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Photography and kayaking

Posted 22/08/2018 - 02:18 Link
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I’ve combined my photography with my kayaking.
I tether my tripod to the kayak at three points.
It will not tip or sink if I capsize.
I launch the kayak first, get in and then set camera to tripod.
Camera is the first to shore on my return.
A dry bag is tethered to tripod in case of waves, wind or weather.
So far so good.
I am able to calmly approach wildlife.
Sometimes it takes an hour or more and a lot of frames.
Usually come away with one or two keepers.
Do not try this at home!
pschlute
Posted 22/08/2018 - 04:47 Link
Nice set up.
RobL
Posted 22/08/2018 - 07:19 Link
It’s curious how wildlife is unperturbed by small craft, this looks fascinating. Any chance of seeing some results?
derek897
Posted 22/08/2018 - 09:15 Link
RobL wrote:
It’s curious how wildlife is unperturbed by small craft, this looks fascinating. Any chance of seeing some results?

I'd love to see some too 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I know what i like, If not always why.
LennyBloke
Posted 22/08/2018 - 10:16 Link
derek897 wrote:
RobL wrote:
It’s curious how wildlife is unperturbed by small craft, this looks fascinating. Any chance of seeing some results?

I'd love to see some too 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Me too

Is that a Pentax A*300/2.8 ?
LennyBloke
derek897
Posted 22/08/2018 - 10:44 Link
LennyBloke wrote:
derek897 wrote:
Quote:
It’s curious how wildlife is unperturbed by small craft, this looks fascinating. Any chance of seeing some results?

I'd love to see some too 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Me too

Is that a Pentax A*300/2.8 ?

Aren't you eagle eyed lennybloke
We'll spotted.
I hadn't copped that. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I know what i like, If not always why.
Algernon
Posted 22/08/2018 - 11:05 Link
You can get closer than 20 feet from grebes with an electric boat as Daniel did in this post....

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/norfolk-holiday---wildlife-11284/p-0

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Don
Posted 22/08/2018 - 14:37 Link
I've seen electric trolling motors attached to kayaks like that.
I use a small inflatable boat with a modified solid wood floor and electric motor .
I am however saving up for a larger zihune crane2 gimbal with monopod to scrap the tripod altogether, the idea being to mount the gimbal to the mono pod and mount the mono pod directly to the boat... this way I switch from stills to video and back and even if the waves are a lil choppy I can still shoot.
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.

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