The Mud, The Blood & The Beer, a photo from New York, Northeast

Photographer's Note

The mud is obvious while the blood is from stepping on a water acorn (sharply pointed aquatic plant) and the beer was pain relief and St. Patrick's Day celebrating.
Managed to get out on the Mohawk River for the first paddle of 2009. Spotted a small river otter that I missed with my camera because of the noise my paddle made when in haste I dropped it to click a picture.
The water temp was about the same as the beer temp and the mud so thick I lost a shoe getting out of the kayak

Colombiana, BelCan75, fulvio52, snunney, Royaldevon, Charo, plimrn, lucasgalodoido, cfreire, Gerrit, Didi, Longroute ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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Colombiana (2957) 2009-03-24 18:48

Hey Tom,
"The Mud, The Blood & The Beer" quite a combination!
Sounds like an unforgettable experience, thankfully the beer was there to help! I am glad you just lost a shoe and not your camera ;)

Best,

Maryori

BelCan75 (2201) 2009-03-24 21:25

Hi Tom,

Nice shot with wonderful colours. I like the person in the kayak and the reflections on the water. Wonderful POV with nice light and details. Well done!

Greetings,
Ann

vmf-214 (1648) 2009-03-24 21:43

Hi Tom,

A wonderful view and sounds like you quite adventure on this trip, At least the beer was cold that's good. Really nice soft lighting and great details of the people and kayaks, Nice reflection on the water. Great job Tom.

Best regards
Jason.

fulvio52 (8314) 2009-03-25 0:44

Good morning, Tom.
As long as there's beer! LOL!!! Looks like a real cool place to spend time on the water, pretty similar to this Natural Reservation we got over here, just north of town. Nice and straightfoward shot, fine comprehensive framing and a lovely soft light its main features. You guys have a good day, I'll see y'all later.
Fulvio.

snunney (130967) 2009-03-25 2:15

Hello Tom,
Intriguing title, just as well you explained it ;-) I like the composition, which is nicely balanced. The man dragging the kayak is well placed and adds a nice dash of colour. Very good sharpness.

Royaldevon (85638) 2009-03-25 4:53

Hello Tom,

It sounds as if you had a wonderful time!
I do believe mud is very good for the skin!

The focal man, with his attractively matching clothes and kayak, is well placed in the shot and his boat points the way nicely towards the following boat.
A very well composed shot, nice emphasis on the dark, textured MUD!

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

pablominto (53746) 2009-03-25 5:00

Hello Tom,

A pleasure is not a real pleasure unless you have to sacrifice to get to it, hahaha!
Otherwise I notice your spring is far more advanced than mine...
This is a fine seasonal report!

Greetings,
Pablo -

jplebrun (21208) 2009-03-25 5:13

Hi Tom
la boue, le sang et la bière quel beau mélange pour faire du Kayak le jour de la Saint Patrick, je crois que nous allons voir de belles photos nautique comme tu sais si bien faire.
Amitiés
Jean-Pierre

Dyerco (10185) 2009-03-25 7:15

Hey Tom
Spring is sprung as they say. Good composition with nice light. As for the beer? Good anytime ......
Phil

Charo (51290) 2009-03-25 9:27

Hello Tom,
Estupenda composición y una nota muy simpática. Aunque el barro te hizo perder el zapato y el agua estaba helada, no te impidió sacar esta magnífica imagen.
Saludos cordiales,
Charo

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2009-03-25 11:51

Hi Tom,
The beer, the most interesting of history, rsrs, but grat image here of sportists.
Regards,
Lucas

rodgerg (55767) 2009-03-25 12:08

Hello Tom,

A very pleasant place and too a very good vieww with a beautiful composition in differents palns well delimited and two interesting element of life. I like the contrast betewwen the colours of the two boats and the tenders colours of the landscape.
Best regards,
Roger

Greg1949 (9011) 2009-03-25 14:26

Tough day Tom, nice shot though, really well illustrates your tale of woe.

Greg

cfreire (11741) 2009-03-25 14:54

Hi Tom
Your story is very funny but you could to take a beautiful capture with nice warm colors. The sportist was well placed on the right. Good pov and framing. Regards, Consuelo

baba_flies (8829) 2009-03-26 8:07

Hello Tom! What an adventure, we are glad to have you back :))) It looks ice cold, I can see some snow-ice patches on the ground. So you are in mud season now, I heard this is pretty famous for this area. Nice "still winter" mood with empty trees and pale skies. The yellow kayaks give some color back, great to have them in the picture. Yes a beer, this does good and you feel like you had "survived" something, I always like this kind of feeling. Have a great day, Barbara.

Gerrit (62042) 2009-03-26 10:52

Looks like a great naturakl area, Tom.
Excvellent composition in beautiful light.
Regards, gerrit

Didi (61589) 2009-03-26 11:38

Hi Tom
Sorry for your losted shoes
Very nice coloured composition; the place looks like the Sologne area in France
Well done.
Best regards

Longroute (19600) 2009-03-26 12:05

So you could resume your kayak...
This river is lovely with its low and flat banks covered with canes and trees and the scene you have captured is fine and quite dynamic with one kayak arriving and the other one already on the ground. I like also the warm afternoon light that makes everything seems so tender. good diagonal from left to right.
Best greetings,
Donato

plimrn (21344) 2009-03-28 16:57

Hi Tom,
So Happy St Paddy's day - at least there was beer, YOU got to see the river otter and paddle your kayak -

I really do like the soft, natural colors and the way you got the fellow pulling his canoe to line up so nicely with the paddler; great framing!!

What I can't envision is how you got such a nice shot as you were hopping around on one foot with your bare foot bleeding merrily. That is real dedication to photography!!
HLJ, Pat

skippy007 (12510) 2009-04-03 1:45

Hello Tom, It was the title of this shot that got me in, made me little curious. I little adventure that by the sounds of things ended OK, with good spirit ;-). The good news for me is that it ended well & it sounds like you guys also like your beer cold unlike the British who tend to drink it at room temp.
Nice little story enhanced by a lovely image. Not so much snow around these days, must be the last?
Thanks
Take care
Santo