Autumn Squall

While the foliage was not quite peak, I headed up Mount Major in NH's Lakes Region when the forcast called for some bad weather. I captured a pretty cool snow squall heading my way, just about to cross Lake Winnipesaukee. Within 10 minutes of this shot, I had difficulty standing due to the high winds, pretty great to feel the power of nature. I did zoom in for another tight shot of the squall too.

2 exposures: 1 @ f16 ISO 800, processed 2x for DR; 1 @ ISO 2500 that was selectively blended for the mid-ground evergreen trees, as they were waving around in the wind and were pretty blurred in the ISO 800 shot. I left some of the FG soft from the wind, but the steady wind kept them pretty much in the same position.

I did return about a week later for better foliage, but no cool storm. Comment/suggestions welcome.