Steve Pellatt
Float on by II
Benton Lake, Caddo Lake, Texas, USA
Another couple of shots taken whilst floating around in a kayak. Benton Lake was one of the limited areas that had a significant variation in colours within the cypress tree canopy. As I said in a previous posting, one of the locals said about 6-8 weeks before my visit some ‘bug’ had decimated the leaves on a lot of the trees. Whilst not meeting the level of a biblical plague of locusts I’d say it wasn’t too far off from a number of the areas I saw.
Shooting from a kayak is an interesting experience in that for someone of my aptitude I had a little control of my shooting position (certainly more than when on the motor boat but nothing like the degree I’m used to having. Note to self, should I manage to return to Caddo Lake take a full sized tripod as I gather over a fair bit of the lake the water is only about 3-4ft deep although 8-10ft is more the average. No guarantees though. I certainly have seen and saw some Togs using a tripod in the water when canoeing - I suspect it’s not as straight forward as it might seem!
As you can readily see, these two shots were taken from very similar positions with one pointing slightly to the right of the other. It’s another case where I have found it impossible to decide which I prefer, so decided to post both. No obligation to say which you prefer but equally I’d be very happy to know and the reason why.
Should anyone be interested my ‘mancave (aka my garden photography editing room) is now mostly kitted out and I’ve finally taken pity on my old PC that has soldiered on using a sub-spec graphics card and other aged internals (that only those under 30 or working in IT would know the names of!) and replaced it with something I trust will last me an equally long time. I’m not one of those that automatically thinks new = better but have to say having a PC that loads images without needing to step away to make a cuppa nor fear the desktop case is about to take off (due to the fans working so fast) is much more relaxing. I don’t know about others but why people want a PC that glows like a late 70s/early 80s disco ball is beyond me so needless to say I deleted that from the spec the salesman showed me.
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Float on by II
Benton Lake, Caddo Lake, Texas, USA
Another couple of shots taken whilst floating around in a kayak. Benton Lake was one of the limited areas that had a significant variation in colours within the cypress tree canopy. As I said in a previous posting, one of the locals said about 6-8 weeks before my visit some ‘bug’ had decimated the leaves on a lot of the trees. Whilst not meeting the level of a biblical plague of locusts I’d say it wasn’t too far off from a number of the areas I saw.
Shooting from a kayak is an interesting experience in that for someone of my aptitude I had a little control of my shooting position (certainly more than when on the motor boat but nothing like the degree I’m used to having. Note to self, should I manage to return to Caddo Lake take a full sized tripod as I gather over a fair bit of the lake the water is only about 3-4ft deep although 8-10ft is more the average. No guarantees though. I certainly have seen and saw some Togs using a tripod in the water when canoeing - I suspect it’s not as straight forward as it might seem!
As you can readily see, these two shots were taken from very similar positions with one pointing slightly to the right of the other. It’s another case where I have found it impossible to decide which I prefer, so decided to post both. No obligation to say which you prefer but equally I’d be very happy to know and the reason why.
Should anyone be interested my ‘mancave (aka my garden photography editing room) is now mostly kitted out and I’ve finally taken pity on my old PC that has soldiered on using a sub-spec graphics card and other aged internals (that only those under 30 or working in IT would know the names of!) and replaced it with something I trust will last me an equally long time. I’m not one of those that automatically thinks new = better but have to say having a PC that loads images without needing to step away to make a cuppa nor fear the desktop case is about to take off (due to the fans working so fast) is much more relaxing. I don’t know about others but why people want a PC that glows like a late 70s/early 80s disco ball is beyond me so needless to say I deleted that from the spec the salesman showed me.
© All rights reserved to Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.