Pam, I'm just glad you're ok. I know the camera is precious
but it can be
replaced, you can't . I do the same, carry a small bag with
the camera loose,
it's not really sensible but who said age brings sense
wasn't very old lol
It's a beautiful shot of the lighthouse so I'm sure you
think it's been
worth the aches you'll be getting today
Andy
After I sent that last email with the comment about hurting,
I figured
maybe I better do some explaining.
I went hiking with my son and DIL today - we hiked along
the east coast
of the island so I could take pictures of a lighthouse that
is built
against a cliff. I wore my old hiking boots and took a
small camera
bag that straps across my chest and rides on my hip. The
28-200 was in
the bag and I carried the D50 with 70-300 VR lens attached.
As we
rounded a bend in the trail, there was the lighthouse
clinging to the
cliff - the light was perfect! There was a ledge about 3
feet below the
trail that looked like it would be good place to shoot -
getting to the
ledge meant I had to step over a line of small boulders and
then step
down to the ledge. Camera bag was on my left hip, D50 was
on a strap
around my neck - I was holding the body by the right side
and had a good
grip on it
What I did not know was that during the hike the sole of my
boot was
working loose. As I tried to step over the boulder the
front of the
boot sole broke loose and flipped down - it caught the
boulder and I
pitched forward.
Everything went into slow motion as I went airborne in a
forward
trajectory - my camera-holding right arm and VR was going
to hit the
ground first! All I could think of was SAVE THE CAMERA! I
used the
neck strap as leverage to swing the camera/lens to the far
left away
from the ground as I twisted my torso so my right side and
should hit
the ground first. Seismographs island wide jumped a notch
as I landed
like a ton of bricks.
I was back up on my feet checking the camera immediately! I
had the
hood on the VR lens and it had a smudge of dust on the side
where it
brushed the ground after I was horizontal. There was no
dreaded EEE in
the LCD. I quick took a couple shots of the lighthouse just
to make
sure it was working okay. Son's comment: Ma, I can't
believe you kept
the camera from hitting the ground!! Confirmation that I
really had
protected my beloved D50!!
After a quick medical assessment from our resident MD - my
leg and
elbow cuts were washed and I was deemed fit to continue the
hike. It
was not until I got home, transfered the photos to the PC,
converted
them to JPG, and uploaded to flickr that the adrenalin rush
dissipated
and the aches and pains started! I ache all over!! This ol'
lady is
not used to so much excitement! I'm gonna sleep well
tonight!
Tomorrow I buy new hiking boots!
I just uploaded some photos of the lighthouse and a couple
area resident.
Aloha,
Pam
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