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Corinne and I took a day trip up to the Kancamagus Highway today. While thoroughly exhausted, it was a great time.

I took a bunch of photo gear with me, but didn’t end up doing a lot of shooting. While the weather was nice, there were tons of clouds that ruined a lot of otherwise great scenery. I took a wide lens (well, wide for me) – 35mm f/1.4 and a long lens – 70-200 f2.8 IS and used the 35 most. I think I would have shot more had I brought my 100 macro with me. Next time.

Of course, if I’d taken that instead of the 70-200, there’d be moose, deer, bears and every other creature to photograph at a distance. That’s the way these things work I think.

I think the critter list consists of

• goslings (in Boston while leaving)
• a deer that ran across I-93 about 100 yards ahead of us
• a pug on a motorcycle – wearing a helmet and goggles
• a random chipmunk at a distance
• tons of toads on various trails

Nothing too spectacular (and half of it was seen while in the car!), but fun regardless.

We did some hiking, picnicking and general relaxing. All said and done, we only got to about 1/2 of the Kancamagus, so we’ll likely be going back — hopefully on a day with some more agreeable weather.

I’m going to process my images and see if there’s anything worth posting. At the very least, the Singh-Ray Vari-ND worked REALLY well.