john michael white
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Be nice if they would do them after working hours instead of smack dab in the middle of the day when everyone’s at work.
I really like the little statuette shots. The lighting looks really nice on them to me.
I also like the first stream shots you posted. Personaly, I like #1 the best. I like #3, but wish it had a little longer exposure so that the water had more blur as in image #1 and might have tried to move the shot more to the left in order to capture more of the stream and less of the big rock, if possible. The big rock captures the lower right third of the image and I think the *subject* is the stream, not the rock? Others may feel diferently, so take that only as a suggestion.
Both of the reel shots are nice – I like the sepia/bw version with the red colored bead the best…it just kind of grabs me. Real nice job.
The following shot is cool as well, with the beadhead nymph hooked on the rod. One suggestion –
Sweet report and great pics!
Brings back memories. I spent the summer of ’94 camping out at Kyle’s Landing as a guide for Kanakuk Camps. We would take kids into the outdoors through rock climbing, caving, and canoeing – if the water was high enough. That summer the water was so low, we only did a couple of canoe trips (which were more like 13 mile portages :D).
Did a fair amount of caving up near Ponca (not sure if the cave has a name but was pretty well known and hosts a cool place called “The Museum”. Takes about a 60′ rapel or rope ladder to get into the lower levels.
I also remember a 200′ free hanging rapell (outside) that we took the highschool age kids on that is not a far hike upstream from Kyle’s Landing. We would take the groups rock climbing on the cliffs below a scenic bluff/overlook that was across the river and about a 3 mile hike uphill from Kyle’s.
On days off we would go into Jasper to eat. A really amazing summer.
Too bad I wasn’t into fly fishing back then, or I would have been fishing every day after dinner! As it was, me and a few fellow buds would go rock climbing every evening after dinner.
Great report Tim, Hamish, and Josh….thouroughly enjoyed it. The scenery in New Zealand never ceases to make my jaw hit the floor. Keep up the good work. Always wanted to go to New Zealand, but not sure I could stand being couped up in a flying tin can that long to get there as well as the cost…maybe some day. Until then, I will visit vicariously through your awesome posts Tim.
Kurt – you mentioned about cropping the red windowed building shot:
What do y’all think about this, which is the one above cropped a little lower to get rid of the power line?
VS this one, which is another frame that I had shot and originally liked but chose the one above over it initially
It was the wind. I’ve been fishing all winter in sub 20 temps in the mountains, but sitting immobile in the boat with a 15mph headwind will make you cold.
Zach
And the humidity I suspect.
Thanks David – I can tell I am really going to enjoy using the long lens to snipe smaller portions of landscapes, etc.
