Hudson River Log Jams Photo

Photographer’s Note

Until the late 1950s the lumber companies would float logs harvested from the Adirondack Mountains down to the paper mills in Glens Falls, NY. In narrow spots like this the logs would often jam which required brave men to stand on the logs and seperate them with long pikes. This was very dangerous work that often caused loss of life. These brave lumberjacks were well paid but unfortunately much of the money ended up in the local Saloons.

jaywalker, AROBN54, mcenteesalas, dareco, Wandering_Dan, cfreire, bostankorkulugu, pat0500, evanrizo, snunney, kiwi_explorer, jhm, kmarscher, denisn72, saylan-cb, plimrn, Charo, scobert has marked this note useful

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mcenteesalas (1612) 2007-12-09 14:29

Hi Tom, what a stuning and beautiful shot of this countryside view, it looks really beautiful specially with that river running trough, I also like your composition and POV, well done, thanks for sharing it with us, regards, Joao Salas

angela926 (1882) 2007-12-09 14:38

Hello Tom,
Beautiful scene, good composition and nice colors.
Angela

dareco (17104) 2007-12-09 14:39

Both the water and the sky look fabulous!! Love the colors! Another very beautiful scene and good note. TFS

bracasha75 (22117) 2007-12-09 14:40

Hello Tom
Another one from this frozen river and the clouds look's great
TFS
cheers,Braca

Wandering_Dan (3225) 2007-12-09 14:54

Beautiful picture with great use of curves and lighting. Interesting story, too!

Dan

cfreire (11647) 2007-12-09 15:20

Hi, Tom,
This river was captured with an exclente perspective. The small islands, in the center of this, emphasize the contrasts of the colors. The course of the river, the movement of their waters, was well captured. Beautiful landscape. Regards, Consuelo

bostankorkulugu (33582) 2007-12-09 15:36

beautiful winter scene tom... the semi-frozen river looks charming along with your note... i can imagine the logs floating on it... did you take this one from a bridge?... good pov also...

cheers...

korkut

gracious (20017) 2007-12-09 17:38

Hello Tom,
Lovely composition of the great river with so much livelihood involved in it! thanks for the wonderful notes
good pov with warm colouration and so much details to enjoy the place!
TFS
best regards
Tony

pat0500 (21513) 2007-12-10 0:40

Hi Tom,
Lovely great picture and very nice POV, good light and colours....A little more sharpness can be...
Beautiful place for the good shot....!
Well done,
Patrick

evanrizo (456) 2007-12-10 0:51

Hi Tom, the ice curves add a nice effect here, the image has nice colors, many colors they come very good.
Ideal framed with the great dept.
Have a nice day.
Evan

snunney (34884) 2007-12-10 1:29

Hello Tom,
A beautiful and expansive winter landscape with an excellent point of view. The curves of the river bank give the scene great depth. Very good colours and clarity. I don't think I would want to fall in ;-)

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-12-10 1:47

Hi Tom,
So instead of the lumberjacks you now have tourists in the salon :) Beautiful part of the country ... the ice in the river form some interesting curve patterns. Beautifully captured and composed. Well done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

jhm (82545) 2007-12-10 2:42

Hello Tom,

This is a very known story of people those well paid become.
I see already ice on the river and an little bit snow, there is the winter already began.
Very well composition also pleasant colour certainly with the clouds to the sky.
Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice day,
John.

jplebrun (16978) 2007-12-10 4:26

Hi Tom
voila que l'hiver s'installe lentement mais surement, la rivière commence a se figer, et la neige reste à la surface de la terre, dans biens des cas la vie s'estompe pour mieux revenir au printemps. Belle composition j,aime beaucoup mon ami.
Amicalement
Jean-Pierre

kmarscher (2881) 2007-12-10 4:46

You made the most of the winter scene with the curve to the shoreline ice and the cooperative cloud patterns. Nice long shot into the landscape.

gneufeld (15169) 2007-12-10 5:50

Hi Tom,
I like it! A very cold looking shot complete with ice on the river, but well composed and presented. Very good contrasts and nice colors in good light. Great work and TFS. Gerald

denisn72 (6979) 2007-12-10 6:19

Hi Tom
The picture illustrates well the note you wrote. Great view of the river with nice colours. You're right, we must be brave to stand on the logs on the river. Well done Tom and thanks for sharing.
Best regards
Denis!

AROBN54 (10765) 2007-12-10 7:47

Beautiful scene, Tom!
those wonderful blue tones add to the wintry feel with the ice curving at the edges and that low, moody sky. The colors are fabulous and as always a terrific note!! Thanks and have a great week,
Shelly

jaywalker (12190) 2007-12-10 11:11

Hi Tom, A very interesting story to go with this photo, to imagine that men would travel out on the logs to free the blockage sounds like madness, in your shot the water looks freezing, so I can understand the deaths, it's a wonderful landscape photo & TFS, kind regards Wilson.

Greg1949 (8507) 2007-12-10 13:25

Nice note, great shot Tom, good definition in the sky and the sunny spot on the left is well exposed but not at the expense of the darker areas, great capture.

Greg

zmey (7250) 2007-12-11 7:37

hello, thom. a beautiful scene and an interesting story. once can easily imagine floating logs filling the river. nice color contrasts too. well seen and presented.

TFS
kristaps

pboehringer (770) 2007-12-11 11:32

Tom,
winter already hit the Northeast so bad? Lucky me in warm and sunny California. However, the nice thing of this fierce Winters up there is the unique photogrphy ops that you get there and do so well. Flawless composition although the sharpness could be better.
Regards, Peter

saylan-cb (12726) 2007-12-12 2:09

Hi Tom
A great blue tones,very nice POV here.
Good composition and details,excellent work.
TFS/Regards

Bluejeans (32293) 2007-12-13 12:59

Ola Tom
Que paisagem gelada e uma bela paisagem de natureza , gostei do ponto de visao o ceu ficou muito bonito , parabens!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

plimrn (19656) 2007-12-13 20:22

Hi Tom,
Winter has clearly arrived on the Hudson. I like thew POV you have selected, it really shows the majesty of this river.
HLJ, Pat

Charo (31671) 2007-12-22 9:35

Hola Tom,
Precioso paisaje helado, con una grna profundidad y magníficos colores, una delicia contemplarlo.
Buen trabajo
Cordialmente
Charo
Felices Fiestas!!!

scobert (5333) 2008-01-31 19:41

Hello Tom,
This is outstanding composition! The beautiful curve created by the ice on the lower left really "anchors" this shot and makes this scenic really come to life. Everything else is excellent, but including the ice really make this scenic something special! This is a great lanscape image of your great state. I am rooting for the NY Giants this Sunday by the way.
Stan

burraburra (847) 2009-10-26 3:08

G'Day Tom,
I had to rug up just to look at this shot. It looks very cold. Great photograph and interesting note.
Kind regard,
Graham.