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I hope everybody learned a lesson from this story. Always be prepared and make sure you check the weather forecast winter or summer. Don't risk your life not worth it.

And of course special thanks for the rescuers!

Those birds are just beautiful!

So, what did you catch:D?

Hey Everyone,

 

It's been a while since I've posted anything here so I'll pick a few of my personal favorites over the last few months starting with a fishing shot....enjoy!

 

This is a self portrait of me fishing under the milky way and the northern lights...but since I know some of you will ask if I caught anything, I wasn't actually fishing...just a prop for the photo!

Milky Way Fishing by bbroderick86, on Flickr

30sec exp @ f/2.8, ISO 4000, 14mm

 

This is another shot of me from the other night during the Lyrid Meteor Shower....there's actually 8 of them in that shot although only a few are really visible.

Shooting Stars by bbroderick86, on Flickr

30.0 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 4000, 14mm

 

Here's a panoramic shot from last week in the Queen Charlotte Islands

Rainforest Pano by bbroderick86, on Flickr

1.3sec @ f/10, ISO 50, 16mm

 

here's a Pine Marten captured with my GoPro camera

Pine Marten by bbroderick86, on Flickr

 

The Northern Lights were out the same night as the meteor shower....this is a 2 shot panorama over the Skeena River

Northern Lights Pano by bbroderick86, on Flickr

30.0 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 4000, 14mm

 

These next 2 shots are from the Eulachon (also known as Ooligans) run on the Skeena River. This first one is a Harbour Seal

Harbour Seal by bbroderick86, on Flickr

1/1600 @ f/4.5, ISO 1000, 500mm

 

and this one is a Glaucous-winged Gull

Gull Dive by bbroderick86, on Flickr

1/1600 @ f/4, ISO 250, 500mm

 

Here's another shot of the Aurora over Lakelse Lake near Terrace, BC on Valentines day

Valentines Day Northern Lights by bbroderick86, on Flickr

30sec @ f/2.8, ISO 3200, 14mm

 

This is 2 people out for a walk on frozen Lakelse Lake

A Frozen Walk by bbroderick86, on Flickr

1/500 @ f/13, ISO 200, 200mm

 

this is a small waterfall that I shot today on the way home from work near Prince Rupert, BC

Waterfall by bbroderick86, on Flickr

1.6sec exp @ f/14, ISO 50, 16mm + 8 stop ND filter

 

and lastly, this is a 9 vertical shot panorama taken from the road up to Shames Mountain Ski hill about 20kms west of Terrace, BC.

Shames Pano @ Night by bbroderick86, on Flickr

f/2.8, ISO 4000, 30 sec exposure, at 16mm

 

Thanks for looking!!

 

Brandon

Wow!

Amazing shots!

Congrats!

are they like the grass carp?

Hi everyone,

it seems to me that there is a little bit of a confusion about the different carp species.

The bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) is the one we are talking about here. This species feeds on microscopic organisms called plankton and besides that it can cause serious problem in the ecosystem it is almost impossible to catch, because of it's feeding habit. It filters the food out of the water, don't actually pick up the bait only by chance.

The grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) looks completely different and behaves completely different.

It eats macroscopic plants (weed) and it can be properly caught pretty muck with the same method as the common carp (Cyprinus carpio). However it is really fun to catch (can grow up to 100lb) it can be just as much of a problem for the ecosystem as any other introduced species.

I'm pretty sure that unfortunately he will keep fishing anyway .