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Old 06-28-2007, 11:30 PM
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Yes, that was the area I was referring to.

PS....the hamlet of Palenville located at the bottom of 23A is a beautiful artist colony - with a ton of history behind it.
As new residents of Palenville, my wife and I can vouch for the stunning beauty and relaxed charm of Palenville. We arrived in the winter so we've yet to see the late summer and fall but it's unlikely that we'll be disappointed.

I've traveled a good bit and have lived on both sides of the country and this is one of the most magically inviting places you could ask for. It's not for those who want a multi-plex movie house five minutes away, but if quality of life and an environment that offers constant inspiration is your thing, this might be the place for you.

You can see a photo I made on Monday, just an 8-minute walk from our house, here:

http://www.danburkholder.com/palenville.jpg

Trust me, this is not atypical of the area. Good luck with your search!

Dan

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Old 06-29-2007, 05:20 AM
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As new residents of Palenville, my wife and I can vouch for the stunning beauty and relaxed charm of Palenville. We arrived in the winter so we've yet to see the late summer and fall but it's unlikely that we'll be disappointed.

I've traveled a good bit and have lived on both sides of the country and this is one of the most magically inviting places you could ask for. It's not for those who want a multi-plex movie house five minutes away, but if quality of life and an environment that offers constant inspiration is your thing, this might be the place for you.

You can see a photo I made on Monday, just an 8-minute walk from our house, here:

http://www.danburkholder.com/palenville.jpg

Trust me, this is not atypical of the area. Good luck with your search!

Dan


Thanks for the info on Palenville (and very nice pic, BTW).

I live in Rhinebeck, not all that far from Palenville. I'm really looking for a place up at a higher elevation in the Catskills, which ought to be cooler in the summer (but worse in the winter, of course).

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Old 06-29-2007, 08:05 AM
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I'd poke around Delaware County - we have some of the highest elevations in the Catskills - and yes it can be cooler and very comfortable in the summer I could see my breath today at 8am - and also you get the extra chill factor in the winter.

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Old 06-29-2007, 07:54 PM
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BEAUTIFUL picture, DanPhoto!

It's got an almost other-wordly quality to it. Like it was made with an etching process or something, or an old glass-plate process. Has a real 3-D effect, too, but this feels just as old. Like looking through one of those ancient stereoscopes.

How'd you do this!? What time of year and day was it, too?

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Old 06-29-2007, 09:01 PM
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BEAUTIFUL picture, DanPhoto!

It's got an almost other-wordly quality to it. Like it was made with an etching process or something, or an old glass-plate process. Has a real 3-D effect, too, but this feels just as old. Like looking through one of those ancient stereoscopes.

How'd you do this!? What time of year and day was it, too?
Glad you like the photo. It was shot in the late afternoon (this past Monday) when the sun streams down through Kaaterskill Clove. Backlight like that always has a way of adding dimension to photographs. Plus (and I don't mean to get nerdy on you here), I used High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging techniques that add to the available tonal scale. This was shot with a handheld point-and-shoot (albeit a good one) with an automatically bracketed series of images that were then combined in Photoshop. I actually teach workshops on HDR and other photo techniques and processes.

I had drifted away from my landscape roots and am very excited to be living in a region with such a rich landscape heritage. Here's one from about two months ago. Kaaterskill falls is a four mile drive and 1/2 mile hike from Palenville:

http://danburkholder.com/kaaterskill_falls.jpg

My wife jokes that we should try to keep this place a secret. ;^)

Dan

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Old 06-29-2007, 09:34 PM
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I'd poke around Delaware County - we have some of the highest elevations in the Catskills - and yes it can be cooler and very comfortable in the summer I could see my breath today at 8am - and also you get the extra chill factor in the winter.
Yes -- I looked all over the Catskills the last few years, but for now, as I start looking for a buyer's agent, I'm going to concentrate on eastern Delaware county. This area would include Andes and the Pepacton Resevoir area, the Bovinas, Roxbury, and the Kortrights, along with other places. Are you by any chance in or near Bovina or Bovina Center?

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Old 06-29-2007, 09:52 PM
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Glad you like the photo. It was shot in the late afternoon (this past Monday) when the sun streams down through Kaaterskill Clove. Backlight like that always has a way of adding dimension to photographs. Plus (and I don't mean to get nerdy on you here), I used High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging techniques that add to the available tonal scale. This was shot with a handheld point-and-shoot (albeit a good one) with an automatically bracketed series of images that were then combined in Photoshop. I actually teach workshops on HDR and other photo techniques and processes.

I had drifted away from my landscape roots and am very excited to be living in a region with such a rich landscape heritage. Here's one from about two months ago. Kaaterskill falls is a four mile drive and 1/2 mile hike from Palenville:

http://danburkholder.com/kaaterskill_falls.jpg

My wife jokes that we should try to keep this place a secret. ;^)

Dan
HDR sounds interesting. I guess it's something like what we have to do in astrophotograhpy when shooting a target with a huge dynamic range (like M42, the Orion Nebula, for example).

Unfortunately, if you do astrophotography with a DSLR, the quantization error caused by the 12-bit A/D converter causes S/N problems, unless you use something like ISO800. But this reduces the dynamic range of the sensor by 8x or so, so you end up having to combine short and long subexposures to reasonably show both the faint and bright areas. For example, you might combine dozens of 10-minute subexposures which have burned out centers, with a few 15-second exposures, which show details in the center but are just black away from the center. These are first aligned and then combined in Photoshop, using an annoying procedure.

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Old 06-30-2007, 12:41 AM
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DanPhoto & ss58yy:

Now I know what my students feel like when I'm trying to explain literary terms.

Or what my dog feels like when I'm saying things not his name.

But thanks for trying--and thanks for the pictures! Give Upstate's many priceless places a big nod of appreciation for me. We may not even be able to vacation up there this summer. But knowing we WILL return there one day keeps us going....

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