What’s Your Preference?

dunphyk · #11 (**permalink**) 02-16-2007, 07:07 PM

I didn't plan it that way...

I wanted a photo of a very deep crevace in a particular cliff face near St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. My girlfriend and I went to this location. We climbed to the top of the cliff, and I lay on the ground on my stomach, and crawled halfway over the edge of the cliff so I was looking essentially straight down in to the crevace. It was approximately a 400' drop to the North Atlantic ocean at the bottom. This was before digital cameras, so I don't have the photos immediately handy to share... sorry...

My wife noticed a VERY large quantity of insects beginning to crawl over me. She HATES insects, and started to become very animated at the site fo them crawling on me. They were mostly ants, and bugs don't don't really bother me too much, but given her agitated state, I thought there may be more going on than was safe.

I immediately shrank back from the edge of the cliff. But in the panic, I momentarily forgot the precarious circumstances of my position. If I had not taken care to ensure my center of gravity was well on the solid ground side of the cliff face before I lept up to see what she losing her mind about, I might not be here to write this.

And yes, I did marry her - I know, I'm a glutton for punishment...

But I love her dearly!

Lani_D · #12 (**permalink**) 02-17-2007, 10:33 AM

Believe it or not i sorta had one of those moments today! Some friends and I went bush walking in the blue mountains with the intention of getting some wicked shots. As were walking along the track to a lookout, my friend sees this waterfall but his shot is blocked by a heap of thick scrub. So he decides hes going off the track to the cliff ledge to get his photo....i couldnt watch. we were like a zillion kilometers up i was sure he was going to slip and fall. So i kept walking then all of a sudden i hear this "aargh!" (scream noise). i nearly had a heart attack, until he stuck his head back out on the track and started laughing at me! BOYS!

This was the shot he got tho if your interested

steevdavis62 · #13 (**permalink**) 02-17-2007, 11:23 AM

wow...both those storis are pretty intense. Shows some serious dedication to photography. I cant say i have ever risked my life to get a photograph, although im sure it would give the photo alot more meaning.

Lani, i love that photo. A little bit of photoshop work and it will be a stunner. Definatly worth the risk

Lani_D · #14 (**permalink**) 02-17-2007, 11:55 AM

yea, we officially gave him "photo of the day" for that shot...couldnt have paid me to get out there and get it myself tho!

steevdavis62 · #15 (**permalink**) 02-17-2007, 12:11 PM

True. gotta love the blue mountains....i just moved down to Cooranbong, just out of sydney on the north side... love the blueys

Lani_D · #16 (**permalink**) 02-17-2007, 10:25 PM

i love sydney. i live out west right at the foot of the blue mountains but i work in sydney

Suze · #17 (**permalink**) 02-17-2007, 10:50 PM

Keeping this thread in mind and the shallow depth of field I was taking some photos on Friday with lots of bees around. I got one photo (this one) with a bee on the flower, deciding that my camera wasn't going to do a close shot of the bee without annoying it.

I changed to taking just photos of flowers but too late. Nice bee sting to my finger :-).

I can't say if this was the bee that stung me LOL.
Suze

steevdavis62 · #18 (**permalink**) 02-18-2007, 01:52 AM

thats a great capture of the bee, i like it surrounded by the flower. its gives the bee more persective and relevance....

At least you have the satisfaction of knowing the bee that stung you died

Suze · #19 (**permalink**) 02-18-2007, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steevdavis62

thats a great capture of the bee, i like it surrounded by the flower. its gives the bee more persective and relevance....

At least you have the satisfaction of knowing the bee that stung you died

Thanks :-). I've had two nice comments in a day, one from you and one cropped up on flickr. My thought for the flickr one was OMG somebody actually looked at something I put here LOL.

I felt the photo with the bee could have done with being closer and crisper but I felt that it would dramatically increase my chance of being stung. How ironic that I moved away and got stung anyway.

This was taken at a cafe/shop at Warnervale just a stone's throw from you (well compared to some of the other places photos are taken).

I'm still chuckling re your comment about the bee dying. :-)

Suze