It's not a scenic vista, but my favorite outdoor pics this year are of my son on some of his first forays into the woods. Here he is enjoying a short hike to a white pine swamp near our house.
What I like about this thread is that we have some serious heavy hitters posting professional quality pics alongside people like me who just "take pictures"
Here is my 4/9. Time to introduce the human element.
Osgood campsite, Mt Madison, in late spring. I wasn't even planning to stay at Osgood but turned aside from the Great Gulf due to high water. This mother and her inquisitive youngster woke me up in the morning.
We were fortunate to be able to travel extensively during this past year, so I have too many photos to share, but here are a few of my 2009 picks. My Picasa Public Photo Gallery has more favorites.
Hundreds to choose from, but mine has to be a unnamed mountain behind me and my voyageur team as we enter the southern end of Lake Laberge, Yukon Territory during the Y1000 canoe race last July. Sam McGee lies somewhere on the distant marge.
ooh, man...there are still a couple weeks left, and I am coming home to NH next week...but if I can't get to doing any more pictures...here are my 9, in no particular order.
Fall Foliage Chester NH 10-5-09
Plum Island MA 4-5-09
First snow in Virginia 12-5
6-20-09 Lurray Caverns
8-21-09 Severe thunderstorm, Centreville VA
1-3-09 Mount Washington from North Conway
3-21 Hiking Companion
6-7-09 Enfield NH Waterfall
5-24 Zeacliff, because its always in my top 10
And honorable mention...coming off Franklin with clearing skies 7-5-09