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Good Reads | LOCALadk Photographing the Adirondacks: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them By Carl Heilman II The 6 million acre Adirondack Park is so large and diverse it's a challenge to see it all in a lifetime, much less a vacation. This book provides a starting place for visiting and photographing the park and also opens additional possibilities for exploring. Each chapter covers a general region in the park, making it easy to travel from one location to another. Working on this book was a fun excuse to revisit some places I hadn't been to for some time, plus researching and photographing other sites I had not yet been to during the 40 years I've lived in the Adirondacks. The table of contents lists 64 different locations within the 8 chapters and maps covering the park. Many of these destinations include several different photo locations within that general area, so all together there are at least a couple hundred photography locations covered in the book. They include beautiful open roadside views, hikes to mountain tops, backcountry and roadside waterfalls, covered bridges, paddling destinations, bogs, waterways, and wildlife habitats. The book also features camera basics and how-to tips and techniques, plus more specific shooting suggestions for many of the photo locations. Whether you are photographing with an iPhone, a point-and-shoot, or a full featured DSLR, thisbook will help put you in the right place at the right time in beautiful Adirondack Park scenery. Blue Line to Blue Line: The Official Guide to the Trans Adirondack Route By Erik Schlimmer Established in 2013, the Trans Adirondack Route is a long-distance pathway that traverses New York State's Adirondack Park, the biggest and best protected park in the Lower Forty-Eight. Running 236.4 miles, only a few footpaths in the Northeast are longer, and none are wilder. Anne Brewer LOCALadk Magazine Fall into Winter 2013 53

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