paddling with a camera

I attached a panning tripod head to my sticky pod, mounted Canon EOS 40D DSLR camera with a programmable ttimer, put the entire thing on a bow of my Sea Wind canoe (with a double tether) and launch just before sunset in Beaver Pond to shoot some paddling self portraits.

I paddled in circles trying different exposures to the lowering sun: direct light, shadow, sun light filtered trough tree leaves. Pictures were taken at 5 second intervals, so I got hundreds of them. And, I am not really satisfied with them.

Sea Wind with a white deck is always difficult to shoot. The white deck and paddler's black pants make a correct exposure impossible. The above pictures were posted with minimal adjustments. However, since I record pictures from the Canon camera in RAW format I can do more postprocessing in Photoshop than it would be possible with jpeg pictures from my Pentax Optio W30 camera.

Next time, I may try the same camera setup when paddling with Pixel. He is a much cuter photo model.

Related posts and links:

• Solo paddler, solo photographer
• Sticky Pod Review - A Suction Cup Camera Mount for Kayak Photography
• How to Mount a Camera on a Kayak Deck with Suction Cups from Sticky Pod
• Can I Fit the Sticky Pod Camera Mount on a Deck of My Kayak?
• Opening Lake Paddling Season in Northern Colorado: Thunderbolt-X on the Boyd Lake