Evening on Cascade Lake

Posted by Russ Devan (New Hanover, United States) on 28 March 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

This is Cascade Lake, about 5 miles from the little hamlet of Eagle Bay, NY. This is one of my favorite lakes to hike and I hiked and skied it often when I used to live in upstate New York many years ago. I did a circuit hike in the evening around the lake the same day I made the previous image. This was shot shortly before sunset when the light had a beautiful golden quality to it.

Shortly after making this image, I spotted a pair of loons peacefully swimming in the middle of the lake. I tried to photograph them, but the light grew too dim to make a decent image that wasn't blurred. I have seen this pair of loons on this lake each time I hiked here (unless it was winter) and I love listening to their distinctive yodeling and tremolos. Seeing them and hearing their calls was like catching up with old friends.

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