Photographs and commentary by Dick Snoke
I went alone to explore the section of the trail that had been close due to storm damage earlier this year. The section I really wanted to get to, the boardwalk not far from the fishing pond, is still closed, with a temporary detour to allow access to the rest of the loop.
Besides that, there was no color to speak of. I did see a couple red trees, but there was no useful picture I could find. I did find one red bush (don’t think it is sumac but I may be wrong), so I tried to find a nice composition. Failing that, I fell back on ICM. I tried 6-stop and 10-stop ND filters. The 10-stop filter forced shutter speeds that caused too much blur, at least for my taste.
Then on the way back I found a stand of pine that lent itself to ICM, so I did that too. Along that part of the trail, the woods were dense enough that no filter was needed.