Kayaking in Belize
August 7th, 2004
These are a few photos from our kayaking trip on the barrier reef in Belize. The weather was perfect.
The trip was about a week long, just paddling (or sailing) from caye to caye with a little snorkelling along the way. The only bad day was the day we left, big winds & rain.
The colours are truly stunning, crystal blues & beautiful sunsets.
Most of these are taken with either an 80-200, a 24-120 or a 24mm. The 24-120 is useful on the water since it covers such a wide range without lens swaps but it suffers from some very bad fall off in the corners with a polarizer.
Everything was shot on either Velvia or Provia using an F100 or F3.
The trip was about a week long, just paddling (or sailing) from caye to caye with a little snorkelling along the way. The only bad day was the day we left, big winds & rain.
The colours are truly stunning, crystal blues & beautiful sunsets.
Most of these are taken with either an 80-200, a 24-120 or a 24mm. The 24-120 is useful on the water since it covers such a wide range without lens swaps but it suffers from some very bad fall off in the corners with a polarizer.
Everything was shot on either Velvia or Provia using an F100 or F3.
Posted by Dave on a Saturday at 7:42 am
Bow River-Canmore to Deadman's Flats
August 7th, 2004
Paddled another section of the Bow River a few weeks ago.
I put in at the 'boat launch' in Canmore and paddled to Three Sisters Campground at Deadman's Flats.
The first 1/2 hour was nice paddling but after crossing under Hwy. 1 there were more & more trees & stumps in the river. While not hair raising I certainly had to be on my toes so as not get committed to a section that couldn't be navigated.
About a mile downstream I came to a section that was completely blocked. Interestingly there was a river raft caught up on shore just unstream of the sweepers. I don't know if it got way from someone or if they left it there after getting too far down the channel to paddle back out.
Luckily I was able to sneak through a little channel about 4ft. wide into a small pond. From there I paddled upstream a few hundred feet and worked my way into another channel that looped around and came out about 50ft. downstream of the sweepers.
From there it was a typical Bow River paddle to Deadman's Flats.
I put in at the 'boat launch' in Canmore and paddled to Three Sisters Campground at Deadman's Flats.
The first 1/2 hour was nice paddling but after crossing under Hwy. 1 there were more & more trees & stumps in the river. While not hair raising I certainly had to be on my toes so as not get committed to a section that couldn't be navigated.
About a mile downstream I came to a section that was completely blocked. Interestingly there was a river raft caught up on shore just unstream of the sweepers. I don't know if it got way from someone or if they left it there after getting too far down the channel to paddle back out.
Luckily I was able to sneak through a little channel about 4ft. wide into a small pond. From there I paddled upstream a few hundred feet and worked my way into another channel that looped around and came out about 50ft. downstream of the sweepers.
From there it was a typical Bow River paddle to Deadman's Flats.
Posted by Dave on a Saturday at 4:27 am
Canoe's of Belize
August 5th, 2004
We came across a few canoes in the Dangriga/Hopkins area while in Belize a few years ago.
Most of the boats were under car port like buildings but a few were just hauled up on the beach.
Most of the boats were under car port like buildings but a few were just hauled up on the beach.
Posted by Dave on a Thursday at 5:44 am
All images © David Creith 1992-2004
If you want to use any photos on the Paddle pages pls contact me first at dave at imageplanet dot net.
If you want to use any photos on the Paddle pages pls contact me first at dave at imageplanet dot net.
