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Paddling through Forest and Irrigation Ditches
Lonetree Reservoir southwest of Loveland belongs to my favorite paddling waters in northern Colorado. You can always enjoy a nice view of Rocky Mountains Front Range. It is a great spot to shoot sunsets over mountains: A Peaceful Sunset after […]Paddling Photography in April (2005-2008)
I am trying to return back to my older articles through "Paddling Photography a Year Ago" series. However, I am running this blog for over 5 years. So, today, I offer a look at selected April posts over the recent 4 years.Canon EOS 40D Camera on the Bow of a Racing Kayak
I always carry one of my waterproof Pentax Optio
cameras attached to a life jacket to document my paddling trips and races. The image quality is fine to display pictures on-line, but it may be not sufficient for commercial applications. Pictures shot with compact digital cameras usually show a lot of digital noise when examining at 100% view.
In November 2007 I started to sell my pictures through microstock agencies. It forced me to carry a DSLR camera for paddling trips. It is a little bit tricky in the case of a low volume racing kayak like my Thunderbolt-X. Most often, I just pack a camera with a tripod and shoot from land. However, I am also trying to shoot from a kayak cockpit or from a decked mounted camera.
Paddling Horsetooth Reservoir in Winter Scenery
It was my first paddling on the Horsetooth Reservoir this year. I launched Sea Wind canoe at North Eltuck Cove from Lory State Park just dragging my boat on snow like sleds. It was similar snow scenery as four years ago when I was shooting Colorado Winter Paddling video clip. Just an easy 6 mile paddling with a long photo session at Quarry Cove.A Girl Who Loves to Run – Laura’s Story by Chase Jarvis
Chase Jarvis blog is one of several photoblogs I read. I am under influence of his POV (point-of-view) photography. I haven't tried anything like that with a bike yet, but I started to play with a Bogen - Manfrotto Magic Arm
and Super Clamp
on my surfrigger canoe.
Here is Laura's Story by Chase Jarvis. A video clip about a girl who loves to run. A simple narration combined with video and still pictures. Different and interesting shooting angles.
It would be nice to create something similar about a paddler.Kayak Video Camera Mast – Sticky Pod Combined with Monopod
A mast for kayak photography and video combining the sticky pod suction cup camera mount with a telescoping 50' monopod.Wildwater Racing Kayak on the South Platte River
Here is a little picture gallery featuring Jeremy in his wildwater kayak from the recent paddling on the South Platte River (Sunday, March 15).
Marek – what do you know about the condition of the South Platte put-ins/take-outs and river courses traditionally used by the Joint Clubs March event? Poudre and RMCC are organizing for 2015 and looking for information
Thanks!
Bill Ashworth
RMCC
I haven’t paddled the South Platte this year yet. Last year, I paddled the river around Kuner and Kersey – no significant changes in river character or access after flooding there. I haven’t seen Riverside Park in Evans after re-opening. I may have some updates in the next couple of weeks.
Hi Marek – Great pictures! This canoe stabilizer and platform may help if you have a tripod on your Penobscot.
http://wingmanoutfitter.com/blog/
Hi Larry. I go to southwestern Wyoming where my dad lives and saretm fish with sinners and do some fly fishing. Been doing it every year since I was in third grade. Lots of water up there this year so fishing was slow but still fun. Love to pan fry smaller trout or wrap them in tin foil with some butter and garlic and put them on a grill or in the coals of a camp fire for about 30 minutes. Can’t go wrong with either method.RG