Adirondack's

[Graham Owen]

I had a fun family vacation in the Adirondacks this summer, and of course, I brought a camera along. I spent a few days at Tupper Lake relaxing and fishing and also trying to capture images of the natural surroundings. I brought a D300 and several lenses in my new DryZone 200 waterproof backpack, and the backpack works, because I took a spill into the water twice, and all of my gear remained dry and intact.

Here's a few shots from Tupper Lake New York...


A swampy bay on the east side of Tupper Lake


Bog River flowing into the south end of the lake


The weather was often sunny, warm and breezy


There was wildlife everywhere


A pretty little Cedar Waxwing


A freshly emerged dragonfly preparing for its first flight


This dragonfly fly didn't fare very well


Apparently there was enough to share


Numerous varieties of wildflowers were in full bloom


Wild Daisies


Raindrops on purple wild flowers


It was amazing how green and lush all of the foliage was


Bright puffy clouds


It's about to rain


Bog River waterfall flowing into Tupper Lake


Sunset - (some pretty clouds would have been appreciated)


Bog River flowing into Tupper Lake, well after sunset

It was a good trip!

Graham

[gldiana]

Graham, many nice photos... there are some that I really like but the b&w one of the foliage really does it for me.

[Tom B.]

Graham - Nice shots...The flowage shots are fantastic...Nice work on capturing the 'feeding' shots - right place, right time, and right equipment!

Tom B.

[gdietzman]

Those are great. I particularly like the b&w of the leaves.

[Graham Owen]

Thank Luca, Tom and Gordon,

My wife's favorite is also the b&w foliage. I was standing where the waterfalls flowed into the lake and looked up at the overhanging trees, at least fourty feet above me, and scanned the foliage with a 300 f/4 until I found a nice composition. The photo was taken mid day and I'm happy it turned out well. I really don't know if I like the bottom shot taken after sunset, but, I bought a new Sigma 10-20 for this trip, and figured I'd better use it. The image actually looks much better on my large monitor but I wish there was a person standing on the rocky shoreline, to show how large the scene really is. The tree that hangs over the water is pretty massive. The swallows with the dragonfly was very lucky, shot with the 300 f/4, and I didn't know what I had until I viewed tham later on my laptop. Unfortunately those images were cropped, but I love the graceful lines of the wings.

Graham

[Mr.F]

I love the 2 shots of the birds & the dragon fly !

[Bonish Photo]

Graham, all the shots are fantastic, but the 3rd from last is by far my favorite. Looks like you had some distortion on the lens almost like it was a fisheye, or a 10mm, but it works what ever it was

[Graham Owen]

Mr. F and Pat, thanks I'm glad you like them. Pat, I did shoot that waterfall @ 10mm, with a Sigma 10-20 which I bought a week before the trip. From reading reviews about the distortion of this lens, I tied to avoid shooting horizons with long lines, that couldn't be straightned in Photoshop, especially the left and right edges of the frame. I thought about trying to straighten the trees a bit, but never got around to it, and I think the lines sort of lead ones eye towards the flowing water, which was important in the composition. I also captured a lot of photos of the water with faster shutter speeds, which my wife likes much better, say's it's much more realistic, but I like the look of the slowed down silky effect. I guess thats why I posted so many different images from my trip, because different people like different things, and I feel happy if they find an image they enjoy viewing.