The Shandaken Inn
Linda and I found ourselves in the Catskill unexpectedly on July 4th, having loaded the car with nothing more than cameras, a couple of toothbrushes and coffee. We took a western approach, exited NY17 at East Branch, followed NY30 (and the Delaware River) all the way to Margaretteville, lunched in Roxbury, then took NY28 until, some 6 hours later, we stumbled upon The Shandaken Inn, a charming little B&B whose new owners, Dean and Brig, just opened to guests the day before. Despite having little in the way of cash or clothes, we were tired and sore and decided to stay the night and had a nice time chatting into the evening with our gracious hosts and after a wonderful breakfast the next morning we headed home.
My hopes for catching the morning light was dashed by clouds - but as always, clouds make for dramatic b&w skies. The above was shot from a low angle @10mm, and while the original RAW image had the building fairly underexposed because of the sun directly behind it, a little Aperture and Photoshop magic brought it to life to my satisfaction (despite a bit of lens flare at left).
Behind the Inn runs the Esopus Creek, and a little trailblazing yielded some neat shots of the area.
posted by Paul @ 5:52 PM
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