Lucky lad.
My trip up to Bamburgh before Christmas was not without drama. Perched on the end of some ragged rocks I had just about had my fill of the sunrise and Bamburgh Castle. A quick tripod repositioning as there was not much room on the rock promontory to turn 180 degrees to get a snap of Lindisfarne Castle with a longer lens. Then I decided to take one more photo of Bamburgh with said long lens. Another turn of 180 to get behind the camera, forgetting I had moved the tripod I fell backwards off the rock promontory. My first instinct was to save my camera and lens so I kept a hold of my tripod with an outstretched arm and this instinct probably saved me. As I fell backwards my backpack padded with my isolation layers took the full impact of two foot fall and stopped my head cracking a rock, still I regard myself as very lucky to come out with just a few scratches and not to have ended in the sea. With my heart pumping and adrenalin flowing I picked myself up repositioned, took the photo and quickly got myself on safer ground. For the record here is than photo.
Lucky lad.
My trip up to Bamburgh before Christmas was not without drama. Perched on the end of some ragged rocks I had just about had my fill of the sunrise and Bamburgh Castle. A quick tripod repositioning as there was not much room on the rock promontory to turn 180 degrees to get a snap of Lindisfarne Castle with a longer lens. Then I decided to take one more photo of Bamburgh with said long lens. Another turn of 180 to get behind the camera, forgetting I had moved the tripod I fell backwards off the rock promontory. My first instinct was to save my camera and lens so I kept a hold of my tripod with an outstretched arm and this instinct probably saved me. As I fell backwards my backpack padded with my isolation layers took the full impact of two foot fall and stopped my head cracking a rock, still I regard myself as very lucky to come out with just a few scratches and not to have ended in the sea. With my heart pumping and adrenalin flowing I picked myself up repositioned, took the photo and quickly got myself on safer ground. For the record here is than photo.