At Kaaterskill Falls between Palenville and Haines Falls, it's best to photograph from the bottom of the falls. Park at the parking lot above the horseshoe bend in route 23a (you will see the trail sign to the falls at horseshoe bend), then walk down the road to the trail (be careful-very narrow road). The Hike to the base of the falls is less than a mile and is very scenic in its own right (nice photographic stream along the way). Best to go when there is higher water (in the spring, or after a rain event). Also, on the drive up 23 to the Falls stop at some of the pull off areas and get your camera out.

Also, go up to North/South Lake and hike the beginning of the escarpment trail--nice views of the Hudson valley.

Another very scenic area for photographs is the Olana Historic site south of Hudson near the Rip Van Winkle bridge-beautiful view of the Hudson River and Catskills from the grounds. Walk the grounds, and also take a tour of Olana while you are there and enjoy the paintings of Hudson River School Artist Frederic Church.

Looks like Elvis to me.

Why do you fascists thank that a political discussion column would degenerate into name calling? : )

Check out this gorgeous aurora borealis video!

http://io9.com/5699115/quite-possibly-the-most-beautiful-footage-of-aurora-borealis-youve-ever-seen

Your photo reminds me of this photo I took in Yellowstone a couple summers ago.

Bison in Yellowstone

Santa gave me a Nikkor AF-S DX VR Zoom 55-200, and a B+W neutral density 3.0 1000x filter. I'm with you, Belle44-why do we have to work for a living? I can't wait for the weekend to play with my new toys.

As for my employer-we got a new contract with no raise for 3 years, 9 furlough days and significantly increased health care costs.

Santa was much better to me than my employer.

I bought my "USB thingie" for about $5.00 and it works great. It's a Kodak 50-in-1 card reader. It has five different types of slots for cards, so I'm going to need to buy 4 more types of cameras!

Akron1950--One of the dangers of electronic communication is that messages often get taken the wrong way. I didn't mean to imply that I didn't appreciate the complement. I was just trying to say that as his son I never had looked at the photo from that perspective. If others look at it that way, that's cool! Thanks for the complement! Here's another one of him, with his bride-to-be right after the war ended.

New York State has 2.6 million acres of Forest Preserve land in the Adirondack Mountains, protected by the State Constitution since 1895 as "forever wild forest land" on which the timber cannot be removed, destroyed, or sold. The Northwestern Adirondacks is a canoists paradise. And for those who like mountains, come to the High Peaks near Lake Placid. Nearly 300,000 acres of "forever wild forest land" is also located in the Catskill Mountains. Ya'll should grab your cameras and come!

In the Santanoni Preserve

I work on environmental issues. As we say at work: when you are in the office it is a wetland, but when you are walking around in the field it's a f*****g swamp!

Akron1950--I never looked at the photo from that perspective! I've always seen the confused, disbelieving stress of war in his face...

I love this photo of my father, taken somewhere in Europe in WWII.

Here's a lilnk to the D90 Manual:
http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/noprint/D90_ennoprint.pdf

I believe it is a sharp shinned hawk. One of these guys often hunts the birds feeding at our bird feeder.
Check out: http://birding.about.com/od/birdprofiles/p/prosharpshinned.htm

sand sculptures-Hanalei Bay, Kauai