River, Lake, Streams, Seas, & Oceans
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pictaker64
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Lots of snowshots today
Thank you very much Dave. Looks like it's going to be good and gusty again today so I hope to get out again, this time at high tide. Yesterday the weather prevented me from hitting the top tide. I'll try a different stretch, too.
Last January 2013, the Trentonian (a New Jersey newspaper) posted the following photo on their Facebook page.
Frozen Delaware River
It is really unusual to see that much ice on the Delaware River so I headed over to photograph it myself. There were a number of people standing on the dike/retaining wall who were photographing the river with cell phones and small digital cameras, but I went to the far side of the bridge which was the sunny side. A Port Authority Guard stopped me and said there is a Homeland Security law which prohibits photographs of bridges and other structures. He said I could stand on the retaining wall and take photos of the water but couldn't include the bridge. Grrr....
So I decided to photograph the shadow that the bridge cast onto the frozen water.
The shadow is the Trenton Makes Bridge from the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River. These were taken on January 26, 2013 with my D90.
And below is the top of the retaining wall upon which I am standing. Although the retaining wall doesn't look too high, it is at least a 15-20 foot drop to the water/ice below.
On February 3, 2013, I went to the Bristol Waterfront Park and photographed more ice chunks that came up on shore. This photo was shot at 70mm so the ice blocks are compressed in size. They were much larger than they appear here (actually about 15" to 18" in diameter) which is one of the disadvantages when shooting with a telephoto lens. I wanted the buoy/channel marker to appear larger than it looked which is why I choose this focal length. If I have the opportunity to shoot them again, I will definitely opt for a wide angle shot.
Frozen Delaware River
It is really unusual to see that much ice on the Delaware River so I headed over to photograph it myself. There were a number of people standing on the dike/retaining wall who were photographing the river with cell phones and small digital cameras, but I went to the far side of the bridge which was the sunny side. A Port Authority Guard stopped me and said there is a Homeland Security law which prohibits photographs of bridges and other structures. He said I could stand on the retaining wall and take photos of the water but couldn't include the bridge. Grrr....
So I decided to photograph the shadow that the bridge cast onto the frozen water.
The shadow is the Trenton Makes Bridge from the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River. These were taken on January 26, 2013 with my D90.
And below is the top of the retaining wall upon which I am standing. Although the retaining wall doesn't look too high, it is at least a 15-20 foot drop to the water/ice below.
On February 3, 2013, I went to the Bristol Waterfront Park and photographed more ice chunks that came up on shore. This photo was shot at 70mm so the ice blocks are compressed in size. They were much larger than they appear here (actually about 15" to 18" in diameter) which is one of the disadvantages when shooting with a telephoto lens. I wanted the buoy/channel marker to appear larger than it looked which is why I choose this focal length. If I have the opportunity to shoot them again, I will definitely opt for a wide angle shot.
I'm sure they must get a lot of flack from the public about it; however, I didn't argue. I simply told him I understood and asked if I could take a photo of the frozen river without the bridge. He told me it would be okay to stand on the dike/retaining wall (there is a footpath on the retaining wall which goes all the way up to the next bridge crossing the Delaware River). In any case, I didn't give him a hard time which must have made him feel guilty, and as I was walking away, he said he'd be leaving in about 1/2 hour. I took that to imply I could take a photo then, but I simply smiled and told him I'd be gone within that time. I think the Trentonian was able to take the photo because there isn't a guard station on the New Jersey side of the bridge.
I have taken a handful of bridge photos since then, but it has limited the number of times I've tried (have not been stopped by a guard since though). The guard even told me the government searches online for bridge photos and has them removed, but there are a ton of bridge photos including the Trenton Makes Bridge that is pictured here. Bridges have always fascinated me so it's hard to stop altogether.
nikonpup
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IS THIS THE SAME? Lough Corrib - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yep thats it. Its the other side of the country from where I live, but was over near there visiting family for Christmas and managed to sneak out for about an hour for a couple of shots. Beautiful location. Just wish I`d had more time.