Adirondacks in Infrared

 

On the 21st, I drove south to the mountains to visit some old haunts and shoot them in IR.  I planned to drive as far as Chapel Pond on Rt 73 and possibly farther east to Split Rock Falls. I started with a stop at Mountain Pond, where there was a group of locals canoeing. 

There were no clouds, with a bright sun, which is perfect for infrared. After Mountain Pond, I stopped in Saranac Lake to visit my brother, then drove down to the Cascade Lakes, where I photographed a roadside boulder and Lower Cascade Lake.

 

My plan to go to Chapel Pond was aborted after a stop in Keene Valley. I stopped at the turnout across from the road to Elizabethtown, where 'the red barn' used to be. It was for many years the most photographed barn in the Adirondacks, but a few years ago, the state tore it down because it was in bad condition and people were using it as a toilet. I was setting up to photograph a tree there when my IR camera signaled that it was shutting down due to a low battery. After a futile search through my camera bag, I discovered that I didn't have a spare battery with me. That was when I aborted the rest of my plan and went home. When I got home, I searched for the spare but couldn't find it, so I ordered two new batteries. The ones I had were getting old (10+ YEARS), so it was time to get new ones anyway.