Your safety when taking landscape photos by yourself
Rowan Crowe
sunrise shots of a water cascade. I'm leaving behind a rather upset
wife who is concerned for my safety. She seems to be more worried
about "hooligans" attacking me than the slightly more likely
possibility of losing my footing and plunging into the water!!
What are your concerns and experiences? I'm interested in any little
anecdotes or thoughts on the issue of basic safety when you're working
alone in remote or generally unpopulated areas.
Currently 7 degrees at the weather station nearest my destination, off
I go...
Kakadu
a sudden woman is worried about that?
"Rowan Crowe" <google...@sensation.net.au> wrote in message
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"Kakadu" <nos...@auspics.com> wrote in message
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> For millions of years man has roamed the forests of the world... Now all
of
> a sudden woman is worried about that?
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Ken Oaf
Forget the hooligans, it is the dropbears that you have to worry about.
D.
"Rowan Crowe" <google...@sensation.net.au> wrote in message
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I'd have a guess you would be in far more danger waiting for a train in
Bankstown than out photographing a forest.
Surfworx Photography
gear, they get to test out the monopod. Then there's the Pelican hard
case.........
Derrick
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Shaw
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Part of the fun for me is my own stupidity.
I get stacks of fun out of bushwalking after midnight - hanging off cliffs,
getting the "perfect shot". Hah. It's the chance to experience stuff that
nobody else can... the fart sound that bandicoots make when you scare them.
The thrill of standing on your first echidna (that's my thing - I never
thought there were so many in SE Qld.) But the moon, water, the wind,
trees, stars - it's very beautiful at night and dawn if you can photog well.
Bring a torch or two, CDMA phone. A really good weather proof jacket. A
10D. That's all I need!
As for your wife... what have you done to make her not trust you! Actually
you're blessed Rowan that your wife does care!
Safety for me is just knowing the terrain at least 5 metres all around me.
Edge
> "Rowan Crowe" <google...@sensation.net.au> wrote in message
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> > It's 4:30am and I'm just about to drive to a state forest to snap some
> > sunrise shots of a water cascade. I'm leaving behind a rather upset
> > wife who is concerned for my safety. She seems to be more worried
> > about "hooligans" attacking me than the slightly more likely
> > possibility of losing my footing and plunging into the water!!
> >
> > What are your concerns and experiences? I'm interested in any little
> > anecdotes or thoughts on the issue of basic safety when you're working
> > alone in remote or generally unpopulated areas.
> >
> > Currently 7 degrees at the weather station nearest my destination, off
> > I go...
>
ROFL .. ask her how she'd feel if her hubby was off flying in
vintage/old planes taking pictures of other vintage/old planes weekend after
weekend after weekend ... but heck, if the man is going to go .. at least
let him go doing something he enjoys ....
woodsie
google...@sensation.net.au (Rowan Crowe) wrote:
i'm concerned it took u 14 mins to write that post and also concerned u
had a job to go to but decided to come here and waste 14 mins asking us
rather than consolling your poor worried wife.
Andrew Hennell
Crowe) wrote:
Rowan,
As one who has roamed national parks & state forests for years in
search of that ellusive 'killer' shot - I've never run into any
hooligans or the like. You're much more likely to trip, sprain an
ankle, get lost, etc.
If you're going in on foot, follow precautions I take...
- tell someone where you're going
- wear sensibe clothing/footwear
- carry mobile phone if in mobile range
- dont leave valuables visable in your car
- carry water and a small first aid kit (and do a first aid course)
- if I'm deviating from my plan, I phone in my new plans
Good Luck!
Cheers,
Andrew.
Henrik Tived
"Shaw" <n...@nospam.com> wrote in message >
> Bring a torch or two, CDMA phone. A really good weather proof jacket. A
> 10D. That's all I need!
Now if you had just brought with you one single lens it would have been a
perfect night out :-)
enjoy
Henrik
sjwt
plenty of fights.
No problem, no one even seemd the slightest bit
intrested in my new rather expensive digital cammer
or lenes.
As for goign to a state forest at sunrise,
is it relay the sort of place thugs hang around anyway>?
Don
ago!!!!
Don from Down Under
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Russ
I've found a solid, retracted Manfrotto monopod with foam grip and webbing
leash can sort out most sort out most troublesome fauna.
Russ.
Rowan Crowe
In this particular case I wasn't in mobile range (CDMA or GSM) which
does concern me a little. A quick google search suggests that there's
something called a PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) which is a similar
device to the one used by boats in distress. They look to be about the
size of a largeish mobile phone so it wouldn't be too hard to fit one
of them into the backpack. However PLBs and EPIRBs are definitely to
be considered a last resort, since the time between first detection
and the initiation of a search could be several hours. I was thinking
perhaps that a handheld CB might also increase the chances of being
able to get local help more quickly.
I don't plan to do any heavy bush bashing, but there is no guarantee
that the places I visit will necessarily have regular human traffic
passing through. I didn't see a single person ANYWHERE in the forest
or on the road during my visit today.
Edge
"Don" <macki...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Except for those bloody drop bears, I thought we had eradicated them years
> ago!!!!
Haven't seen a drop bear in a while .. but don't take your bicycle .. them
hoop snakes are nasty ....
Narelle
> It's 4:30am and I'm just about to drive to a state forest to snap some
> sunrise shots of a water cascade. I'm leaving behind a rather upset
> wife who is concerned for my safety. She seems to be more worried
> about "hooligans" attacking me than the slightly more likely
> possibility of losing my footing and plunging into the water!!
>
Ask her to go along with you next time.
N
Marty Morgan
"Rowan Crowe" <google...@sensation.net.au> wrote in message
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Those Deliverance types are quite adept at blending into the background.
Did you hear any distant banjo playing?
Andrew Hennell
wrote:
>As for goign to a state forest at sunrise,
>is it relay the sort of place thugs hang around anyway>?
only photography thugs jostling for the right angle :)
paul cavka
Watching that doco on SBS about Tasmania's two most famous landscape
photographers was pretty freaky. At the moment I can't think of the
first guys name. He ended up drowning, and then Peter Dorbrovski ends up
being found dead in the forest.
Very weird.
I'd feel a lot safer wandering the Kings Cross and doing street
photography than I would wandering about a state forest.
Paul