We left Freeport and headed up to base out of Millinocket to work the Moose in Baxter State Park. We got in with just enough time to reconnoiter the area for color before the storm comes in. It is simple stunning in the surrounding hills, the color is maxed out!
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Well one of the lakes has an air service so headed in that direction to see if I could get some aviation with fall color. A great twist on landscape photography if you ask me.
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As it so happen to unfold, the pilot James was warming up and taking off on a run. The light level was so low with the pending storm, I was shooting at 1/45 f4 handheld! So we were able to photograph him in his Cessna 206 taxing down lake, turn around and lift off. I’ve photographed a lot of float planes in our work in Alaska but never with this kind of fall color. I could do this kind of landscape photography all day long!
Photos captured by D3x, 200-400VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film