As I walked along the waterfront I spotted a pelican paddling towards me and thought I would take his photo when he got level with me. This was 7.50 pm
It was a warm evening and I had a quick chat with a chap who was outside his waterfront property. Because it had been raining on and off all day he asked if I got a photo of the rainbow that must have appeared about 15 minutes before I got there. I told him that I had missed it and all of a sudden a heavy shower began again.
I turned and headed back to my car tucking my camera under my shirt to keep it dry. I on the other hand was getting soaked in the rain.
Your story made me smile. I can't tell you how many times I have got soaked while I kept my camera dry! I once scree-ed down a mountain in the lake district with a nun friend of mine (long story!) and at one point, my foot hit a larger stone. Screeing only works when you turn your feet sideways and speed down the mountain on the loose stone at an angle. If you hit something, you tend to fall over.......and I did. I rolled over and over and over down the mountain until I landed with a splash in a freezing cold stream. My friend hurtled towards me and my first question was "is my camera alright?" She then gave me a big slap! I suspect she considered my health more important, but then she wasn't a photographer.......
Gorgeous capture. He looks very majestic in the middle of the lake without any competitors. I liked your story. That is what I do when I get caught in the rain - my first reaction is to protect the camera and then myself. Sorry you got wet.
Well what would have been a sight to see, lovely capture and story Babs, humans have waterproof skins many cameras do not, best to protect them anyway you can :)
@casablanca Oh dear what a story. Glad you were okay and did your camera survive? Not a very Christian attitude for a nun to give you a slap though. ha ha.
@maggiemae@sangwann@pcoulson It was about 26 degrees c so although I got a bit of a soaking it wasn't cold.
When I got home I told David that I was going to have a quick shower before the programme I wanted to watch began. He said it looks as though you have already had a shower and washed your clothes at the same time. The good news is my camera stayed dry.
A pelican just like that....we would be amazed to see one of these in the wild as we took an evening walk. What a productive walk this is turning out to be!
Great shot- the setting sun has made the pelican look like it's pink. I think we've all done the "keep the camera dry and get soaked" thing at one time or another so we all relate! I hope you didn't get too drenched.
@happypat We see so many pelicans here, probably because they follow the people who are fishing. They always love a free meal.
@olivetreeann I did get pretty wet even though the shower only lasted a few minutes because the rain was so heavy, Luckily it was pretty warm so I dried quickly.
I remember being on holidays in the Northern Territory. We were clambering over some big rocks and short arse was trying to keep up with the young long legged guide then down I went managing to hold my camera aloft. Someone picked me up and with blood running down my face from a cut on my head all I could say was “ is my camera ok”. @casablanca
@kjarn@casablanca I had two major falls- the first was in Israel on a study tour. One of my classmates had cerebral palsy- awesome fellow and fearless!- but there was one spot on the tour where the teachers wanted him to stay back and he wouldn't hear of it. So, I being the "unofficial class mom" (I had a good 20 years on most of my classmates!) told him I was tired and could he keep me company? Gentleman that he was he agreed to stay with me. We decided to head back to the tour bus and as we were going down one of the sloped areas on the path, he slipped and was starting to fall- so I tried to steady him and instead ending up tumbling alongside him. First thought, "Are you ok Paul?" Second thought, "Is my camera ok?" And poor Paul is looking my elbow which was almost twice it's size and asking me if I was ok! It was just a bruise thankfully and all three of us survived the spill. The second was far less altruistic. I was getting out of my car (before the knee surgeries) got my foot caught when I didn't clear the door and dropped my camera which wasn't securely around my neck yet. Thankfully on that one the only damage was on the uv filter on my lens. Camera-fall war stories!
@maggiemae @sangwann @pcoulson It was about 26 degrees c so although I got a bit of a soaking it wasn't cold.
When I got home I told David that I was going to have a quick shower before the programme I wanted to watch began. He said it looks as though you have already had a shower and washed your clothes at the same time. The good news is my camera stayed dry.
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@annied I love pelicans too.
@happypat We see so many pelicans here, probably because they follow the people who are fishing. They always love a free meal.
@olivetreeann I did get pretty wet even though the shower only lasted a few minutes because the rain was so heavy, Luckily it was pretty warm so I dried quickly.
I remember being on holidays in the Northern Territory. We were clambering over some big rocks and short arse was trying to keep up with the young long legged guide then down I went managing to hold my camera aloft. Someone picked me up and with blood running down my face from a cut on my head all I could say was “ is my camera ok”. @casablanca
I see I am not alone @kjarn 🤣🤣