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IMG_9867, a photo by Michel (Mike) Soucy on Flickr.

Turkey Vulture spreading it's wings as we canoe past it. It seems that it does this to warm it's body before it flies.

My wife and I fianlly took the canoe out for the first time this summer. I brought two camera bodies (T1i & 60D) with my 400 and the 18-85 IS 5.6, but the wrong size drybag for the bigger lens. The idea is to keep one body/lens in the drybag, secured to the canoe as I'm shooting with the other.

Should we capsize, I lose one and not both. The trick though, is to not capsize! :)

We have a 16' kevlar (Elite 16) from Scott's Canoe. Handling is really nice, weighs only 48lbs which makes handling really nice and easy when I go solo.

I find that a monopod is easier to handle than a tripod from inside the canoe, reaction time is a bit slower though, don't want to start the canoe rocking...been there before. :)

We hope to get out some more this summer and do some exploring.

Cheers!