The World Around Us Springtime March 2025

I might be a little early in saying “Springtime,” but it has been a colder than normal winter and looking at previous spring creations and today being the first day of March 2025 I am officially calling it spring.

I am looking forward to this year and especially this spring with the return of the songbird’s chorus and new local locations to visit. As a conservation photographer I find spring to be one of the best seasons to create new images, from photographing the flowers, the trees showing off their new spring clothes and the migration of the birds returning to their northern homes.

I am going to challenge myself this year to discover new ways to promote our local conversation lands with my photography. Everything I need is readily available and it all starts with a walk into nature.

Please follow my post (I will try to update at least twice a month) and maybe we will cross paths in the fields, nature is for everyone.

Early in February after a snowstorm I was the first biped to walk into Hawk Valley farm and saw prints of Rabbits, Squirrels, Foxes, and Coyotes. Along my walk I came across twisted twigs in the snow and to me I saw a “Heart.”  The Squirrels were having an art class 😊.

Natures Heart

Back to March, the next picture is from last spring when the Baltimore Orioles returned. This spring will be the same, lots of colors and songs with new births and new creations to share.

Spring is near

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The world around us - January 19, 2025 - update

A constant work in progress - I will be starting new posts in the spring of 2025. In the meantime I will be posting previous post that "I" enjoyed that bring back memories and why I shifted my photography interest to mindful conservation photography and why it is important.

The World Around Us Lowell Canals (post 24)

The city of Lowell, Massachusetts is comprised of both power and transportation canals that were built and maintained from the late 1790’s to today. Although today mainly maintained for historical sites they still offer a view into the past and the National Parks Service (NPS) offers guided boat tours.

Having gone on a few of the NPS tours I learned about the canals and how they played a vital part of Lowell’s early history. The power canals providing hydraulic power vital to the growth of the Industrial revolution in New England. The transportation canals as the name states were built to assist in the transportation of goods (mostly lumber) from Northern New England to the coast. These canals provided a path around the Pawtucket falls and rapids of the Merrimack River which stretch for one mile having a dropped of over 32 feet.

Living and working in the city of Lowell I often take strolls with other photographers or myself to capture the many sites offered whether it be street/urban or historical, so much to see.

On one sunny but nippy late December morning another photographer and I headed out to see what we could find. We decided to focus on Lowell’s Lower Pawtucket transportation canal. Here are two shots from that day, the first being the Pawtucket canal lower locks and the second being a view on the other side of the locks.

Lower Lock:

Camera Settings:

5D Mark IV

Lens EF16-35 f/2.8 III USM

Focal Length 16mm

1/5 sec, f20 ISO 100

Tripod: Yes

What’s behind:

Camera Settings:

5D Mark IV

Lens EF16-35 f/2.8 III USM

Focal Length 16mm

1/20 sec, f20 ISO 100

Tripod: Yes

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