Recently I had the opportunity to visit friends in Vancouver. Well, maybe you’re not, but I certainly am. At least it should be, but we’re all guilty of falling into habits and not trying new things. Photography (like so many things) is a constant learning process. The mirror lockup function completely eliminated the camera shake. So, for the first time ever, I tried shooting with the mirror lockup function turned on. It worked a treat. Finally I realized that the problem was likely coming from the camera itself. I made some attempts to stabilize the tripod, but got nowhere. What I encountered in this specific situation was that I was getting some image-ruining camera shake. I like long exposures, but I don’t actually do them that often. It was an overcast afternoon and we were pretty deep in the bush and in the small valley made by the river that I was able to shoot with some long exposures from 3s to 25s. In capturing this image above, I learned to use a feature on my camera I’d never tried before. Thankfully the bears weren’t interested in us. In fact, we’d encountered two bears already this day, one less than 10ft from us before we even noticed it. This is bear country, so the risk was there. We spent a couple of hours at the falls and didn’t encounter anyone else. To find them, you need to be prepared to do a bit of hiking, but they’re well worth the effort. This very photogenic set of waterfalls, called Rainbow Falls, is located in Whistler, BC. It offers an endless range of photo opportunities. The photo today is Rainbow Falls again in Whistler, BC. No concussion, just a big, colourful goose-egg. This time she came through the list clean. Sadly, this list has been useful to me in the past. Bad Dad.Īs a parent of active kids, I know, as I’m sure many parents do, the basic checklist for checking your kid for a concussion. Unfortunately I was not by my phone when they called me to come fetch her, so she had to wait 45 minutes before I turned up to rescue her. She hit her forehead pretty hard on the one of the wooden platforms. No one got sick, but our youngest did a face plant at the playground at school. In fact, they often catch something the day she leaves. More often than it seems reasonable, one of the kids comes down sick with something while she’s away. Over the years, she’s spent more than a little bit of time travelling. Next time, I should apparently do a test shot before I pack. I discovered, on returning from my travels, that there were some small fibers right in the middle of the sensor that I’ve had to remove from every single image. This image unfortunately needed a bit of cleanup. This image is, once again, from Rainbow Falls in Whistler, BC. Hopefully it’ll last and I’ll have a lot less post-production dust removal. Cleaner than it’s been in months and months. Checked it with a few test shots and it’s all good. I put the camera in sensor cleaning mode, gave it a few puffs with a filtered blower, put the cleaning fluid on the swab and gave the low-pass filter a single wipe from side to side. Warnings aside, I’ve also learned that it’s just a bit too hard (and expensive) to get gear serviced professionally (and locally) so if I can do it myself, I’m going to because really, how hard can it be? As it turns out, not too hard at all. There are so many warnings out there about how you can scratch the glass if it has any hard particles on it. I should have done it ages ago, but I’ve felt that first-time-cleaning anxiety. I finally cleaned my sensor (actually the low pass filter in front of the sensor) today. At the end of the hike, we found the scene above. It’s a fun hike that follows a small stream with the path zig zagging back and forth across the water the whole way. We left in the morning to make sure we had plenty of time. With just 45 minutes left before the park closed and the hike not yet half done, I wasn’t at the falls yet and so turned back.įor my third attempt, I brought my 11-year old along. Unfortunately, I dawdled too much taking pictures on my way out. Needless to say, we didn’t carry on with the hike that day.įor my second attempt at this hike, I set out about two hours before the park closed.
We’d started out on this hike three years ago on a previous trip, but one of our group fell and hit her head leading to a very exciting rescue by the fire department. Being a sucker for waterfalls, I wanted to give this hike a try. At the end of the Murray Canyon is a waterfall called the Seven Sisters.
There are three broad areas where you can hike in the canyons – Andreas Canyon, Palm Canyons and Murray Canyon. I’m back in Indian Canyons for today’s post.