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Dismal River 2009 – Slideshow from Paddling Nebraska Sandhills

5 October 2009 2 Comments

In the last weekend of September I went with Connie for paddling trip to Mullen, Nebraska. We took our two dogs (Pixels and Dax) and Sea Wind canoe. In Mullen we met Rob Bean with another Kruger canoe (Sawyer Loon). Me, Rob and Pixel managed to run two river trips. Connie helped us with a shuttle. We all enjoyed a beautiful early fall weather.

The first one was 36 mile paddling on the Dismal River from highway 97 (Mullen) to highway 83 (Thedford). It took us nearly 10 hours. Next day, we drove to Valentine and paddled 15 easy miles on the Niobrara River.

I prepared a 40 picture slide show from the Dismal River:

Dismal River 2009

All pictures were shot with Pentax Optio W30 camera. I included a few pictures from Rob also shot with the same model of Pentax.

I am usually reducing exposure when photographing during mid day (-0.3 or -0.7). EV compensation is assigned in my camera to a “green button” for a faster operation. It allows me to avoid overexposure of bright areas like our white boats.

I am going to post more technical comments and tips from that paddling followed by pictures from the Niobrara.