I live near NYC and don't get a lot of opportunities to take time off from work to fly to exotic locations anymore to shoot big landscapes. So I am thinking of focusing on nearby locations and one of the "forever wild" places is right here - Adirondack region. I have been there many times - mostly for ice climbing/hiking/skiing - never really to find an image with my photography equipments. So I will love to hear your comments on your favorite spots in Adirondack. I do long hikes into the wilderness as well as road-side photography - landscapes are my strength, but getting into flora/fauna side too. I have studied books like Nathan Farb and a few others, but nothing like to learn from you guys.
Thanks and I promise to share any new spots that I find here with you all
As an "Adirondack photographer", I probably would not post or share my truly favorite quiet less-visited places in the Adirondacks. But I would certainly mention those known but spectacular ladnscape spots. You of course already know that anywhere along Rt. 73 offers just about anything. I would say that the most spectacular views of the mountains are not from the tops of the High peaks but the adjacent lower peaks looking at the higher ones. Noonmark Mt. is superb for this. This is not the time for flora and fauna in the daks is a true challenge unless you have bear problesm in your backyard there.
I have spent some time around Blue mt lake and North Creek. on 28. there is some great veiws there. lots of trails to back country to. Last summer my son and I climbed up Chimney mt. which is east of Indian lake. The top has a very interesting rock formation giving the mountain it's name plus alot of caves. There is also a northward view to the central adirns.
If you haven't heard, the Nature Conservency just bought 165,000 acres from Finch Pruyn lumber. the parcels are all over the place up there. Should be some new places to shoot soon.
Posted by Attila Zsaki on September 25, 2007 at 7:38 PM
Listening to Jeff Nadler's advice IÕve visited Route 73 between Route 9 and Keene. It is filled with sights; the road follows a meandering creek with car-sized boulders, on either side you are surrounded with mountains and around a picnic grounds just before Keene Valley you are rewarded with a view perfect for a nice panorama shot opportunity of the mountains you just passed. I drove through that stretch of the road two weeks ago coming back from the reenactment of the 250th anniversary of the capture of Fort William Henry...I'll go back in two weeks again. Thanks Jeff!
I've just joined your community. My husband and I are planning a holiday to the States end Sept-Oct, which will now include Adirondack, to photograph autumn colours and the mountains. As this is total foreign country (we are from South Africa) and
we are only there for a week: please give advise on which are the best areas to stay in and focus on for photograpy. Some of the above comments have already helped a lot. Thanks.
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5 repliesThanks and I promise to share any new spots that I find here with you all
we are only there for a week: please give advise on which are the best areas to stay in and focus on for photograpy. Some of the above comments have already helped a lot. Thanks.