Hi Ms Tammy
THANK YOU as always for your kind response
I guess the good news would be that had I slipped and fell, the water was very shallow
Falling and hitting my head on the rocks wouldn't be great, but then I have a pretty HARD head as many know. Hehehe!!
There are indeed "isolated pockets of beauty" this time of year. I just gotta find them.
Yup, getting out when I can. It's been a little busy at work the last few weeks.
One of the two remaining casinos is in the process of being sold. Just not sure when that will happen.
I've been watching a lot of YouTube in the past months.
Mostly channels of landscape photographers where I've learned a lot.
Nigel Danson, Thomas Heaton, Adam Gibbs, Gavin Hardcastle, Henry Turner, Mark Denny, Michael Shainblum...
And a Scottish gal with a wonderful accent--Kim Grant.
Speaking of Scotland. I spent 3 weeks there in 1997.
Scotland, especially NW Scotland's highlands and coastal area, is a hiker/photographers paradise imo.
I can tell you that the scenery in Scotland is absolutely stunning. I spent 9 days in the Kinlochewe/Torridon region.
Hikers check this out. It's not a photographer's link but hikers and backpackers will like it.
These two guys hike a lot together. Love their Scottish accents:
https://www.youtube.com/c/ScotlandsMountains/videos
And now recently I'm watching "bushcrafting" channels, mostly for entertainment.
You know I'm a "prepper" and have a survivalist streak.
"Bushwacker Man" has a channel and his daughter Becky "Girl Outdoors" has one I like. The whole family is involved in bushcraft.
They live in England in the Surry area. I love the English accents of Becky and her Dad.
Becky is a very accomplished young gal just having turned 18 recently. Her dad taught her well. She's been solo backpacking since she was 16!
Becky has a long term goal of getting kids/girls especially involved in bushcraft to build self confidence and independence
And another bushcrafter I watch is a gal named Vanessa who has "Wild Woman Bushcraft" channel.
A bit of a misnomer since she is anything but wild--somewhat religious(Catholic), married and has three boys.
Vanessa works very hard making YouTube videos. She has both a German channel and an English channel.
She struggles a bit with her English, but that's part of her charm. She's VERY much an environmentalist which is a good thing imo.
One of her goals is similar to Becky's in encouraging women to become more independent and self confident through outdoor activity.
Those gals got me wanting to do a lame video doing a overnight/weekend winter backpack camp. Nothing too strenuous.
I'd just hike/snowshoe out somewhere easy and camp out.
Find a pretty spot place along the North Fork river in a place like Great Northern Flats would work for a "demo".
There should be plenty of standing dead and down trees for a fire and making stuff.
Do a little simple bushcrafting like making a fire using a ferro rod, knife, and natural tinder.
Maybe build a rough survival shelter as demo(I'll be in a tent!!! )...using hatchet, handsaw, and bushcraft knife(one that can be "batoned"
Simple stuff like that.
Give everyone here a laugh since it's soooo boring here lately.
Blah blah LOLOLO!!
Cheers
calicotraveler wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 3:36 pm I agree with TnTammy, nice wintertime shots!
And also watch yourself as those rocks are slippery in the summer and likely more so in the winter.
Thank you too Michele. I always wear my microspikes while knocking around making pics in Avalanche Gorge
Many of the rocks are slick when the water is down. The slime on some is exposed and others are icy.
Tis OK though as I enjoy trying to get images that are a little different from the usual.
Cheerios to you too!!
later
pete