or the last few years I have been driving around the mountain back roads searching for a vantage point to glimpse an unencumbered landscape view of the area.
A week ago I saw a sign made of ragged half sheet of plywood painted brick red with white letters that sounded out a call to arms to ‘KEEP BEAR POINT OPEN”. So during the evening I inquired at the local tavern where was Bear Mountain peak ?
That is when I learned that a half a mile up the road from my house, was an abandoned mountain road, that traverses straight up to the wonderful view of Rensellear Valley.
I woke at 4:00am this morning and trekked up the logging road, lugging my 45,50,16,14-24 lens, At the peak, the 24 PC-E was the lens to use to assist in framing the shot. As much as I frame away from a mid-horizon line, there was no way to avoid it…., I wanted the escarpment boulders in the foreground, the elm and lower lake to create the depth and let the morning pink glow create the drama, with the morning haze over the far off Berkshires.
