The snowy Nooksack River
scole
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Yesterday I made another attempt to explore a stretch of the North Fork Nooksack River that's hard to access. The river flows through a deep gorge for about a 1/3 of a mile so the access has to be at either end or by a very steep side slope. I made a previous attempt at the downstream entrance to the gorge but got cliffed out. This time, I managed to get down to the river's edge but was eventually twarted by a sheer cliff and the swift currents of the river. Guess I'm now down to Plans B & C.
Before this, however, I stopped off to check out the bald eagles which are beginning to make their annual return..
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Onto the photos of the river. I do want to point out that it was snowing hard while I took these so any banding you see in the photos is the result of the longer exposure times and the heavy snowfall at the time..
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Thanks for looking and Happy New Years!
Before this, however, I stopped off to check out the bald eagles which are beginning to make their annual return..
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Onto the photos of the river. I do want to point out that it was snowing hard while I took these so any banding you see in the photos is the result of the longer exposure times and the heavy snowfall at the time..
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Thanks for looking and Happy New Years!
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Thanks, clicketf3. I use a Pentax camera system consisting of the K10d camera along with the DA 18-55, 12-24, and 55-300 lenses. The camera has weathersealing but these lenses are not specifically weathersealed (though I have not had any problems in conditions like this).
The eagle pictures were taken with the 55-300 lens @ 300mm. Even with the 1.5x crop factor, it's just a tad short for birds and wildlife. Ideally, the Sigma 50-500 would do the job for me but it costs $1000 so it will have to wait.
The river photos were a mix of the 12-24 and the 55-300. I mostly use the 12-24 but I love using the telephoto for isolation in the landscape. It also helps that the lens lood is longer and helps keep the snow out and off of the lens!
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