At Giant's Foot

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 14, 2015212 views6 comments

Please click on the image above to see a larger view.

Thanks for your comments on my previous post -- "From a Giant's Shoulder" -- which included a mountain pond called Giant's Washbowl. I mentioned that anglers are not likely to transport baitfish there (which could endanger the native brook trout population) because it was hidden from the valley below by vertical cliffs, and a steep, bolder-strewn trail. This is a shot of those cliffs that hide Giant's Washbowl from those traveling through the Keene Valley in the Adirondack Forest Preserve.

Canon 5D3; Canon 24-105 mm.; Circ. pol.
2 vertical images stitched in PSCC

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 14, 2015 at 9:23 PM

Hi Wayne crying

A breathtaking scene, with spectacular colors. blush

how big are the trout in the giant's washbowl?

Albert Darmo

Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 14, 2015 at 9:37 PM

Hi Albert, Most of the Windfall Pond Trout in the Washbowl are under a foot long, but I talked to a fly fisherman on my way back from the Nubble, and he said that there are some over 15 inches long now. He speculated that a recent small rise in water level (due to a debris dam at the outlet) may be responsible for this, because the pond is less than 30 feet deep.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 14, 2015 at 11:56 PM

Beautiful colors, Wayne. They are set off nicely by the rocks both in the sun and shade.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on October 15, 2015 at 10:09 AM

Very nice stand of colors with a good backdrop. It would be fun to go after some 15" brookies on light fly gear.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on October 15, 2015 at 10:23 AM

Wayne, vertical scenes as fine as this are hard to really get the total impact on line with having to scroll up and down to take it all in. But, for as well as we can review things this is a very fine scene. I especially like the slice of blue sky at the top, seems to add a lot to the overall color contrast nicely..... laugh

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on October 17, 2015 at 3:31 PM

The trees and the walls look very nice, but the sky isn't working well for me. I don't know if it's the saturation or the tonality, or a combination of both. I think if you worked the sky somewhat it would balance the image more for me. Other than that, I like this.

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments