal of sunshine. Not to mention some nice color as you head up north. There's some patchy color here and there across Connecticut, but I haven't seen anything too widespread in these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Just outstanding weather this weekend for leaf viewing. Highs in the 70s and 80s across most of New England with a great deal of sunshine. Not to mention some nice color as you head up north. There's some patchy color here and there across Connecticut, but I haven't seen anything too widespread in these parts. saw some nice color in ECT hills this AM backlit by a rainbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Foliage coming along extremely fast and colorful in Northern and Northcentral NH. Drove up to Franconia Notch yesterday and I would say they are about 5 days from peak. With high pressure over us this weekend its giving a chance for everything to change without some trees being stripped daily by wind as others just start to turn. I would say Im at 30% here in the NW part of the lakes region and will be 50-70% by Sunday at this rate. Connecticut Lake looks very close to peak right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 We probably have a rolling peak on the mountain over the next week. Some areas are at peak, others are maybe 3-5 days out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Here is a couple from what I caught today on Route 12 outside of Elmore heading for Montpelier. There was definitely an awesome stretch of color there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Definitely getting to peak colors in spots around the area...especially above 1200ft. 700-1200ft is probably a week behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Even here the colors really are blowing up in the areas that got a couple of frosts. Was actually surprised at the color in typical spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Color is coming along nicely here as well. We may hit up the Kanc this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Definitely getting to peak colors in spots around the area...especially above 1200ft. 700-1200ft is probably a week behind. Yeah these shots were taken at the 1200-1500 ft. level according to what I looked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Here is a couple from what I caught today on Route 12 outside of Elmore heading for Montpelier. There was definitely an awesome stretch of color there. Eyewall, love your posts but as a photographer myself you should really let people know that your photos are digitally altered. Colors are great but you don't want people thinking that they are this brilliant and saturated. I just think photography should be honest or if someone does choose to enhance their pictures it should be stated. Just a pet peeve of mine. Kind of like the perfect model without blemishes etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Love the pics folks...thanks! Some nice color now showing up in and around Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Eyewall, love your posts but as a photographer myself you should really let people know that your photos are digitally altered. Colors are great but you don't want people thinking that they are this brilliant and saturated. I just think photography should be honest or if someone does choose to enhance their pictures it should be stated. Just a pet peeve of mine. Kind of like the perfect model without blemishes etc. 99% of photos you see today are altered in some way. Mine are usually darkened if I'm taking them at midday light or something. I bet Nittany touches his up a little, JSpin too. All the shots I see from the MWN Observatory each day are usually touched up. Some are just more enhanced than others. But just about anyone taking the time to take photos is doing some sort of post-processing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Some more shots... Golf course foliage looking good. Getting close to peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I prefer raw photos myself and not enhanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 For Gene, most of these were darkened because the midday light was causing parts to wash out, especially the sky (ie, just turn bright white). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 The reason photos are enhanced is to approximate what a healthy human eye can see particularly with respect to colors. There's not a camera on earth that can do that without some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I prefer raw photos myself and not enhanced. It depends... say like the northern lights. You'll never, ever see a photo of the northern lights that wasn't enhanced. Pretty much any fall foliage shot you'll ever see in a brochure or a calendar or New England book or whatever has had something done to it. The trick is just getting the light to balance, not necessarily altering the photo. Go take a picture of something outside, and it keeps coming out white-washed, or on the other side it comes out so dark you can't see the subject but you can see the background. Sometimes you just need to balance that...there's a reason digital photography has taken off. I think what most people like are photos that they can't *tell* if they have been enhanced. There is not one photographer out there that even does semi-professional work that isn't loading photos into a post processing program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 The reason photos are enhanced is to approximate what a healthy human eye can see particularly with respect to colors. There's not a camera on earth that can do that without some help. Yes, good way to state it. Doesn't matter what it is, it could be a photo of Fenway Park you are looking at from Boston.com...and I bet anything that photo was altered to really give the Monster that "green." Or every single sunset shot from the Mount Washington Observatory. Again, I think its more that people like photos that they can't tell are enhanced...if its too enhanced, that's when people notice. The trick of a good photographer is usually to get it done without someone immediately thinking that's been enhanced. To make it look like it does to the naked eye, but not going overboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 It depends... say like the northern lights. You'll never, ever see a photo of the northern lights that wasn't enhanced. Pretty much any fall foliage shot you'll ever see in a brochure or a calendar or New England book or whatever has had something done to it. The trick is just getting the light to balance, not necessarily altering the photo. Go take a picture of something outside, and it keeps coming out white-washed, or on the other side it comes out so dark you can't see the subject but you can see the background. Sometimes you just need to balance that...there's a reason digital photography has taken off. I think what most people like are photos that they can't *tell* if they have been enhanced. There is not one photographer out there that even does semi-professional work that isn't loading photos into a post processing program. Cameras are real good these days, so I guess I just prefer the actual photo vs enhancing colors. Usually when they are enhanced it's even beyond what the eye actually sees. That's just me, though. I understand enhancing to get rid of bad light etc...but to me it's basically not the real thing when it goes beyond perfecting a pic. People enhance the sky, clouds etc...when that's not even the true look of what is beyond photographed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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