p.1 #1 · Give new meaing to "icecream headache"...
Rather than wishing for a new camera I was out using the Nikons I currently own to do some shooting. This will probably be the last of the paddle photography around this area until the spring. Ice will start to form heavily causing the danger level to increase to very unsafe conditions for both paddlers and photographers. The footing around the falls was already coated in ice making walking very treacherous. Enjoy...
p.1 #3 · Give new meaing to "icecream headache"...
Those guys are absolutely nuts! When can I go photograph them, with Ted's boots, of course.
Ted, where you livin' . I'm an Oregon boy and lived in: Eagle Point, Ashland, Silverton, Ontario, Sandy, Portland, Eugene and St. Helens. Been stuck in Japan for the past 10 years though...
Robert, on a few of the shots, I think if you'd bump up the contrast they would look better. IMHO.
p.1 #7 · Give new meaing to "icecream headache"...
Ted,
Thanks for the feedback. I have some crampons of ice climbing that I usually use on the ice but I have not yet thrown them into the truck. The boost you linked to look great, you could really motor around in those compare to crampons.
p.1 #8 · Give new meaing to "icecream headache"...
Hi ebelp,
The rivers around here are all full of tanins which cause the river to take on the darkgreenish/brown colours. The tanins leach from decaying materials such as logs or brush that ends up in the river, around the Ottawa area this is very common as it once was heavily into the forestry and lumber industry. They used th e rivers to transport the logs.
p.1 #9 · Give new meaing to "icecream headache"...
Fundy wrote:
Ted, where you livin' . I'm an Oregon boy and lived in: Eagle Point, Ashland, Silverton, Ontario, Sandy, Portland, Eugene and St. Helens. Been stuck in Japan for the past 10 years though...
Andrew,
I'm currently in Eugene. But I work all over the west side (1.2 million acres of territory in Oregon) as well as in Washington (mostly southwest area as well as our timberlands operations around Mt. St. Helens).
p.1 #10 · Give new meaing to "icecream headache"...
Robert wrote: Ted,
Thanks for the feedback. I have some crampons of ice climbing that I usually use on the ice but I have not yet thrown them into the truck. The boost you linked to look great, you could really motor around in those compare to crampons.
take care,
Robert Faubert
Yeah, "caulk" (pronounced "cork") boots are great for traversing around the slopes and terrain around the river. But if you want to shoot in the shallows while in the river, you would probably want to get felt-soled wading boots that have metal studs in the soles for traction on the slippery rocks.
I used to wear boots like these (with neoprene, stocking-foot chest waders) all the time when I did remote stream surveys. Sometimes I would wear the caulk boots for the cross-country traverse to get to the stream reach I wanted to survey, then I would suit-up with the wading boots for working in the river.
p.1 #12 · Give new meaing to "icecream headache"...
Hi Al,
Definetly pucker power! These guys are very hardcore around here they paddle from the high +30's Celcius to the low - 30's. Icing up can become a problem as you and your gear get heavier and freeze solid. I generally am shooting bare hands, cold fingers are nothing compared to total body immersion.
Ice on your helmet isn't a good sign.