adirondack mountain trip

AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
edited July 26, 2004 in Wildlife
hello forum,

i'm just back from five days in the adirondack mountains of new york, fishing and relaxing with my (entire extended) family. there were 28 of us up there... photography of the creative sort was not first on the agenda for me, and that sort of felt good. no pressure, no worries, just relaxing, with a fly rod, a cold drink, and evenings with a good book, maybe a poker game... oh and teaching my youngest son how to fish. that was a blast. my oldest
boys (17, 16) were out at dawn and back only for (substantial amounts of) food. and then back out again ;-) it's so cool to watch the kids growing up into young men.

it was very gloomy for the first two days

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after gloomy usually comes rain

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the weather finally started to change late friday afternoon

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i did manage to get to the river at 530am and catch the dawn breaking

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not carrying my lenshoods for 2 days, i was a dummy and forgot it
when i needed it ;-)

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my wide angle lenses got a workout. this is a stretch of the river
that my oldest son and i hiked about three hours to get to.... the
fishing was excellent, and we enjoyed a nice riverside lunch of
pan-fried trout.

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i shot a lot of infrared, and i've yet to process most of the
shots. here's one, of the south branch of the moose river:

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and on saturday morning the dawn was the best of the five days

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enjoy (in the woods) photography,

Comments

  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited July 26, 2004
    gorgeous! what rivers are those?


    now take a short break and go to the post office... :D
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 26, 2004
    DoctorIt wrote:
    gorgeous! what rivers are those?


    now take a short break and go to the post office... :D

    thanks

    the lake is little moose lake, the river is the south branch of the moose river.
  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited July 26, 2004
    Beautiful Andy...
    So glad you could get away and relax. The area looks absolutely gorgeous. I noticed some beautiful reflections here heheheh. (Ill probably be seeing reflections everywhere for a long time.) rolleyes1.gif
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  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited July 26, 2004
    andy wrote:
    hello forum,

    i'm just back from five days in the adirondack mountains of new york, fishing and relaxing with my (entire extended) family. there were 28 of us up there... photography of the creative sort was not first on the agenda for me, and that sort of felt good. no pressure, no worries, just relaxing, with a fly rod, a cold drink, and evenings with a good book, maybe a poker game... oh and teaching my youngest son how to fish. that was a blast. my oldest
    boys (17, 16) were out at dawn and back only for (substantial amounts of) food. and then back out again ;-) it's so cool to watch the kids growing up into young men.

    it was very gloomy for the first two days







    after gloomy usually comes rain



    the weather finally started to change late friday afternoon



    i did manage to get to the river at 530am and catch the dawn breaking



    not carrying my lenshoods for 2 days, i was a dummy and forgot it
    when i needed it ;-)



    my wide angle lenses got a workout. this is a stretch of the river
    that my oldest son and i hiked about three hours to get to.... the
    fishing was excellent, and we enjoyed a nice riverside lunch of
    pan-fried trout.



    i shot a lot of infrared, and i've yet to process most of the
    shots. here's one, of the south branch of the moose river:



    and on saturday morning the dawn was the best of the five days



    enjoy (in the woods) photography,
    Beautiful shots Andy but even more beautiful was you being able to be with your family in the wilderness. I bet that will stay with you for years. I did a backbacking trip with my son when he was about 28. We hiked and climbed the Wonderland Trail around Mt Rainier in Washington state. The challenges and the beauty of the wilderness was something I shall treasure always. Now he's up to his eyes in a new business, and a new family and I'm so glad we had that special time together.
    Looks like a lovely peaceful time.. as you know I'm a huge fan of the wild out doors. I'm thrilled to be able to go on my canoeing trip in the wilderness in August.. complete with walking cast!! and camera of course.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Lynn:cry (happy tears)
  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited July 26, 2004
    lynnma wrote:
    Beautiful shots Andy but even more beautiful was you being able to be with your family in the wilderness. I bet that will stay with you for years. I did a backbacking trip with my son when he was about 28. We hiked and climbed the Wonderland Trail around Mt Rainier in Washington state. The challenges and the beauty of the wilderness was something I shall treasure always. Now he's up to his eyes in a new business, and a new family and I'm so glad we had that special time together.
    Looks like a lovely peaceful time.. as you know I'm a huge fan of the wild out doors. I'm thrilled to be able to go on my canoeing trip in the wilderness in August.. complete with walking cast!! and camera of course.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Lynn:cry (happy tears)
    my pathetic attempt ...
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