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Michael Blanchette Photography

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10/26/2026

𝑼𝙣𝒅𝙚𝒓 𝒕𝙝𝒆 𝑶𝙖𝒌

The first thing I saw after getting out of my car on Saturday at dawn was a cow grazing under an oak tree. The scene was backlit by the rising sun so the tree and cow were in silhouette. I waited for the cow to raise its head before taking the first photo of the day.

10/24/2026

𝙏𝒓𝙚𝒆 𝑳𝙞𝒏𝙚𝒔

The fall colors have now moved further south, so I headed into Massachusetts this morning for sunrise to photograph some colorful trees. Fall foliage is at peak here right now and the colors did not disappoint. And even better, there was widespread frost covering the fields this morning, making the tree colors pop even more than usual against the white grass.

This drone photo of tree-lined country roads was taken just before sunrise when the rising sun cast soft light upon the scene. The myriad of colors in this area is spectacular right now, making for great aerial photography that mixes color with lines and patterns.

10/23/2026

𝑨𝙪𝒕𝙪𝒎𝙣 𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒓 𝑷𝙚𝒏𝙤𝒃𝙨𝒄𝙤𝒕 𝑩𝙖𝒚

Indian Island is a small 4.5 acre island located at the entrance of Rockport Harbor in Penobscot Bay, Maine. The tiny island and its lighthouse are privately owned and closed to the public these days, so I flew my drone over to catch sunset with fall colors in the hills. The lighthouse was first established in 1850 but rebuilt in 1875.

10/22/2026

𝑭𝙤𝒈 𝑪𝙖𝒑

Autumn sunrise at one of the many beautiful ponds in northern Vermont. Fog hovered over the pond at first light, with calm conditions leaving a mirror reflection upon the pond waters. There were few clouds on that recent morning, but the fog compensated with a bit of atmosphere.

10/20/2026

𝙏𝒐𝙥 𝙤𝒇 𝒕𝙝𝒆 𝑵𝙤𝒕𝙘𝒉

This is what it looked like over Dixville Notch in northern New Hampshire two weeks ago. I took up the drone on an early morn from outside the state park for this panoramic view of the notch at peak foliage.

10/19/2026

𝑾𝙖𝒚 𝒕𝙤 𝘿𝒊𝙭𝒗𝙞𝒍𝙡𝒆

Early morning light on the road leading to Dixville Notch in the Great North Woods of New Hampshire.

The colors were at peak when I took the photo, with a myriad of hues that spanned the color wheel all the way from green to red.

10/18/2026

𝘼𝒍𝙤𝒏𝙜 𝙈𝒐𝙪𝒏𝙩 𝙋𝒊𝙨𝒈𝙖𝒉

Mount Pisgah is a mountain on the east side of Lake Willoughby in Vermont. It can be challenging to photograph Lake Willoughby in its entirely due to its size, so I chose to focus on the east side of the lake with Mount Pisgah rising above the glacial lake at some 2,756 feet (840 meters).

I took the photo from a drone before sunset, with Route 5A serving as a diagonal line that leads the eye toward the south end of Lake Willoughby with its blue waters. I left the white car in the frame for a sense of scale.

10/17/2026

𝑪𝙖𝒔𝙘𝒂𝙙𝒆 𝒐𝙣 𝘾𝒖𝙩𝒍𝙚𝒓 𝑹𝙞𝒗𝙚𝒓

The Cutler River is a pretty stream located in the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire. I took this photo from the base of the cascade, while the overarching trees radiated golden hues upon the scene. I love waterfalls in autumn!

10/16/2026

𝙎𝒖𝙣𝒔𝙚𝒕 𝑽𝙞𝒔𝙩𝒂

In my opinion, one of the best ways to show off Vermont fall colors is from high vistas. I took this photo at sunset while looking down on shapely ponds and colorful foliage along the hillsides. As the setting sun neared the horizon, it cast beams of light upon the landscape to complete the picture.

10/12/2026

𝘼𝒖𝙩𝒖𝙢𝒏 𝑩𝙤𝒖𝙦𝒖𝙚𝒕

While flying my drone over a remote field in northern Vermont, I came upon this extremely colorful woodland surrounding ponds of receding sizes. The fall colors in the forest ranged from yellow to orange to bright red, with the pond waters exuding a deep blue color. These were some of the most intense colors I have seen in Vermont this year, the scene reminiscent of multicolored tulip fields in Holland.

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