peter otis photos, places

A comment about my places shots:

“The travel shots I’ve seen I’ve enjoyed. Maybe you choose the kind of places that we would choose, but the places look like we’d want to go there. ”

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Southern New England & NYC Gallery

After living most of our lives in Northern New England, our home is now CT and the majority of our time is spent in Southern New England. NYC is a place to visit.

Human-made and natural structures beckon to me to capture them in their best light.

Images in this gallery are all special places: along County Road, Guilford in foliage and maple sap seasons; a glacial erratic along the shore of Lost Lake, Guilford, CT; almost 3 years of demolition, excavation and construction plus some recent images of Yale’s Platinum LEED Kroon Hall that houses the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT; interior windows of Trinity Episcopal Church, Branford, CT; Green Animals Topiary Gardens, Portsmouth, RI; winter along the Lieutenant River at the Florence Griswold Museum, Lyme, CT; and winter on the East River Preserve, Guilford, CT; a sunrise and a sunset at Point Judith Light, and vistas of the Great Salt Pond, Narragansett, RI; a summery front porch in Guilford, CT; the Guilford, CT First Congregational Church and Parsonage; late afternoon along the West River from Olmsted Outlook, Guilford, CT; and one of the exhibition tents at the Guilford (CT) Agricultural fair;

: Harbor, New York, NY

: Deep in the Westwoods Trails, Guilford, CT

: West River, Frederick Law Olmsted Park, Guilford, CT

: Fredrick Law Olmsted Park, Guilford, CT

: Guilford, CT Green

: East River Preserve, Guilford, CT

: Guilford CT Agricultural Fair Tents

: Kroon Hall, Yale University, New Haven CT

: Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT

: Sunset, Point Judith Light, Narragansett, RI

: Sunset, Port of Galilee, Narragansett, RI

: Congregational Church, Guilford, CT

: Great Salt Pond, Narragansett, RI

: Mars Pond, Yale University, New Haven, CT

: Early Morning Light, Point Judith, Narragansett, RI

: Sunrise, Point Judith, Narragansett, RI

: Point Judith Jetty, Narragansett, RI

: House Front, Guilford, CT

: Green Animals Topiary Garden, Portsmouth, RI

: Lost Lake, Guilford, CT

: Lieutenant River, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT

: New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY

: Stony Creek, Branford, CT

: Trinity Church, Branford, CT

: Maple Sap Buckets, County Road, Guilford, CT

Northern New England & NY Gallery

Although we lived in the Northeast Kingdom of VT at one point, NH and ME are the states that draw us back to family and for restoration time.

Locations of current photos in this gallery: Monhegan Island, ME ( a special spot that is one of the most concentrated photographic attractions anywhere for me); Bethlehem, NH; North Haven, ME; and Crown Point, NY.

: Christmas Tree Farm, The Rocks Estate, Bethlehem, NH

: Lobster Traps and Buoys at Rest, North Haven, ME

: Crown Point State Historic Site, Crown Point, NY

: Ready for Occupying, Monhegan Island, ME

: Still Lit, Monhegan Lighthouse, Monhegan Island, ME

: Sunrise, Monhegan Island, ME

: Approaching the Wharf, Monhegan Island, ME

: At Rest, Monhegan Island, ME

: Sunrise, Fox Island Thoroughfare, North Haven, ME

: Monhegan Light at pre-dawn, ME

: Sunset from Schoodic Point after a rainy day, ME

: Heading down to the water, Bass Harbor Light, ME

: Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory, Prospect, ME

: Lone tree near Thunder Hole, Acadia National Park, ME

: Along Otter Cliff, Acadia National Park, ME

: Reflected arched wooden foot bridge, Somesville, ME

: Monhegan- early light on the keeper’s house and light, ME

: Crawling in the seaweed and tide pools, Southwest Harbor, ME

: Tranquility at Jordan Pond – after iced coffee and popovers with strawberry preserves!

: A foggy start, Southwest Harbor, ME

California Gallery

Orange County and “SoCal” is a different world. But there is loveliness everywhere for me to try to capture.

Current photos in this gallery include: The Chart House Restaurant, Dana Point, CA; Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; Orange County’s Great Park, Irvine, CA; Florence Joyner Olympiad Park, Mission Viejo, CA; Tanaka Farms, Irvine, CA; and Joshua Tree National Monument, CA.

: Cyclists, Florence Joyner Olympiad Park, Mission Viejo, CA

: Orange County Great Park Balloon, Irvine, CA

: Chart House Restaurant, Dana Point, CA

: Sunrise Water Spouts, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA

: Classic Bus, Tanaka Farms, Orange County, CA

: Joshua Tree National Park, CA

: April Bloom, Joshua Tree National Park, CA

AZ/ NM/ NV/ UT Gallery

Our trip to this region in hot, hot June 2010 provided visual treats in many ways, one of the most significant is being immersed in reds and browns and blues and other colors that are so different to our day-to-day colors in New England. It was a feast! A few days in July 2011 in New Mexico, has made us even more eager to return to space West of the 100th Meridian.

Locations of current photos in this gallery: Hoover Dam, AZ; Marble Canyon, AZ; Sedona, AZ; Grand Canyon, AZ; Santa Fe, NM; Jemez State Monument Heritage Area, NM; Carson National Forest, NM; Las Trampas, NM; Taos, NM; Las Vegas, NV; Zion National Monument, UT.

: Virgin River and Crooked Tree, Zion National Park, UT

: Massive Peaks and Virgin River, Zion National Park, UT

: Crossing the Virgin River, Zion Canyon, UT

: West of the Tunnel- Rte 9- Zion National Park, UT

: Outside the East Entrance, Zion National Park, UT

: Hoover Dam, Lower Colorado River, NV/ AZ Border

: On the Road to Lees Ferry from Marble Canyon, AZ

: Sunrise, Marble Canyon, AZ

: Early Morning Sun on Vermilion Rocks, Marble Canyon, AZ

: Early AM, Navajo Bridge, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, AZ

: Visitor Center, Coronado Historic Site, along the Rio Grande River, NM

: Visitor Center, Coronado Historic Site, along the Rio Grande River, NM

: Pueblo of Jemez, Sandoval County, NM

: Arias de Quiros Complex Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM

: Resting Spot Outside the NM Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM

: New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM

: Bell Rock Vortex, Sedona, AZ

: Sedona’s Rich Colors, Sedona, AZ

: Cathedral Rock Vortex, Sedona, AZ

: San Jose de Gracia De Las Trampas Church, Las Trampas, NM

: The Carson National Forest, the Clouds and the Mountains, NM

: San Francisco de Asis Mission Church, Taos, NM

: Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos, NM

: Airport Vortex, Sedona, AZ

: San Francisco de Asis Mission Church, Taos, NM

: San Francisco de Asis Mission Church, Taos, NM

: Filling a Balloon, Northern Light Balloon Expeditions, Sedona, AZ

: Hot Air For Our Balloon, Northern Light Balloon Expeditions, Sedona, AZ

: Full and Rising, Northern Light Balloon Expeditions, Sedona, AZ

: Sunrise, Northern Light Balloon Expeditions, Sedona, AZ

: Twins, Northern Light Balloon Expeditions, Sedona, AZ

: Back on Earth and Deflating, Northern Light Balloon Expeditions, Sedona, AZ

: Sunrise, Grand Canyon South Rim, AZ

: Incredible Light and Shadows, Grand Canyon South Rim, AZ

: Waiting for the Sun, Grand Canyon South Rim, AZ

: Eiffel Tower, Las Vegas, NV

: Bellagio Hotel Lake, Las Vegas, NV

: Bellagio Hotel Lobby, Las Vegas, NV

: Conservatory and Botanical Garden Display, Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

: Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos, NM

Middle Atlantic incl. DC/ MD/ VA/ WV/ PA Gallery

Time spent in our nation’s capital and in the area where WV and MD meet has provided me an opportunity to capture images that also reflect the beauty of nature and structures, and in some cases, people interacting with their surroundings.

The pictures in this gallery were taken at The Washington National Monument, The Duke Ellington Memorial Bridge, Mama Ayesha’s Restaurant, The National Building Museum and other sites in Washington, DC; and at Antietam National Battlefield, MD.