Witness To Jim's Folly
by Jim Cook
Title
Witness To Jim's Folly
Artist
Jim Cook
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
My first pass after spotting this heron resulted in paddling my kayak back upriver to get a little closer. I became so intent on the picture taking that I didn't realize the swiftness of the current directed me right into the tangled mess of a fallen tree. Kayak went out from under me and I was left hanging onto a branch. What I had failed to take notice of was the fact that the night before 2 inches of rain had fallen north of us and ever since, the river kept rising and getting faster. Fortunately, I was with my wife and friends who managed to save my kayak. Not so lucky was my camera and gear which were completely soaked. It was the only time I have gone out on the river without using a drybag. I was wearing a life vest though and if I let go of the branch it would have helped keep my head out of the water as I went with the current. Thankfully that didn't happen as a motorboat soon came to my aid and brought me to safety. The disk wasn't damaged, and I have a number of pictures from my misadventure and will never again underestimate the power of water. This all took place on the Susquehanna River near Tunkhannock Pennsylvania.
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September 14th, 2013
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Jennifer Stackpole
The heron let you get a beautiful shot even though you were heading for the tree you became tangled with! Glad you were OK and not in FL where there are gators. Beautiful shot! You are a great story teller! Sorry about your equipment!! l/f
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's Q IS FOR QUILL themed week. You are invited to add this to the features archive discussions and in another discussion in ABC Group!
Jim Cook replied:
Luther Fine Art thank you for the feature! Always a pleasure to be included with so many other fine artists!
Jeannie Rhode Photography
Jim, Congratulations on your Featured Image in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery ! Great capture of this bird with nice details. L
Randy Rosenberger
It is a pleasure to see so much variety and beauty in the works that are submitted for FEATURING on our WFS site. It is an honor to FEATURE this piece of work on our Homepage of our site. Thanks for sharing and being active in our group membership. Liked Forever, Elvis
Sharon Jones
Ouch! Sorry about your camera and gear, but this shot is super fantastic! Love the detail and sharpness!
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Thank You for Submitting your Artwork.... Liked the subject, description, technique, composition, and color... So Today it was Published in the Internet publication ARTISTS NEWS.... YOU or Friends Can use Ctl-C to copy the link: http://paper.li/f-1343723559 and Ctl-V to put it into your the Browser Address bar, to view the publication. Then, Tweet, FB, and email, etc a copy of the publication, to just anyone you feel would be interested. Happy Promoting! :-)
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