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Random Photo thread

That's quite the outing, and the peace must be incredible. I can only imagine the beauty and calm of the moonlit scene.
 
steve murdoch said:
Very cool, Dave.
Did you encounter any wildlife?
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Only rabbit and marten tracks on the hike and a single grey jay and a raven while there. It was quiet and still. Its hungry country in the winter.

dorkburger said:
That's quite the outing, and the peace must be incredible. I can only imagine the beauty and calm of the moonlit scene.
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With your photo skills you would have gathered some superb images there Glenn.
 
DaveR said:
This is a point and shoot pic taken last week in northern Sask. I had the opportunity to use a tiny wilderness shelter for a few days. The 1.7km, one mile snowshoe hike in, uphill with 28''of powder was a tough 4 hours. It was overcast and dead calm the entire time and the fullish moon illuminated the scene at night similarly to the day, just dimmer. The biggest impression was the silence. When standing still and looking out over big view the only sounds were my tinnitus and heart beat. Awesome.

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Great stuff Dave. Last time we did something like that was probably 20 years ago. An 11 km ski Into an Alpine Club of Canada hut in Yoho National Park. My heart feels your joy and my legs feel your pain. LOL.
 
Wednesday the 4th,
35degF, slight wind out on the pier,
and I was prepared for that,
no ice, so walked out a away, on just the part that is about 3ft higher than the further out part that is lower. Waves washing over the lower part.
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Standing on end of the higher part.
Posing selfie, looking to see that pierhouse and catwalk included.
Heard a big sp-loosh
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That wave splashed against the higher part, picture caught the splash in its early stage.... and then it got me.
Splashed all over me, and water running over my boots. Ah, got colder real soon.

Oh, just to let you know:
Yes, I do have respect for the danger out there. I am judicious as to when not to go out there, or how far to go.
I know a guy that watched, from a distance, his photographer son get washed off the lower part of the pier on a cold winter day. He ran out there and threw a life ring, but the son was too cold and tired-weak to hold on, then disappeared with another wave.
 
Like today, just approached the pier and said "nope, not going out there"

P1110615 by Dave Redman, on Flickr

Ice on the upper part, and water splashing up there. And waves washing over the lower part.

P1110652 by Dave Redman, on Flickr

But with those ice formations on the catwalk, I really wanted to get out there. But, Nope.

Maybe tommorow will be calmer wind & waters. But still will be 15degF. Ice on pierhouse is/will be great.
 
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The wife asked me last year if I could spend some time converting some old pictures to digital and I finally got around to doing something about them. I didn't have the negatives just the photos themselves but they are now on my Flickr account for her and her sister

Camera Setup by Scott Baker, on Flickr

All photos by Scott Baker, on Flickr
 
Scott, Nice shot of the brick building. Can really see the detail of the brick work.


cowboyup3371 said:
The wife asked me last year if I could spend some time converting some old pictures to digital and I finally got around to doing something about them. . Scott Baker, on Flickr
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I imagine they will appreciate having those to share.

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Winds calm today, waves calmer, but 10degF. But without the wind it was tolerable, well, except for the few times had to take off glove to fix whatever I fumbled while wearing the gloves.
Did make it out on the pierhouse.
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Have already shown too many pier pics, but just wanted to show that I made it out to the pierhouse (big square one near end of pier).

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Really wanted to get past the pierhouse out to the very end to to see ice formation on face of the pierhouse.
But, nope I wasnt going around on the lakeside, was waves splashing up there. And river channel side had lots of ice formations that were sloping down to the river that was waves of ice chunks. Just to let you know that I am not entirely crazy.



More pics and some story here:
https://www.mu-43.com/threads/the-winter-snow-images-thread.55741/page-33#post-1451569


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Dave, thanks for the great ice photos. Reminds me very much of as a kid living on the shores of Lake Ontario. Trent, great eagle shots but somehow they have disappeared. Anyone else have that problem?
 
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