PARTING SHOT " MY DAY JOB is on a computer working with data. Photography is a creative outlet and a way to fully immerse myself in nature. This means I often bring my camera to work in Portsmouth and go for photo walks on my lunch breaks. On this day back in December 2019, we had light but very wet snow all morning that stopped around midday. I was excited to see that the fresh snow had covered everything in a very pretty way, so I headed to the Great Bay Wildlife Refuge behind the Pease airport in Newington. I was the first one to get to the boardwalk that leads out to the viewing area on the pond, where I was met with this beautiful, undisturbed scene. I used my telephoto lens to peer through the trees and capture the sense of wonder and excitement just around the next corner. I often come here to photograph birds from the boardwalk, but this time the boardwalk itself was the star. " - Photographer Jonathan Hornbeck