A Short Road Trip Up A Mountain

Nice weather and a day with no obligations gave me an opportunity to make the hour drive to Prospect Mountain in Lake George. A New York State Park, the drive up the mountain has several parking areas with overlooks and then a nice little walk up to the summit from the main parking lot.

I used the 5D Mark III with 24-105mm lens and 7D Mark II with 70-200mm lens. There was a haze in the sky which was both positive and negative. Haze always creates a sense of depth in landscapes but it also makes the more distant features soft and mushy. It also washes out colors. I could have used a little less haze today.

Here are a few samples. Two dozen full size tiff files have been added to my Adirondack Scenics gallery at https://trulandphotography.com/adirondacks.

Paradox Lake Sunrise

In the absence of fog, there was a visible sunrise this morning over Paradox Lake. I'm collecting all my Adirondack scenics in a new gallery located at https://trulandphotography.com/adirondacks.

Here are some photos with the same setup as Friday morning.

Paradox Lake Scenics

I had intended to capture a sunrise looking East over Paradox Lake this morning. I was down at the beach over a half hour before sunrise. But, the combination of air temperatures around 40 degrees and warmer water temperatures led to some dense fog which obscured the sun until over an hour after sunrise.

The fog did contribute to some nice scenes, however, if not the sunrise scenes I was hoping for. These are all five file HDR composites with the 5D Mark III and 24-105mm lens on top of my heavier tripod, Bogen 3021 legs with a Bogen 3047 3 way pan/tilt head.

The setup looked like this:

Adirondack Scenics

A walk late this morning took me along River Road along the north branch of the Schroon River. This part of River Road runs from Route 74 at the west end of Paradox Lake to Route 9 at Schroon Falls. The actual falls aren't much more than a bit of rapids to be honest.

These are all five image HDR composites made with the 5D Mark III and EF 24-105mm lens.