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Photowalk: Highland, New York
My partner Mark and I are about to purchase a second home, north of the city, in Highland, New York. It’s going to serve as our weekend getaway. Although photography wasn’t a consideration when contemplating purchasing a second home, one of the many benefits of being able to escape New York City is that I’ll be in a new photographic environment. Street photography is (and probably will always be) my first love, and there’s no better place for that than NYC. But I do like nature and landscape photography, and the Hudson Valley offers me many new possibilities.
A few days before, an ice storm hit the area, coating all of the trees and bushes with a layer of ice that looked absolutely beautiful.
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The road itself looked pretty neat, I thought, with the ice-covered trees lining both sides.
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The ice covered branches looked really good when converted to black and white, especially when contrasted against the snow.
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Scenes showing multiple trees and branches looked good both in black and white and in color, especially against the clear blue sky.
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I added a filter that fades things a bit, giving an enchanted/haunted forest look.
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That filter is becoming a favorite of mine.
With so many ponds, streams, lakes, fields, and old barns and sheds in the area, it should provide me with a rich source of photographic material. I can’t wait to get settled in up there.
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