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07/02/2006 10:52:59 PM · #1 |
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I was in Moab a few months ago and I was definately doing the same things...this'll make me rethink the next time I decide to get as close to the edge of Green River Overlook on a windy day trying to get the best angle possible without actually stepping over the edge. Boy, laying there on my stomach only a few inches from an 800-foot dropoff was it nerve-racking...but I got some excellent shots. I would post them but I was shooting film. |
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07/02/2006 04:21:55 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by ButterflySis:
Yep, this one had me running for safety!
That ridge is 1/8-1/4 of a mile away. It nearly blinded me. |
I was nearly blinded recently by ligthning aswell, the thunder shook the ground out from under me. I was convinced for about ten seconds i was blind.
Does anyone know how common such a thing is or if capturing that sort up close bolt can damage a camera? |
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06/23/2006 12:29:51 AM · #3 |
| I'll be in Yellowstone tomorrow. Lots of photos, but safely taken. I will have to show this to my 11 yr. old who likes to be on the other side of those rules. She thinks I'm mean because I make her stay where we are supposed to be! |
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06/23/2006 12:02:50 AM · #4 |
I heard on the news today that we had a 43 yr old woman that fell from Pictured Rocks yesterday. She also died after hitting the rock slab below.
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06/22/2006 11:31:21 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by jaxsond:
Originally posted by Count:
I imagine many of us here have done some risk taking while getting just the right shot. I know I have... |
.....lke this shot.........I love shooting lightning too but be smart (or atleast recognize that you were being smart when you decided to pack up an get the hell out.............
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Yep, this one had me running for safety!
That ridge is 1/8-1/4 of a mile away. It nearly blinded me.
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06/22/2006 10:45:56 PM · #6 |
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06/22/2006 10:45:19 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Count:
I imagine many of us here have done some risk taking while getting just the right shot. I know I have... |
.....lke this shot.........I love shooting lightning too but be smart (or atleast recognize that you were being smart when you decided to pack up an get the hell out.............
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06/22/2006 10:42:33 PM · #8 |
| the canyon overlook is full of loose rocks. the signs warn you of this. It is very easy to slip on these rocks. I feel for the family |
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06/22/2006 10:32:30 PM · #9 |
This young man died recently too.
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06/22/2006 09:59:14 PM · #10 |
Very sad indeed. Have to admit to putting myself at risk for a shot. These were taken in the Grand Canyon, no fences though. Don't think I've jumped fences before but not sure I wouldn't have for this bird.
 the Condor we were photographing, a very rare bird. |
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06/21/2006 06:05:49 AM · #11 |
I'd do something stupid like that >.> wait I do that kind of stuff all the time.. I nearly fell out of a tree for the green challenge LOL
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06/21/2006 05:55:38 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by jusdino4it:
We dont even know that she was a serious photographer...she could have just had a disposible camera for all we know. |
That makes it worse, I don't know why |
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06/20/2006 05:07:06 PM · #13 |
| We dont even know that she was a serious photographer...she could have just had a disposible camera for all we know. |
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06/20/2006 04:52:54 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by contestguru:
The really horrible part was, he lived long enough to know. |
that would be long enough to make a phone call.
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06/20/2006 04:22:41 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by contestguru:
In my skydiving days ... I was jumping on a day when a photographer was so involved in getting his photo gear rigged up, he forgot to put on his parachute.
The really horrible part was, he lived long enough to know.
Melanie |
this made my stomach do that queasy feeling thing like when you do the first drop off on a roller coaster.
yeesh.
maybe my fear of heights isn't so bad, after all . . . |
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06/20/2006 04:20:14 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by PhantomEWO:
Originally posted by jrtodd:
Originally posted by PhantomEWO:
This sounds like a bunch of the guys on the Moab GTG in Canyonlands. John, Brent and others does this sound familiar? Only difference was the cliff at Canyonlands were 1500 feet with no retainer walls and no rangers with rope to go check the body out. Canyonland fall means free animal feed for a day or two. BUT all was worth it for the once in a lifetime pics .... right? |
But I know better than to step over a retaining wall
See, no retaining wall ;> |
Excellent example of how to get the best shot. Unless they've changed the rules at the Grand Canyon the retainer walls are there only as a warning, you are allowed to go over or around them if you choose. AND if you see, John is actually leaning forward on the edge, made my stomach tickle and I skydive and fly hanggliders for fun ;) |
Yep, when I was at the Grand Canyon, the walls were more of a suggestion. It was some years ago, but the wind caught my dad's hat and blew it over the edge. The damned fool went over after it, climbing down to what he called a "good-sized ledge." He got his hat back, but scared the hell out of me (I think I was about 10), and I thought for sure that my mother was going to kill him.
Guess it goes to show that even smart people do dumb things now and them. And sometimes, their dumb moment coincides with their luck running out.
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06/20/2006 04:16:22 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by jrtodd:
Originally posted by PhantomEWO:
This sounds like a bunch of the guys on the Moab GTG in Canyonlands. John, Brent and others does this sound familiar? Only difference was the cliff at Canyonlands were 1500 feet with no retainer walls and no rangers with rope to go check the body out. Canyonland fall means free animal feed for a day or two. BUT all was worth it for the once in a lifetime pics .... right? |
But I know better than to step over a retaining wall
See, no retaining wall ;> |
Excellent example of how to get the best shot. Unless they've changed the rules at the Grand Canyon the retainer walls are there only as a warning, you are allowed to go over or around them if you choose. AND if you see, John is actually leaning forward on the edge, made my stomach tickle and I skydive and fly hanggliders for fun ;) |
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06/20/2006 04:07:32 PM · #18 |
In my skydiving days ... I was jumping on a day when a photographer was so involved in getting his photo gear rigged up, he forgot to put on his parachute.
The really horrible part was, he lived long enough to know.
Melanie
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06/20/2006 02:42:32 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by idnic:
.... but did she get the shot? |
I was wondering this the whole time myself. And, did she get any on the way down?
Morbid humor aside, it really is tragic. Especially since it was so avoidable, if only she had used a little common sense.
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06/20/2006 02:39:09 PM · #20 |
Its a darn good thing I am absolutely petrified of heights....
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06/20/2006 02:32:10 PM · #21 |
My brother was in California on Saturday ON a retaining wall taking a picture of the scenery on about a 1000 ft drop and slipped on some muck and mire and down he came on his elbow. And we all exclaimed at once, as he was saying "Yes, I saved the camera!"
I sent him the link to the story and it scared him sh*tless!
Message edited by author 2006-06-20 14:33:17. |
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06/20/2006 02:29:11 PM · #22 |
Two points:
1. If you live your life within all the retaining walls you are missing a lot.
2. When you go beyond the retaining wall, make sure you remember why that retaining wall is there.
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06/20/2006 01:25:41 PM · #23 |
| is anyone else thinking "Darwin Awards"... |
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06/20/2006 01:23:21 PM · #24 |
Ugh that gives me the shudders cause my mom's the one who's taking risks all the time either taking pics or posing for them. She's always climbing rocks, hanging over walls or standing on boulders that strech out into rivers that rip apart fallen trucks in less then half a minute (saw that happen, not a pretty sight, thank god the driver didn't love his vehicle too much and jumped out).
I'm the safe type standing far far far away....
(I'm tempted to write in a galaxy far far away)
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06/18/2006 11:24:10 PM · #25 |
I think it's so sad and tragic for the family.
It's a wake-up call for me...I've been known to get so involved in what I'm shooting that I'm tuned out to my surroundings.
I do, however, avoid the "one slip and you're dead situations".
It reminds me of a women in our area (a few years ago) that had just crossed the road to get the mail and was so absorbed in her letter that she stepped in front of a semi. Another tragic outcome. :(
Message edited by author 2006-07-05 21:28:26. |
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