2025—Contemplating the Beauty

In autumn, the Lower Falls of the Swift River in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest are stunning with a backdrop of gorgeous fall colors. Although it’s been four years since I took this image, I am still awestruck by the beauty and the intensity of the fall colors in New Hampshire. It is a popular place for visitors and while we were there, photographing the falls and the colors from the deck over the river, a number of people ventured out onto the rocks to get a closer look, like this man contemplating the beauty.