Winter – Orcutt Photography

March 2016 Image of the Month: Dam at Aziscohos

Dam at Aziscohos

Constructed to create a storage basin on the Maggalloway River in western Maine, Aziscohos Dam was completed in 1911. When it was built, it was one of the largest storage reservoirs in the country, and with other dams in the region, it is part of one of the largest water storage systems in New England. The lake formed by the dam at Aziscohos is a headwater and one of the major tributaries to the Androscoggin River.

Details of the small buildings above the retention structure with their arches and brackets caught my attention, as I drove past the dam during a mid-winter snowstorm. Streaks made by falling snowflakes add a pencil-like texture to the dark areas of the large arch openings, and I felt the linear bridge, arriving from the left side of the frame, strengthened the composition.

Hasselblad H3D, HC 50-110mm zoom lens at 110mm,1/8sec @ f16, ISO 50, manual focus, spot metered, tripod mounted

February 2016 Image of the Month: Cathedral Pines in Snow

Denise Lilly
February 1, 2016
Image of the Month

Cathedral Pines in Snow

Cathedral Pines, located in Eustis, Maine is one of the largest old-growth stands of Red Pines (Pinus Resinosa) in the North East United States. This beautiful mature Red Pine forest on the shore of Flagstaff Lake at 1,150′ above sea level is the site of a popular seasonal campground. Fresh snow on smaller spruce trees provides separation and scale for the towering red pine trunks reaching to the forest canopy.

Nikon D800E, 70-200mm zoom lens at focal length 82mm, ISO 400, f11, 1/125 sec, UV filter, manual focus, spot metering, hand held

January 2016 Image of the Month: Mosher Hill Winter Storm

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Photographed at the height of a heavy January snowstorm with howling wind, this strand of maple trees at the base of Norton Mountain near Farmington, Maine appear as ghost trees, floating above the ground. Low temperatures and swirling snow made camera operation and mobility difficult.

Hasselblad H3D, 210mm f4 lens, ISO 50, f4.8, 1/180 sec, UV filter, manual focus, spot metering, tripod-mounted