BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

I love getting out in my kayak and taking photos.......this time it's "Random Dana Point Harbor, CA photos". These photos are best viewed in download mode.

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Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

Looks like a nice place to spend time. I kayak and even though I have never rolled, don't have the nerve to take a good camera on the water - well done!

CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC

Brent, excellent set of photos. Lovely women also and I think one of them is your favorite!!

Greg

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Great set, Brent!

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

Thanks Country Boy for your comments on this series. It is indeed a very fun place to spend time. My kayak is not the type that you can do rolls with. It's an open seating area. The kayak is very stable and I feel very comfortable taking my good camera out in it. I have a towel between my legs and the camera sits on that then another towel over the top to keep the sun off of it and to prevent the occasional water drips from the paddle. I would DIE if I ever lost my good camera the kayak. I do have a waterproof point and shoot camera that I have taken out in it when I have tried surfing the kayak in waves. Thanks Country Boy for visiting this post!

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

Thanks Greg for the kind comments on the photos. The woman in photo #2 is my friend and she enjoys being photographed. I presume you were talking about her!

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

THANKS so very much Swamp-Cork.

CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC

Greg

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

That woman likes being photographed so much that she has asked me to photograph her again. It's great when you have a willing model!
Greg, do you photograph models?
I am learning so much about lighting and what works and what doesn't work......it's all a learning experience.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

So, you obviously didn't get that "klutz gene" like I did. I've thought about taking my camera out in a kayak or small boat, but I'd be scared to death I'd drop it overboard. Nice shots, Brent.

merrytexan Loc: georgia

great shots from your kayak, brent! love the pretty lady model. i take my camera with me when i go out on my kayak and have
never had a problem dropping it or getting it wet. my big problem is trying to keep the camera steady while shooting.

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

I wondered about that too.......but after a couple of trips out on the kayak without a camera, I realized that it was stable enough to not be worried. Thanks cameraf4 for your thoughts on this one.
I did one Klutz move recently.......I dropped my 24-105L Mm lens off a two story building onto concrete. That was a $1000 lens. As it was going down I watched in slow motion and a sickening feeling overcame me. Live and learn eh cameraf4?

BrentHarder Loc: Southern California

merrytexan, I'm glad I'm not the only one taking their camera out in a kayak. I don't have a problem keeping steady while shooting......With a high enough shutter speed and with IS on you shouldn't have a problem.