Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Kancamagus Highway, New Hampshire

I continued driving through the White Mountains and ended up on the Kancamagus Highway, a gorgeous road with a high pass and lush valleys on either side.  I pulled over numerous times to shoot pictures of the various scenes, the birch trees mostly catching my eyes.  As I descended the far side of the pass I was struck by the icicles formed by the seeps from the fractures along this granite face, especially in contrast to the bare trees in front.  I love the contrast of the verticality of the ice to the horizontality of the rock, a classic composition.