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photo-xpress
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 Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: First Experience Yosemite / Tenaya / Mono Lake - pics inside |
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Hi all: This is my first post here. We bought our Advance Frame Convertible in August and took it to Yosemite high country. This is our first kayak and we absolutely love it! I had doubts about inflatables but after we launched it for the very first time, we just fell in love with it immediately! The kayak is very stable and has great handling.
We camped in Tuolumne Meadows and did quite a lot of paddling in Tenaya Lake and Mono Lake during our 4-day stay. The kayak fits into the trunk of our 4 door sedan perfectly with our camping gear. We discovered a few hidden beaches along the shore of Tenaya Lake where we swam and sun-bathed. In Mono Lake, we kayaked along the tufa towers and did some bird watching. We originally planned to paddle to Paoha Island but we had to turn back due to strong wind. Kayaking in Mono Lake is quite different – the kayak floated better because of the extremely salty water and the water has nothing but brine shrimps. The entire ride was very very quite – all we could hear was occasional bird calling.
I happened to be a professional photographer and photography is always my passion and a part of my life. I am glad that I purchased the inflatable kayak for its stability and stability is great for photography. I feel a lot safer to change lens or use monopod when I am on the inflatable than the hard kayak. I brought my gear onto the kayak and took a few pictures. I hope you enjoy them!
By the way I am from the Bay Area – just want to see if there’s anyone wants go paddling sometimes!
Tenaya Lake
Launching the Kayak
Mono Lake
Tufa Tower
Green Mono Lake
15 footer
thx for reading and have a great day! |
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SF48
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Location: SE Massachusetts
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Looks like it was an awesome paddle! Great pics...keep 'em coming!  |
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JCOOLEY
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Wow! Fantastic photos. Sounds like you had a very enjoyable time. If you feel up to it and haven't done it already, we have a group on Flickr for showing off photos. Maybe you wouldn't mind posting them there as well? http://www.flickr.com/groups/585246@N21/
Thanks and Happy Paddling!
Jeremy
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Racer48
Joined: 09 Aug 2008
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Location: Ukiah, California
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| thats some great terrain, i might have to paddle that area in the near future, gotta focus on Tahoe first though, leaving tomorrow afternoon |
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waddle
Joined: 07 Jun 2008
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Location: NE Illinois
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Beautiful pics! Looks like a great place to paddle.
Green with envy ->  |
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KayakJack
Joined: 07 Aug 2007
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: Re: First Experience Yosemite / Tenaya / Mono Lake - pics in |
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Excellent shots! I especially like the feel of the first photo. Keep up the great shots!
| photo-xpress wrote: | Hi all: This is my first post here. We bought our Advance Frame Convertible in August and took it to Yosemite high country. This is our first kayak and we absolutely love it! I had doubts about inflatables but after we launched it for the very first time, we just fell in love with it immediately! The kayak is very stable and has great handling.
We camped in Tuolumne Meadows and did quite a lot of paddling in Tenaya Lake and Mono Lake during our 4-day stay. The kayak fits into the trunk of our 4 door sedan perfectly with our camping gear. We discovered a few hidden beaches along the shore of Tenaya Lake where we swam and sun-bathed. In Mono Lake, we kayaked along the tufa towers and did some bird watching. We originally planned to paddle to Paoha Island but we had to turn back due to strong wind. Kayaking in Mono Lake is quite different – the kayak floated better because of the extremely salty water and the water has nothing but brine shrimps. The entire ride was very very quite – all we could hear was occasional bird calling.
I happened to be a professional photographer and photography is always my passion and a part of my life. I am glad that I purchased the inflatable kayak for its stability and stability is great for photography. I feel a lot safer to change lens or use monopod when I am on the inflatable than the hard kayak. I brought my gear onto the kayak and took a few pictures. I hope you enjoy them!
By the way I am from the Bay Area – just want to see if there’s anyone wants go paddling sometimes!
Tenaya Lake
Launching the Kayak
Mono Lake
Tufa Tower
Green Mono Lake
15 footer
thx for reading and have a great day! |
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photo-xpress
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Thank you guys for the comments and sorry for the late response on this thread. I just put my kayak away yesterday for the winter and it is amazing that the 15 ft kayak can fit into a small space in our garage. Thanks again for the comments on the pictures and I am looking forward to have more pictures in the spring~
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photo-xpress
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| JCOOLEY wrote: | Wow! Fantastic photos. Sounds like you had a very enjoyable time. If you feel up to it and haven't done it already, we have a group on Flickr for showing off photos. Maybe you wouldn't mind posting them there as well? http://www.flickr.com/groups/585246@N21/
Thanks and Happy Paddling!
Jeremy
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Hi Jeremy: I sent you a PM regarding the pictures. thx
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