Upper Saranac Lake, NY (52 pics)

[jsedlak]

This was to be the last voyage with my S7000 (Point and Shoot)... and I really think I got the best out of it here. My family took a trip up to Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks (New York) and spent a week in a lakefront house. It was such an awesome trip and so very relaxing. I spent lots of personal time with my camera as well as my father's Canon (pictured).

Critique-ing welcomed!

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My mother was relaxing on the dock and she is rarely up for picture taking with her as the subject. I was really happy I could get a good photo of her... and she was smiling to boot!
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Our rowboat got lost, rather it drifted away. Since my thumb was injured and couldn't get wet my sister and brother had to go fetch it.
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I ended up waking at 5:30AM one morning just to see the sunrise... thought it would be up at that time but it turned out to be later than expected.
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That is me at the end of the dock; I was fooling around with timed shots.
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My father's camera (Canon) with the zoom lens. I believe the lens is a 70-300mm.
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[jsedlak]

One of the days we took a trip to some sort of nature museum with a walkable trail. So the next bunch of photos was from that trip... The museum was awesome, and my favorite part was the live Otter area. They have a River Otter and he was definately the cutest animal I have ever seen. I unfortunately couldn't get a good picture because he moved too fast and the lighting was way too low.
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Afterwards we went food shopping and when we came out I noticed this dog was chilling in the driver seat of some car. I thought it was funny so I snapped some pictures.
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I finally got out on the boat (thumb injury FTL) and snapped pictures of my family enjoying the cold waters. hehe
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[jsedlak]

The next day we visited a place called The Gorges. Had a bunch of waterfalls and was pretty cool.
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Ha. We also visited Lake Placid and took rides on the old bobsled track. My brother and I beat my father/sister by nearly a second. Was definately a fun ride, although expensive. We were going to do the bi-athelon shooting but it closed to early.
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A picture of my father (left) and me (squinting :() at The Gorges..
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And some tubing pictures of my sister, brother and father.
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[DavidTO]

Nice series. I have a long-time love of the Adirondacks. Miss them. Thanks for taking me back. :thumb

[jsedlak]

Nice series. I have a long-time love of the Adirondacks. Miss them. Thanks for taking me back. :thumb

Thanks. I will always love the Adirondacks after spending just one week there. So quiet and relaxing.

[antrieb]

I love your old camera John! And Saranac lake is a great place. Nice shots!

[jsedlak]

I love your old camera John! And Saranac lake is a great place. Nice shots!

I am glad you love it... I am kind of missing the video feature... hehe. 15 minutes (limited only by the card) of 30fps, 640x480 video (w/ audio) was one of the selling points when I originally bought it... :wink

And thanks for the comments... :ivar