I took this photo this past weekend at Hampton Beach, NH. There were not many people around because of Hurricane Bill. Luckily the Hurricane missed New England for the most part.

Well its the week of July 4th and here in MA it has been one of the rainiest and coldest Junes I can remember! I thought this photo was appropriate considering the dreary weather.

If you have been visiting my photoblog for awhile you may remember that last year I posted alot of photos from the annual Hampton Beach Sand Sculpture contest.  This past week the 2009 contest was held. I was sadly not able to stay to see any of the finished designs but I was lucky to of least see one of the artists in the very early stages of creating his sculpture. If you want to see the photos from the 2008 Sand Sculpture competition check out the ones I posted here  last year.

I kept processing this shot and could not decide on the best way to present it. Finally I settled on this b&w version. I think it gives these waterslides a different feeling than seeing them in color.

Here is a photo I took a couple of months ago while on vacation at Lake Winnipesaukee in NH. It was kind of a choppy day on the lake that day.

Here is a shot I took a couple of months ago of a flower garden that was in downtown Wolfeboro, NH.

This is a shot I took while on vacation on Lake Winnipesaukee in NH.

The Wright Museum is a World War II museum that is located in Wolfeboro NH. The poster was so colorful and interesting I decided to desaturate the rest of the photo and leave that in color. I cant decide if it worked or not. Either way I think this is a pretty cool way to advertise a museum with a tank breaking through the wall!

These purple flowers have a great front row view of Lake Winnisquam where they can enjoy the action on the lake like the Jet Ski in the background.

Here is a shot I took a couple of weeks ago near Lake Winnisquam in NH. There was this big Osprey nest that I saw and just as I was taking my lens cap off the giant white Osprey flew away leaving me with only her nest to take a photo of. Still the nest is pretty cool and very well built so of least I got that I suppose.

I took this photo on a walking trail in Wolfeboro NH that used to be railroad tracks. There are many old rusty railroad type things on this trail and this is one of them that someone drew some graffiti on. I liked how the drawing looked alot like the pedestrian crossing sign that was behind it.

I took this photo yesterday while visiting Lake Winnisquam.

As I was driving by these train tracks I noticed the mountain far off in the distance and looked for the nearest place to turn around because it looked like it would be a nice photo. I am pretty happy with it overall and I think it was worth stopping to get it.

Here is the final angle I will post of this old covered bridge. Here is the bridge from straight on looking through it to the other side. Cars still use this bridge regularly.

Since alot of people seemed to like the photo of the covered bridge that I posted last week I decided to post a couple more photos of it over the next couple of days from some different angles. Here is a shot of the side of it that shows some of the river below it.

Here is the train leaving the North Conway Train station that I showed in my last blog posting.

Here is a photo I took of the train station in North Conway NH.

This shot is of an old covered bridge originally built in 1858 that is located in the White Mountain National Forest in NH. I decided to go sort of underneath it to get a different vantage point then just taking a photo of it straight on.

Here is a shot of the “Castle in the Clouds” that overlooks Lake Winnipesaukee. I hiked up another trail on the property that is above the castle to get this vantage point.

I saw this cool swing at the Castle in the Clouds in Moultonborough NH. This photo was taken in front of the carriage house that is on the grounds below the castle. The Castle in the Clouds is a huge mansion built in the early 1900’s that is on the top of a small mountain overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee. I have several photos showing the Castle that I will be posting soon.

I am finally back and posting new photos again. I spent the last week on vacation in Wolfeboro NH on Lake Winnipesaukee and took a ton of photos of the area. Here is a shot of the docks right behind the center of town.

Anyways Sorry I have not posted in so long but I am back now!

I shot this photo on a very calm day by a lake in NH.   I am not sure of the name of the lake but it was near Lake Winnipesaukee.

Here is a shot of some wild blackberries I found in the woods of NH. I decided to convert the photo to black and white since they are called blackberries and I liked the effect so decided to post it like this.

I forget exactly where this was taken but I know it was somewhere in the mountains of NH.  I was hiking and the trail crossed an active train track that goes through the woods.

I went to Hampton Beach in NH over the weekend and took a few shots of the boardwalk. This hotel in particular i thought had a cool old fashioned sign. It is right across from the beach so it is prime real estate.

Here is a photo I took last summer from the summit of West Rattlesnake Mountain in NH. The lake the summit is overlooking is Squam Lake.  Oh and no I didn’t see any Rattlesnakes

Here is a photo of the famous MS Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee. If you have ever been to Lake Winnipesaukee in the summer chances are good you have seen this huge boat sometime during your stay. It is very popular with tourists and gives tours of the lake every few hours. I converted this photo to sepia tone and added the noise to give the photo an old time look.