Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell

[enbt]

Nice! Shots on and off the water are much harder to come by. Nice B+W effect. Where and when and which machine?

[sky's the limit]

No idea which machine, but it was in Toba Inlet in the spring of 2008 if memory serves, back before the power project moved into the large camp and prior to the fatal accident that Fall. I spent a tonne of time over about 4yrs on that program, they used the Goose as a sched from YVR at that time.

stl

[Adam Oke]

A couple Grumman G-164 Ag Cats

[Rowdy]

So we had a bit of a fire here on the 'island' and the MB boys showed up. You were in on this werent ya north shore?









Two 215's showed up, and so did the fancy shmancy new 415..



Also spotted the 310 birddog



A couple of whirly birds were on scene quickly too. However I'm having trouble uploading whirly birds! I kidd I kidd! My connection just sucks and I'll try and get the rest up later..


Being up here sure makes me want to add something with more telephoto reach to my gear. The 70-200 f4L IS is fantastic, but juuuusssssttt not quite long enough. Any reccomends? the canon 300F4L IS? a 1.4x teleconverter? Something by Sigma?

[Rowdy]

More from 'central' MB









Ohh and the helo I was talking about that was here working the fire..



Also got a good one of calm airs ATR departing here on changeover day..



Then the nine niner airliner stopped by.

[Rowdy]

BTW- Loving this lens....



More to come

Wheres everyone elses? I know there are a pile of great shutterbugs on here...

[tiny]

Which lens is that Rowdy?

[North Shore]

So we had a bit of a fire here on the 'island' and the MB boys showed up. You were in on this werent ya north shore?

Yah, that's me in 250, trying to keep up to the dieselduck..

[bmc]

Rowdy..who's Beaver is that?

[Rowdy]

Rowdy..who's Beaver is that?

Elk Island Lodge

Tiny, Thats a lensbaby composer with a wide angle attachment and IIRC an f4 disc..

Here are some more of the visitors to the island this month.









and one from Knee lake

[Rudder Bug]

Rowdy

Your last shots are stunning.

You are becoming a heck of a photographer, please keep them coming!

RB

[Rowdy]

Thanks Gilleybean! It seems I've been trying to post some more but to no avail.. anywways.. if this goes through.. here are a couple more. Hopefully someone else will join in as I seem to be hogging this thread now..

[all_ramped_up]

Another afternoon down at CB5.

The fishing lodges are in full swing now.


Coopers' Minipi Lodges


Flowers Lake Lodge

[esp803]

Can't Be having Rowdy have all the fun on this post... Here are a couple from the Yukon over the last couple weeks







(Edited: Pictures shrunk)

[bigsky]

Dude..Big is not always better !!
it would be nice if the pics were a little smaller!
Otherwise..great shots

[esp803]

Ha Ha, I loaded em straight from my website... didn't check to see their size... I'll resize em tomorrow and re-upload

[cptn2016]

esp803, those are amazing. i thought they were paintings at first, the colour is brilliant.

[ybp]

cptn2016, that is just how the Yukon is....has nothin to do with the camera!!!

It sure makes me miss that country!!! Awesome pics!!!

[beaverlover]

Hey everyone, great pictures, it's my first post on avcanada, so here is a brief presentation:
My name is Yann, i'm 16, and i'm passionned by aviation and also love photogrpahy.
I curently live in Belgium and my goal is obviously to become a pilot... correction a bush pilot, I just love nature and planes that's probably why !


Okay back in topic:

Love the pic below rowdy, but one question, how didn't you over-expose your sky, the dark cockpit must have required a slower shutter speed and a smaller f stop, but whenever I have these settings, my sky is plainely white... What's your trick ? sun position, graduated ND filter, post-processed HDR, I'm starting landscape photography and I often end-up with a boring and over-exposed sky. All the opposit of yours .

Yann

[cdnpilot77]

Its a mock cockpit with a fake background...its ok to tell the truth Rowdy, there is no way one could get such a great shot

[Rowdy]

Thats Five Bracketed exposures merged together in photoshop. I`d like to get my hands on a couple of ND filters now too. Should have picked up a couple before I went north for the season, but i guess i had more important things on my mind. Here are a couple more shots..



Another thats been bracketed.



A crop from my wide angle..



Was up till 3am watching the light show before it donned on me that I should snap a shot or two

[supertramp737]

Breathtaking guys, great shots!

Was up till 3am watching the light show before it donned on me that I should snap a shot or two

By the way, where did you take this one Rowdy? Northern MB?

Thanks,

Dom

[Rowdy]

Gods Lake. MB.

[Siddley Hawker]

Rowdy, if you should ever - God forbid - lose your license a career awaits you in photography. Fantastic shots.

[garf_II]

new to the forum, so, hello!

here's one of the J3s - mine on the left and Bob's about to bounce