Blizzard Forest Walk
Posted on March 15, 2017
Living in Bethel, Connecticut for the last year or so offered several chances to experience nature from various angles. Just today, I had the opportunity to explore my backyard forest during a blizzard.
Blizzard Outing in Bethel, CT – March 2017. © Hans Nagl – HansNagl.com
Walking through about one foot of snow, the wind in the trees sounded like a large ocean liner passing by. Branches squeaked and squealed, and occasionally, a tree fell with a loud crack. Later, the snow turned into ice, mixing its sound, generated by thousands of ice crystals, into the ongoing fortissimo of the forest blizzard symphony.
Blizzard Outing in Bethel, CT – No sounds, very peaceful, looking into an endless forest, March 2017. © Hans Nagl – HansNagl.com
The only signs of life were a small squirrel, as well as a variety of animal tracks.
Blizzard Outing in Bethel, CT – Many others seem to travel this highway – March 2017. © Hans Nagl – HansNagl.com
This time, I used my Nikon 1 V3 with a variable wide-angle lens (Manual mode, f/9, 1/500 sec, 400 ISO). It is a mirrorless camera that is relatively small, offering reduced target size to the unforgiving elements.
Here are some photos describing a few hours of peace in a blizzard wonderland.
Blizzard Outing in Bethel, – On the top, somewhat obscured by snow is a boulder sometimes looking like a gigantic turtle. CT – March 2017. © Hans Nagl – HansNagl.com
Blizzard Outing in Bethel, CT – March 2017. Named this boulder Turtlehead Rock because it looks like a gigantic turtle head © Hans Nagl – HansNagl.com
Blizzard Outing in Bethel, CT – It is hollow inside, and one can enter on one side and exit on the other – March 2017. © Hans Nagl – HansNagl.com
Blizzard Outing in Bethel, CT – The backside of Turtlehead Rock -It’s a great place to overlook parts of this forest – March 2017. © Hans Nagl – HansNagl.com
Blizzard Outing in Bethel, CT – A river, wind, or the sea must have carved out this passage many unthinkable years ago – March 2017. © Hans Nagl – HansNagl.com
Blizzard Outing in Bethel, CT – Lost in a beautiful forest – March 2017. © Hans Nagl – HansNagl.com
Blizzard Outing in Bethel, CT – I name this tree the Queen Tree, as it looks truly majestic with its branches reaching towards the sky in almost a spiraling way. It also seems that most forest pathways pass this tree. I always had the impression that this tree was watching this section of the forest. Walking past it many times, it just felt like it. March 2017. © Hans Nagl – HansNagl.com
Around the Cape – Inspirations and Photos
Posted on March 27, 2014
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For many children growing up in Austria, surrounded by mountains, a future life close to the sea is mostly a far-fetched exotic idea. The thunder of waves, the changing colors of the oceans, the sounds of fishing boats’ diesel engines, seagulls sailing high in blue skies, the taste of saltwater, witnessing four seasons are impressions belonging to the world of dreamers or people far away already living there. During my Austrian childhood I was very interested in movies produced by Jacques Cousteau, the famous French diver, and the adventures of the Calypso submarine, as well as Vienna born Hans Hass, who courageously researched shark behavior. These stories about the sea introduced a foreign world to me, mysterious, yet touchable, possible to reach, somewhere, sometimes in the future.
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- Nantucket (Summer) – Massachusetts
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- Nantucket (Summer) – Massachusetts – leaving Nantucket
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- Nantucket (Summer) – Massachusetts
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- Nantucket (Summer) – Massachusetts
I now live very close to the sea near Cape Cod and with great interest enjoy all the curiosities mother nature has to offer probably inspired by my childhood experiences. Photos are my pocket moments of great impressions. Here are a couple which I found in my archives. Sometimes I took almost identical photos at different times during the year. I tried to place those side-by-side sometimes creating a very strong contrast between, for example, situations in the summer vs. in winter.
I will attempt to add more photos in the future including other places and seasons around the Cape. (If you would like to have a copy of a photo shown here, then please send me an email via the form at the end of this photo gallery. Thank you very much. )
The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.
– Jacques Cousteau
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Snowy Day in Massachusetts, again
Posted on February 18, 2014
Looks like these buses are looking forward to spring
These school buses reminded me about a group of people lined up for a long time waiting for the moment when spring finally makes an appearance on the horizon. Looking at this photo it seems as if they are actually having a conversation about moving to Florida.
This barn located near Franklin, Ma looks like it escape from a fairy tale book
This red barn near Franklin, Ma cannot be overseen, especially with the white and black colors of the forest as a background. The snow on the ground is also untouched. It sits there almost like a candy house. When I attempted to drive past this place it seemed as if the car stopped almost by itself indicating that the ride will continue only with a photo in the box. I could not argue with this.
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Blizzard Commute
Posted on February 17, 2014
Franklin Line T Commuter Train becoming visible through the heavy blizzard snow
Took these photos of the Franklin Line T commuter train while cross-country skiing through a nearby forest during the last blizzard. It was amazing to still see the trains in operation on this day despite the large amount of snow and ice. Sometimes I wonder what people inside might think or do when looking out of their windows into a swirling cloud of white snow inside this nicely heated train.
I am very glad that my camera equipment held up. Every time I venture out into such weather I am learning something new about how to best hide the camera and lens from the elements.
Franklin Line T Commuter Rail making its way through the heavy blizzard snow
Franklin bound T Commuter Rail taking on the blizzard
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