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The NEW Post Your Campsite/gear/knife/hiking/anything Outdoorsy Pic Thread!
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On Tuesday, my friend Greg and I headed down to Destin, FL.
We played at the beach for awhile Tuesday afternoon.
Lots of stinging algae or whatever that should be obvious in the pics, making the water look cloudy.
There were also lots of seagulls...
..and one confused pigeon.
Wednesday, we went out on a "party boat" with maybe 30 people.
I'm honestly not that into fishing, but when we did the same thing last year, it was my first time on a boat out of sight of land, and just riding the boat on the top deck and swaying to the waves is worth the trip to me. Love being on the boat...
Red sunrise promising more interesting weather to come.
Again lots of gulls, and the occasional pelican at the docks.
Unlike the last time we went out on this boat, the people on the lower deck were getting drenched due to the increased wave action. I only went down there to fish when stopped, preferring to be up top away from the people, and having a better view.
It ended up raining for about 4 hours of the 6 hour trip. Into the storm.
My frogg toggs jacket has now been fully tested. I was one of the few people who wasn't soaked and freezing for half the day. My camera, of course, remains on the endangered list.
A little variety, my first three were a red snapper, then a white snapper, then a scamp grouper. Greg caught a silk(?) snapper, and then more later. I think the rest of our keepers might have all been his, as either all but one, or just all, the rest of mine were snapper that were too small to keep. Not quite as much luck this year, and all the fish were pretty small...
Here's a shark someone fishing off the back tied into for awhile.
We played at the beach for awhile Tuesday afternoon.
Lots of stinging algae or whatever that should be obvious in the pics, making the water look cloudy.
There were also lots of seagulls...
..and one confused pigeon.
Wednesday, we went out on a "party boat" with maybe 30 people.
I'm honestly not that into fishing, but when we did the same thing last year, it was my first time on a boat out of sight of land, and just riding the boat on the top deck and swaying to the waves is worth the trip to me. Love being on the boat...
Red sunrise promising more interesting weather to come.
Again lots of gulls, and the occasional pelican at the docks.
Unlike the last time we went out on this boat, the people on the lower deck were getting drenched due to the increased wave action. I only went down there to fish when stopped, preferring to be up top away from the people, and having a better view.
It ended up raining for about 4 hours of the 6 hour trip. Into the storm.
My frogg toggs jacket has now been fully tested. I was one of the few people who wasn't soaked and freezing for half the day. My camera, of course, remains on the endangered list.
A little variety, my first three were a red snapper, then a white snapper, then a scamp grouper. Greg caught a silk(?) snapper, and then more later. I think the rest of our keepers might have all been his, as either all but one, or just all, the rest of mine were snapper that were too small to keep. Not quite as much luck this year, and all the fish were pretty small...
Here's a shark someone fishing off the back tied into for awhile.
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Thursday morning we went over to the Tensaw Delta area near Mobile, AL for a little kayak trip. Tame stuff, but pretty fun.
Very wide variety of wildlife, particularly birds, and I really liked the parts that were off the river channel, and more swampy.
I really wanted to get close to an alligator, but the gators weren't having it.
The biggest one we saw...well, he's in the upper right portion of this pic, but I'd have to embed an arrow pointing to him.
'Course I could see him a lot better through binoculars, and watched him for awhile. He didn't let us get anywhere near him, and started swimming away right after being sighted.
Here's another one that's smaller. That dark bump to the left of the patch of floating hyacinth.
Pic from while I was searching for another gator.
Finally, there was one near a pier on the shore, where I was able to get some better pics.
I put my binoculars on the railing, and propped them on the padded neck strap to try using the binos as a telephoto lens with the camera in closeup mode.
It actually worked pretty well when zoomed in some(this is not a crop):
From the 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center.
Not a bad way to spend the morning.
We went back to the beach in the afternoon, and the red flags were out. I took no pics, but we got out in the surf-it could actually be called surf, because people were surfing.
We got beat down repeatedly, and my sunglasses got ripped off and taken by the Gulf
It was exhausting, but fun, fighting the waves. I left my phone and camera in the car, though, so have no pics. Kind of glad, because I'd probably have tried to take pics out in the waves, and with my luck, would have lost my camera, too.
Very wide variety of wildlife, particularly birds, and I really liked the parts that were off the river channel, and more swampy.
I really wanted to get close to an alligator, but the gators weren't having it.
The biggest one we saw...well, he's in the upper right portion of this pic, but I'd have to embed an arrow pointing to him.
'Course I could see him a lot better through binoculars, and watched him for awhile. He didn't let us get anywhere near him, and started swimming away right after being sighted.
Here's another one that's smaller. That dark bump to the left of the patch of floating hyacinth.
Pic from while I was searching for another gator.
Finally, there was one near a pier on the shore, where I was able to get some better pics.
I put my binoculars on the railing, and propped them on the padded neck strap to try using the binos as a telephoto lens with the camera in closeup mode.
It actually worked pretty well when zoomed in some(this is not a crop):
From the 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center.
Not a bad way to spend the morning.
We went back to the beach in the afternoon, and the red flags were out. I took no pics, but we got out in the surf-it could actually be called surf, because people were surfing.
We got beat down repeatedly, and my sunglasses got ripped off and taken by the Gulf
It was exhausting, but fun, fighting the waves. I left my phone and camera in the car, though, so have no pics. Kind of glad, because I'd probably have tried to take pics out in the waves, and with my luck, would have lost my camera, too.
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Looks like a fine way to spend time to me. It's given me a prod too. It must be at least a couple of years since I did a sweep of stuff for digiscoping. Now I'm wondering what is available in the compact to bins market of a size somewhere between the top thing here http://www.digiscoping.co.uk/?Cat=BINOCULARS and the small simplicity of these http://www.kowaproducts.com/kowa-digiscoping-adapters/KowaTSN-IP4S/ .
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I haven't kept up, either. Had thought to get into digiscoping awhile back. Bought a Pentax PF-65ED II and one or two of their high end XW series eyepieces, but sold them. I generally much prefer using both eyes, and bins with a big AFOV, during actual use. 'Course I also sold both of my HD/ED binoculars, since I don't actually use binoculars much, either. The Pentax DCF SP series I started my "optical journey" with are fine for me, and very comfortable to use. I carry the 8x32 when binoculars are worth carrying, and keep the 12.5x50 version at home with a monopod for watching birds.
Originally just wanted something to replace a pair of old 8x30 Steiner Military/Marines, and wish I'd stopped at the 8x32 DCF SP to begin with. Kind of like how part of me lusts after a big setup for photography, but I'm probably better off with the point and shoot that I'll actually carry everywhere and get plenty of use from. Fun stuff to fool around with, though.
Originally just wanted something to replace a pair of old 8x30 Steiner Military/Marines, and wish I'd stopped at the 8x32 DCF SP to begin with. Kind of like how part of me lusts after a big setup for photography, but I'm probably better off with the point and shoot that I'll actually carry everywhere and get plenty of use from. Fun stuff to fool around with, though.
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Very nice really like the Off Road Evolution hat
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Owen: Excellent! Love that shot of the sky split in half too, between the storm and the clear. :thumbup: Looks like a nice and relaxing trip!
Welcome to the new BF folks and the new posters to the thread
Good stuff guys!
Welcome to the new BF folks and the new posters to the thread
Good stuff guys!
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double tap
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Took some of the kids out for some sun yesterday.
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Glad to see some new posts ITT and there sure are a lot of great pics between 'em. Thanks guys, keep 'em coming.
@notajerryskid, really love that axe. Awesome!
@notajerryskid, really love that axe. Awesome!
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Random pic from the Lost Coat bping trip I just got back from. Lots of catching up to do, pics from this and other outings comin soon.
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A little lunch action with some friends
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From last week.
Oak Mountain State Park:
The Trussville Sports Complex in Trussville, AL has a 4 mile loop trail around it, including technical sections, and some smaller loops off the main one totaling 6-7 miles of trail.
Oh, and it's a mile out of the way on my drive home from work!:triumphant:
Oak Mountain State Park:
The Trussville Sports Complex in Trussville, AL has a 4 mile loop trail around it, including technical sections, and some smaller loops off the main one totaling 6-7 miles of trail.
Oh, and it's a mile out of the way on my drive home from work!:triumphant: