So here I am out in my Skiff floating long looking for something to shoot at.
All of a sudden I come upon a pair of loones. Now normally these birds like getting their photo taken about as much as I do. So I go into full command mode and start my track into their space...
But wait.... this pair seem to think I'm some type of bird or something because they swim right toward me and start to dive under the skiff and it seems like they want to play. I’ve got my 80 - 400 VR on the camera and simply begin to shoot till the cows come home...
Then out of the distance I hear a powerboat..... It is coming closer but I cannot see it.....
I can tell the birds also hear it as they begin to get a little jumpy and not play as much. Then around the point comes a boat pulling a water skier and right into the bay he comes....
In a blink of an eye... The Loones are gone and my shoot is over.
So now I’m sitting in the middle of a bay in a skiff that has about 4" of free board and I'm dealing with a powerboat with a skier and the waves they create....
I don't need to tell you that I had visions of a D2H with an 80-400 going “Gurgle Gurgle” in 25 Ft. of water.... "Lord Love A Duck"....
Anyway.... to make a long story short.... I decided to be a pain and take a few images of the skier , as it was him who (buggered-up) my shoot and now he can figure out how to get around me every time he wants to make a pass.
( Says the dumb guy with 10,000.00 of camera gear in a skiff that will roll over if you look at it the wrong way….lol)
At least this way.... I'll sell him some prints and make him pay for crewing up my Loone Shoot....
8) :lol:
All of a sudden I come upon a pair of loones. Now normally these birds like getting their photo taken about as much as I do. So I go into full command mode and start my track into their space...
But wait.... this pair seem to think I'm some type of bird or something because they swim right toward me and start to dive under the skiff and it seems like they want to play. I’ve got my 80 - 400 VR on the camera and simply begin to shoot till the cows come home...
Then out of the distance I hear a powerboat..... It is coming closer but I cannot see it.....
I can tell the birds also hear it as they begin to get a little jumpy and not play as much. Then around the point comes a boat pulling a water skier and right into the bay he comes....
In a blink of an eye... The Loones are gone and my shoot is over.
So now I’m sitting in the middle of a bay in a skiff that has about 4" of free board and I'm dealing with a powerboat with a skier and the waves they create....
I don't need to tell you that I had visions of a D2H with an 80-400 going “Gurgle Gurgle” in 25 Ft. of water.... "Lord Love A Duck"....
Anyway.... to make a long story short.... I decided to be a pain and take a few images of the skier , as it was him who (buggered-up) my shoot and now he can figure out how to get around me every time he wants to make a pass.
( Says the dumb guy with 10,000.00 of camera gear in a skiff that will roll over if you look at it the wrong way….lol)
At least this way.... I'll sell him some prints and make him pay for crewing up my Loone Shoot....
8) :lol:
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