Fifty-two photographs from a brief, brilliant Adirondack autumn. From the first light on the High Peaks to the quiet details underfoot.
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From Mount Van Hoevenberg, sunrise opens across the High Peaks while mist rests in South Meadow below. This sweeping panorama is my highest-resolution photograph to date, made to hold the small details of an entire autumn valley.
52 photographs / Three standard sizes for every image
Red blueberry-family foliage fills the foreground above a valley glowing with autumn color. This focus-stacked view from Van Hoevenberg holds the close summit textures and distant High Peaks in the same detailed frame.
A red maple catches the sunlight above a carpet of crimson low-growing foliage and pale lichen. I brought the close textures into the frame to show how much autumn color can live within a few steps.
Sunlight shines through the red maple above cushions of pale, branching lichen. Fallen leaves draw small red accents across the textured foreground.
Morning sun rises over the Whiteface valley as fog pools above Connery Pond. The wide view follows the red and gold canopy toward the mountain skyline.
Morning light finds an autumn ridge below Wallface while fog slips through the trees. From Henderson Lake, I waited for the clouds, reflected color, and pale rock to come together.
A still morning at Heart Lake holds the MacIntyre Range on the right, Colden's northeast summit near the center, and Mount Marcy to the left. I made this wide panorama to carry the entire shoreline and its reflection into one frame.
Red blueberry-family foliage, pale lichen, and rock lead from Mount Jo toward Heart Lake and the High Peaks. I used focus stacking to hold the close foreground and distant summits together in sharp detail.
From Heart Lake, a band of glowing autumn trees sits beneath Algonquin and the shoulder of Wright. South Mountain fills the nearer slope, giving the distant summit a quiet sense of scale.
A closer view of Heart Lake draws attention to the red and gold shoreline beneath Colden's distant shoulder. The reflection softens the forest into a second, quieter landscape.
Autumn trees and the mountain skyline gather in the quiet surface of Heart Lake. Mount Marcy sits back in the distance, with Colden's shoulder rising on the right.
From Rocky Mountain near Inlet, New York, the sun drops toward Fourth Lake in the Fulton Chain of Lakes as the forest turns amber below me. A weathered pine and bare summit rock anchor this wide evening view.
The rising sun catches a small foreground tree above a ribbon of valley fog. This focus-stacked view brings that intimate edge of the summit into the larger High Peaks landscape.
Morning light reaches Mount Colden on the left and the MacIntyre Range on the right. Below the summits, low fog threads through a valley layered with fall color.
A closer view from Van Hoevenberg follows the golden valley toward Mount Colden. Thin morning mist separates the forest layers beneath the summit.
From Van Hoevenberg, I picked out a small corner of South Meadow as the light arrived. Fine strands of mist weave among green conifers and golden trees.
The sky turns violet and gold before sunrise over South Meadow and the back of Big Slide. Cool rock, crimson groundcover, and a long ribbon of fog hold the last stillness of the night.
A tall pine stands among layers of trees beneath the early morning sky. Low fog softens the forest while warm sunrise color gathers overhead.
Sunrise breaks beneath a heavy ceiling of cloud while fog drifts around the Giant's Washbowl. From the Nubble, warm ridgelines and the dark water settle into a fleeting balance.
Sunlight filters through moving fog onto the trees along Round Mountain's shoulder. I isolated the warm treetops against the surrounding blue-gray mist.
A vertical view from Giant's Nubble follows the Washbowl toward the sunrise. Fog gathers in the valleys while warm light stretches beneath a dark bank of cloud.
Fog spills around the Washbowl while a bright band of sunrise reaches the distant hills. This square composition keeps the autumn basin gathered beneath the dramatic sky.
From a quiet cliff near Giant's Washbowl, early light reaches the gold forest and surrounding rock. I have left this small viewpoint unnamed to keep its sense of discovery.
From an unnamed cliff, Chapel Pond lies to the left and Giant's Washbowl to the right, with fog moving between them. This high-resolution panorama holds the folds of the valley and the bright autumn canopy in one wide view.
From the Nubble, I watched fog roll over Round Mountain's shoulder. A narrow wash of alpenglow catches the autumn trees against the cool, dark cloud behind them.
Clouds wrap Lower Wolf Jaw while reds and golds climb its forested slopes. The shifting veil leaves just enough of the summit visible above the color.
A close view picks out the pale Chapel Pond slabs among autumn trees. Moving cloud lets a brief wash of light touch the rock and the gold forest around it.
A summit pine frames the Washbowl as the morning sun lights a forested shoulder. Fog travels through the valley beneath a sky that is still heavy with cloud.
From Connery Pond, Whiteface rises through a soft sea of fog. The first pink light touches the summit beneath a lavender sky.
A telephoto view from Henderson Lake compresses Wallface and a nearer autumn ridge into two distinct layers. Low cloud softens the rock while the red and gold trees cut across the frame.
A wooded peninsula reaches into Henderson Lake beneath the lower slopes of McNaughton. The overcast morning reduces the scene to soft layers of water, autumn trees, and drifting fog.
Still water mirrors the autumn ridge below Wallface as a band of fog crosses the trees. A dark foreground rock gives this vertical view an intimate place to begin.
A four-to-one panorama gathers Henderson Lake, Wallface, and a low ceiling of cloud into a single quiet sweep. Bands of fog linger between the bright forest and its reflection.
A loon crosses Henderson Lake beneath a shoreline bright with autumn color. The bird's small wake breaks an otherwise nearly perfect reflection.
A loon glides past reflected reds and golds on Henderson Lake. I kept the distant shoreline soft so the bird and its narrow wake could hold the frame.
A lone loon moves into the open water of Henderson Lake beneath a muted autumn hillside. Concentric ripples spread through the gray morning reflection.
A handmade wooden canoe rests at Henderson Lake's put-in, framed by yellow leaves and calm water. Its warm wood echoes the color of the shoreline beyond.
From across the inlet, the wooden canoe becomes a small golden line beneath the forest. Still water doubles the autumn trees around this quiet landing.
A single yellow maple stands apart from the darker forest at the edge of Boreas Ponds. Its reflection makes a small, luminous island of color in the still water.
One red maple leaf rests on a pale cushion of branching lichen. A small patch of sunlight turns this close woodland detail into its own autumn landscape.
A yellow maple stands in the golden meadow of the Plains of Abraham off Adirondack Loj Road. Gray Peak sits beyond the field beneath a clear blue sky and passing clouds.
River Road winds through the autumn forest near Franklin Falls. I framed the rise and fall of the pavement beneath the branches to let the road carry the eye into the trees.
This wider view follows the golden meadow from the yellow maple toward Mount Colden on the right. The open sky and sunlit field give the High Peaks a gentler autumn setting.
A northern view of Indian Lake follows its winding shoreline through peak fall color. Passing clouds lay broad shadows across the gold and orange forest.
Looking south over Indian Lake, autumn color traces every inlet and island. From the air, the long blue water opens toward distant Adirondack ridges.
A vertical view looks through the early light toward Whiteface and the fog-filled valley. Autumn trees rise out of the white mist in warm, distinct layers.
From the air above Mason Lake, bright shoreline trees trace the water into the southern Adirondack hills. The open view reveals a patchwork of gold forest, blue water, and distant ridges.
A small trace of snow clings to Snowy Mountain's summit above the autumn forest. I used a tighter view to set that first hint of winter against the warm foliage below.
A low sun stretches across Fourth Lake, viewed from Rocky Mountain near Inlet, New York. In this vertical view, red foliage and the textured summit rock lead down toward the Fulton Chain of Lakes.
I climbed a white pine on an unnamed mountain off Bear Cub Lane for this sunset view. The Chubb River corridor and Sawtooth Mountains open beyond the branches in the last warm light.
From Noonmark, I watched a low cloud settle over Dix at a moody sunset. Gold foliage in the foreground catches the fading light beneath the dark mountain.
From Rocky Mountain near Inlet, New York, the setting sun rests over Fourth Lake while red leaves gather along the summit edge. This final wide view holds the last clear light of the evening over the Fulton Chain of Lakes.
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