Finally, a warm and sunny day after the waters of Irene and the remnants of other storms have passed. The torrent of the Normanskill still rages on my forage for photos of the area. I have trouble getting to the river from the trails on the Normanskill East and West so I go down the other side of the river from the Normanskill Farm.
Here it is easier to gain access to the shore and to see the bridge and the buildings of the Normanskill Farm. They are still and unused, but look nice in the contrasty dappled sunlight of the later afternoon.
I am determined to get some good HDR images and shlep my tripod along for the journey armed only with the 17-50 Tammy on my Canon 40D. I have my Canon 70-200L f4 in the car but do not need it today.
Here are a few of the results of my efforts: the small wooden bridge on the Normanskill West trail; a fine bunch of brightly colored mushrooms on the Normanskill East trail; a view of the old stone bridge over the swiftly moving Normanskill taken from the west bank; and a view of one of the Normanskill Farm buildings. Click on the photos to see a full size version.
All images were post-processed in Lightroom 3 and the Nik plugins: Color Efex Pro, HDR Efex Pro and Silver Efex Pro. I just learned that Nik will issue a greatly upgraded Color Efex Pro – version 4 and I can’t wait to get it.