Night Shots On The Levy

[llong]

So, I got pulled from my normal duties as a fish tracker due to flood conditions and I was put on flood patrol working nights, 6 - 6. Lots of fun (said with heaping amounts of sarcasm)! I snapped a few shots in the past few weeks and I thought I'd share.

Enjoy,
Louie

 

[llong]

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[quailsroost]

fun photos, I really like the fox.

 

[ranchwife]

I like the fox also!!

 

[llong]

Thanks guys, the fox pic is pretty neat. I like the natural vignette.

Thanks again,
Louie

 

[Lan-Lord]

thats pretty cool.. you usually dont see night life photography. So were you holding the camera in one hand and a flash light in the other? or is that light just from the flash?

the moon turned out good also.

 

[tpetty]

great shots! getting these at night is quite an accomplishment

 

[llong]

Thanks for the comments guys. We were always partnered up out there and we had a spot light to help search for seepage, boils, sloughing, etc. I only got about an hour of daylight during my shift so after about a week of seeing all these critters at night, I decided to take my camera out and try to get some shots. I tried everything from using just the flash, to a flashlight, to the headlights on the truck but in the end, spotlighting did the trick. I know its not the greatest thing to do but it worked. The beaver pic was hard to get. I saw a few of them out there and the one time I was in postion to get a photo, he ended up being backlit. Of course, I saw my first badger out there on a night when I didn't have my camera with me. Thats the way it goes I guess. I thought I'd posted the barn owl pics but I guess I didn't so here they are along with a sunset on the levy photo. As for the moon, I had seen a few photos posted on here and wanted to try my hand at a moon shot. I was impressed with it myself.

Thanks again guys,
Louie

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