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Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook

Look Up, Then Out

Enjoy your second day of 2020

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Standing on the trail alongside Lucifer Falls, crane your neck, up and up to the cliff top. Look closely to see the protective rock wall of the overlook.

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  • Lucifer Falls Overlook from the Gorge Trail
    Lucifer Falls Overlook from the Gorge Trail

The Rim Trail includes this overlook of Lucifer Falls with, upstream, the Devil’s Kitchen waterfall, the path of the Gorge Trail in between.

  • Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook

    Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook

The full sweep of Lucifer Falls on an autumn evening, the sun hidden behind the gorge walls. Here the Gorge Trail emerges from the shelter of the gorge, emerging into a dizzying view.

  • Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook

    Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook

  • Brink of Lucifer Falls

    Brink of Lucifer Falls
  • Lucifer Falls Overlook from the Gorge Trail

    Lucifer Falls Overlook from the Gorge Trail
  • Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook

    Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook
  • Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook

    Lucifer Falls from Rim Trail Overlook

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2020 Already?

2019 flew by

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These were captured from the 2015 July Fourth fireworks at Ithaca’s Stewart Park. We have a clear view from our home’s front porch, the view is hampered somewhat by the wires, not registered when viewing but show up in photographs. The best shots, shown above, were from a Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L USM lens, the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III mounted on a Manfrotto studio tripod with hydrostatic ball head. ISO set to 1,600 and exposure set to 5 seconds. I started each shot when I heard the very first whooosh of the rocket.

Maybe I’ll set up on the roof for the 2020 July Fourth display? If Pam will let me.

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Brink of Lucifer Falls

On the Edge

Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone.

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This trail, built into the slate/sandstone gorge wall, follows the descent of Lucifer Falls. Here we view the brink and the path alongside. Follow this trail to Devil’s Kitchen, up and around the corner.

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  • Brink of Lucifer Falls
    Brink of Lucifer Falls

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Bostwick Road, October

Connecticut Hill Retrospective

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  • Bostwick Road, October
    Bostwick Road, October
  • Connecticut Hill Autumn View with Cayuta Lake
    Connecticut Hill Autumn View with Cayuta Lake
  • Autumn Apple Orchard, portrait
  • Across the Plain
    Across the Plain
  • Autumn Fields, Finger Lakes
    Autumn Fields, Finger Lakes
  • Connecticut Hill Autumn
    Connecticut Hill Autumn
  • Sere Cornfield
    Sere Cornfield
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Connecticut Hill Autumn

Connecticut Hill Autumn

dramatic sky

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Connecticut Hill from Harvey Hill Road on a late October afternoon. Newfield of the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.

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  • Connecticut Hill Autumn
    Connecticut Hill Autumn
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Autumn Fields, Finger Lakes

Autumn Fields, Finger Lakes

Hay Bales!!

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The land opens up on the slopes of Connecticut Hill, Newfield of the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.

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  • Autumn Fields, Finger Lakes
    Autumn Fields, Finger Lakes
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Across the Plain

Across the Plain

Sere grasses

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The Finger Lakes are formed by a series of inclined planes spread across central New York State.

Here we look northwest across the land between Cayuga and Seneca lakes, all forests and farm land. Seneca Lake is not visible,15 miles distant, and the Finger Lakes National Forest in between.

The only town is Hector, New York, population 4,854 in the 2,000 census. The foreground are sere grasses, a field of beef cattle and pond.

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  • Across the Plain
    Across the Plain
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