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delaware water gap national recreation area panorama, near dingmans ferry

best viewed in 'original' size (about 300 kB, and dimensionally only 25% of the camera raw size)

looking at New Jersey from the Pennsylvania side

Approximately 180 degree panorama, both "sides" of riverbank in view.
The river runs straight as an arrow at this stretch, and the echo from waterfowl calls
(especially geese) is incredible. If you watch them fly down the river (while calling),
sometimes you wonder if they are just chasing their own echo!

River running low, despite near - record floods of previous month
(top of my head here would have been under about 16 feet / 5 meters of water)

this beautiful pristine wilderness area was almost submerged by the controversial Tocks Island Dam, which was
deauthorized in 1992. A lot of properties were condemned / demolished in preparation - unnecessarily.

see: http://www.poconorecord.com/report/tocks/
or google "tocks island dam" (with quotes)

there were a lot of books that dealt with spoiling the area, here's a reference to
one at amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0271004819/103-8393488-2989406?v=glance
Reading the reviews of the book is enough to get a good feeling for what almost happened here.

Comprised of three-shot composite HDR images, tone mapped to 48 bit.
Tripod WAS used (to keep image registration).
Auto-bracketing exposure delta was 2 f-stops. B&W polarizing filter.
Nikon D70, 18-70mm Nikkor at 18mm, f/11.


other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Ashley Hockenberry09-Jan-2010 17:22
Nicely done
Paradoxal Studio Classic26-Jan-2007 08:41
What a stunning place.
Beautiful image.
rsub813-Feb-2006 12:51
Ruth, it's at the boat launch at the old state campground, now privately run since April 2005. The bridge at Dingmans Ferry is visible in the distance.
Reflections by Ruth13-Feb-2006 00:51
amazing, love the pano shot. I was in the area of Dingmans last Oct but didnt know about this vantage point. Where can you go to actually walk down by the river?
...duncan15-Jan-2006 01:39
Beautiful shot. The clouds are brilliant and the perspective is great.
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rsub810-Dec-2005 01:22
Almost destroyed...
EMangl09-Dec-2005 15:32
this area got destroyed ? a shame