Serious bushcraft picture competition thread

[Squidders]

Cheers wayland, I will transpose those settings to my Nikon and have a go. top stuff!

[Tony]

Congratulations Gary (Wayland), it looks like you won this one fair and square

I'll send your details off to Bushcraft Expeditions and they can sort out the workshop with you.

Fantastic Photo

Thanks all for taking part, we has some splendid photos to look at and thank to all that took the time to vote

[scanker]

Excellent. Well done all.

[andyn]

Well done Gary, a very worthy picture!

[Squidders]

Yeah, a technically good and very atmospheric picture, got my vote in a heartbeat... well done mate!

[Wayland]

Wow, A big thanks to everyone who voted for me.

I've been away up North for a bit so only just seen the final results.

[blodsugare]

Gah!

I must just ask. Have he set a fire on a cliff? That is not allowed here in Sweden. It destroys the cliff, make cracks and such. And leave trails for a very, very long time. But its maybe just looks like that. :-)

[Wayland]

Gah!

I must just ask. Have he set a fire on a cliff? That is not allowed here in Sweden. It destroys the cliff, make cracks and such. And leave trails for a very, very long time. But its maybe just looks like that. :-)

Fair question.

The fire is on a small prepared bed of river sand on top of the rock.

The rock was chosen because it obviously lies under the water when the river is in spate and the fire was quite small. It looks far larger than it was due to the perspective of the 17mm lens.

When the fire burned down, the ash, a few small bits of charcoal and the river sand was all brushed into the water which was already full of rock flour from glaciation upstream.

The wood, including the piece the pot is hanging from, was all driftwood collected from the high water line up and down stream for no more than twenty metres.

When cleared up, It was hard to tell anyone had been there at all. The main sign being the lack of dry driftwood.

I hope this answers the question to your satisfaction. As a landscape photographer I too value the appearance of the locations I use and more often than not, leave them cleaner than when I arrive.

[blodsugare]

What a fast, and great answer. :-) There is nothing worse when I see young ppl who making Biig fire on cliffs that are great for sun bathing.

Fair question.

The fire is on a small prepared bed of river sand on top of the rock.

The rock was chosen because it obviously lies under the water when the river is in spate and the fire was quite small. It looks far larger than it was due to the perspective of the 17mm lens.

When the fire burned down, the ash, a few small bits of charcoal and the river sand was all brushed into the water which was already full of rock flour from glaciation upstream.

The wood, including the piece the pot is hanging from, was all driftwood collected from the high water line up and down stream for no more than twenty metres.

When cleared up, It was hard to tell anyone had been there at all. The main sign being the lack of dry driftwood.

I hope this answers the question to your satisfaction. As a landscape photographer I too value the appearance of the locations I use and more often than not, leave them cleaner than when I arrive.

[Wayland]

What a fast, and great answer. :-) There is nothing worse when I see young ppl who making Biig fire on cliffs that are great for sun bathing.

Yes I've had to clear many such sites up in the past. Why do people think beer cans burn...

[Biddlesby]

Sorry if this is 'cluttering up', but these are a couple of photos I like:

http://lh6.google.com/image/hwibbles/Rb-bFBCWX6I/AAAAAAAAACk/16M3ES1Lr8c/CIMG0003.JPG
http://lh3.google.com/image/hwibbles/Rb-bARCWX4I/AAAAAAAAACU/9Dr0IdFBsec/CIMG1096.JPG
http://lh4.google.com/image/hwibbles/Rb-bHhCWX7I/AAAAAAAAACs/QTsyRuT_RWQ/CIMG0091.JPG


Of course, I know the comp has ended! Well done Wayland!