Day 186 - Photo A Day Challenge - 7-4-2012
Jul 4, 2012 03:58:27 #
Welcome to Day 186 :) Today is going to be double duty... I had planned to post some settings for the fireworks tonight. However .. none of mine turned out LOL .. so I can tell you what not to do ...
Do Not us an aperture of f/5.0
Do Not use an ISO of 400
Do Not use a shutter speed of 1/8
Not one of my shots will be worth viewing without major post processing .. I was so excited and there was so much going on that I totally spaced on checking my settings.
That being said maybe some of you can figure it out and tell me LOL.
Today is mostly about Fishing on the Lake. So whatever that means to you. Whether its you fishing ... someone else fishing .. birds catching fish .. boating equipment used for fishing .. it's all about the locations and sport of Fishing. Here are a few examples to get us started .. I look forward to seeing what y'all come up with.
Do Not us an aperture of f/5.0
Do Not use an ISO of 400
Do Not use a shutter speed of 1/8
Not one of my shots will be worth viewing without major post processing .. I was so excited and there was so much going on that I totally spaced on checking my settings.
That being said maybe some of you can figure it out and tell me LOL.
Today is mostly about Fishing on the Lake. So whatever that means to you. Whether its you fishing ... someone else fishing .. birds catching fish .. boating equipment used for fishing .. it's all about the locations and sport of Fishing. Here are a few examples to get us started .. I look forward to seeing what y'all come up with.
Bad example of what should have been a great shot lol
Jul 4, 2012 04:09:46 #
The conclusion of fireworks Thursday night at Fort McDowell Casino outside of Phoenix.
July 3d fireworks Phoenix
Jul 4, 2012 06:30:13 #
I am back on line although still without electric. We hooked up a generator to get us through the rest of the power outage. Rumor has it it could be the 9th or 10th now before our electric is restored. Will not be able to post any fishing pics today. The family will be coming tonight to swim and cookout before the parade in town. Maybe later I can post some pics of our experiences without electric. Happy 4th of July everyone.
Jul 4, 2012 06:41:01 #
Perilin wrote:
I am back on line although still without electric. We hooked up a generator to get us through the rest of the power outage. Rumor has it it could be the 9th or 10th now before our electric is restored. Will not be able to post any fishing pics today. The family will be coming tonight to swim and cookout before the parade in town. Maybe later I can post some pics of our experiences without electric. Happy 4th of July everyone.
Thinking of you Perilin, went through it with Irene last fall, $13K of damage and yes after I did buy a generator
Jul 4, 2012 06:41:17 #
Wasnt on much yesterday and missed anything posted about no electric...what happened?
Perilin wrote:
I am back on line although still without electric. We hooked up a generator to get us through the rest of the power outage. Rumor has it it could be the 9th or 10th now before our electric is restored. Will not be able to post any fishing pics today. The family will be coming tonight to swim and cookout before the parade in town. Maybe later I can post some pics of our experiences without electric. Happy 4th of July everyone.
Jul 4, 2012 06:47:48 #
Here are a few, some new some not, but they are all fishy
Fishing at sunset
Jul 4, 2012 07:08:02 #
Jul 4, 2012 07:10:58 #
RiverNan wrote:
Wasnt on much yesterday and missed anything posted... (show quote)
A storm went through the area Fri. evening. It had winds of up to 70 miles an hour; knocked power out in a tri-state area. My daughter had two trees break in two in her yard. Luckily they fell away from the house. There are still several roads closed in the area due to downed trees.
The cedar tree from my daughters yard.
Jul 4, 2012 07:12:39 #
Jul 4, 2012 07:13:21 #
Jer wrote:
The conclusion of fireworks Thursday night at Fort McDowell Casino outside of Phoenix.
Very cool Jer .. the Casino put on the display here too .. what ever happened to taking the kids out actually on the 4th of july for fireworks lol .. pg 1
Jul 4, 2012 07:14:19 #
Roadrunner wrote:
Here are a few, some new some not, but they are all fishy
Fabulous photos Jim .. fishing at sunset must be a beautiful sight ... pg 1
Jul 4, 2012 07:15:05 #
Perilin wrote:
quote=RiverNan Wasnt on much yesterday and missed... (show quote)
I'm really glad the family is ok hun
Jul 4, 2012 07:23:31 #
photogrl57 wrote:
quote=Perilin quote=RiverNan Wasnt on much yeste... (show quote)
Thank you Photogirl. It has been an eventful few days.
Jul 4, 2012 07:24:03 #
A couple of trips
#1 was a striper caught at the dock there. Now I want to include a story here, please put up with me...
The Last Striper
Always nice to get back home and that was what I did in this one October many years ago. Spent a week with my mom and neighbours who had been family friends for nearly a half a century and it was nice and the warmth of it all was exactly what I wanted at that time as I had previously retired and now had time to travel and get back to my roots more often. We would walk down to the seawall mornings for coffee and muffins at my moms favourite table overlooking the water and always she would see someone she knew and they would chat a bit. Yes, we lived in a very small town.
This one afternoon I decided to go fishing after supper and I prepared my pole and canoe and all and later on I brought the canoe down to the beach and paddled out to lighthouse and anchored off of the point. Fishing from a canoe on Long Island Sound is rarely seen and in fact, Ive never seen another canoe out there but it was all I had and it suited me fine and besides I was not that far from shore either. I was all alone, not a boat in sight and I noticed a large ripple heading my way. A ripple can only be bait fish and if they are rippling that means that bigger fish are chasing them, and in this case either blues or stripers. I waited and cast out and immediately got a hit and brought in a striper, and quickly cast out again, and got another hit and another striper. I looked up and eight boats were following the bait, as were the gulls. Boy, that happened quickly.
Before we go any further, I respect limits, I was taught like that as a kid. These two were two inches short and I was going to put them back in the water but something, a premonition maybe, but something told me to keep them. I paddled back to the beach and on my way I was happy as we were leaving the next morning and I knew that my mother loved stripers and I thought that I would fillet them and she could have a dinner the next day of fresh striper and save the rest for the winter. Came back to the house after sunset and set to the task of filleting my catch and she was so happy to have them.
Left the next morning and that was the last time I saw her alive.
Premonitions? Yes, I believe in them, do not go against them anymore, they are there for a reason.
#1 was a striper caught at the dock there. Now I want to include a story here, please put up with me...
The Last Striper
Always nice to get back home and that was what I did in this one October many years ago. Spent a week with my mom and neighbours who had been family friends for nearly a half a century and it was nice and the warmth of it all was exactly what I wanted at that time as I had previously retired and now had time to travel and get back to my roots more often. We would walk down to the seawall mornings for coffee and muffins at my moms favourite table overlooking the water and always she would see someone she knew and they would chat a bit. Yes, we lived in a very small town.
This one afternoon I decided to go fishing after supper and I prepared my pole and canoe and all and later on I brought the canoe down to the beach and paddled out to lighthouse and anchored off of the point. Fishing from a canoe on Long Island Sound is rarely seen and in fact, Ive never seen another canoe out there but it was all I had and it suited me fine and besides I was not that far from shore either. I was all alone, not a boat in sight and I noticed a large ripple heading my way. A ripple can only be bait fish and if they are rippling that means that bigger fish are chasing them, and in this case either blues or stripers. I waited and cast out and immediately got a hit and brought in a striper, and quickly cast out again, and got another hit and another striper. I looked up and eight boats were following the bait, as were the gulls. Boy, that happened quickly.
Before we go any further, I respect limits, I was taught like that as a kid. These two were two inches short and I was going to put them back in the water but something, a premonition maybe, but something told me to keep them. I paddled back to the beach and on my way I was happy as we were leaving the next morning and I knew that my mother loved stripers and I thought that I would fillet them and she could have a dinner the next day of fresh striper and save the rest for the winter. Came back to the house after sunset and set to the task of filleting my catch and she was so happy to have them.
Left the next morning and that was the last time I saw her alive.
Premonitions? Yes, I believe in them, do not go against them anymore, they are there for a reason.
Bonds Dock, Stratford, CT
Snapper fishing, Housatonic River
Around here
Jul 4, 2012 07:34:40 #
photogrl57 wrote:
Welcome to Day 186 :) Today is going to be double ... (show quote)
I don't have any real good fireworks pics but here's my fishing ones
Cape Fear, NC
Birds that fish on top of the ferry dock, Kure Beach, NC
Boats, Kure Beach, NC
Trawler in the misty fog, CA
Seals that fish, Fisherman's Wharf, San Fransisco
As far as that goes, Fisherman's Wharf itself
for those too lazy to fish
For those about to fish
a nice place to fish
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