This is an image I processed right after I got back from my New York trip but totally forgot about it.  It’s from one of my all time favorite places in New York, Raquette Lake located on the west side of the Adirondacks State Park.  It’s a far less visited part of the park and we have Lake Placid to thank for that.  Few people venture far outside of the tourist trap. 

In any case, this image was shot my first night on the Big Island where we set up our camp near the shore at one of the Lean-To’s.  This is a manual blend of two images done in CS3. 

As peaceful as this scene looks it definitely wasn’t.  I got chewed up so badly by black flies that I developed an allergic reaction and my entire face swelled up like a balloon.  If there is anything in the world that could make person go completely insane it”s the biting insects.  And as paranoid of bugs as I used to be this brought it to a completely new level.  But it definitely won’t stop me from getting out there at the bug time of the day to capture scenes like this.

Hope you enjoy it

Big Island Serenity