Decided to do an early morning dinghy adventure yesterday to test out the viability of taking my dinghy all the way to the job on Stock Island. The wind had finally calmed down after blowing on/off for almost 2 weeks and I had a full can of gas ( my little
It took about an hour to get over to the backside of Stock Island from the boat. I found one or two spots were I could land the dinghy that shouldn’t cause too much trouble but this area of Key West is more sketchy than being closer to town. The anchorage looked more like a trailer park, with makeshift rafts tied up to sailboats and trawlers. Probably just going to stick with the land route to work for now.
After cruising through the anchorage I then headed back under the Boca Chica Bridge and out to the backcountry Keys, looking for wildlife to take pictures of. Only found a
Photography While On A Dinghy
What makes these dinghy adventures so interesting for me is trying to do photography while sitting on a tiny floating platform. Beyond the normal items like focusing on exposure and compilation, you also have to factor in things like current, waves, motor speed and angle. All this while trying to hold the camera straight. Add in wildlife (who doesn’t hold still and pose for you) and it is quite challenging. I’ve tried slowly motoring up to birds, and I’ve tried getting upwind, cutting the engine and drifting down to them and it seems motoring up to them works better. Maybe cause fishing boats (which are not a threat) motor around them and alligators, a definite threat, just drift up quietly.
