Angels by Others
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 29 Oct 2009 23:11
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Angel Falls Trip -
Photographs Taken by Others
What was fascinating was on our
return, meeting up as a group, showing our favourite hundred photographs and
swopping with each other. It was a first for us to see how others viewed
the same scenery and people. What was amazing - so many were copies of the same,
maybe taken on slightly different exposure or shutter speed, under normal or
vivid, but essentially very similar if not very alike. Also you can never take
pictures of yourself - again - very novel and unique. Here are our
favourites.
  Us having a
real good laugh on the ferry heading for Venezuela at the start of our
adventure
   Bear and
who I have renamed Menopausal Molly. Having a snuggle with Beds by the Simon
Bolivar Bridge crossing the Orinoco River in Ciudad Bolivar. Having a dip together.
 
 Us taking
pictures of others and then taking of us. Beds in the
middle of a waterfall and a lovely shot of his new
earring.
   Me ready for the
off. No-one can remember what Bill was
explaining, but it made for a fun shot. Baggage on canoe so this must be the
ready for canoe trip.
   Mike was much further ahead on the
trail than I was. He managed to get this enormous, grasshopper on the ground, heading for cover and in flight
after Alan sneezed. I was hanging back waiting for Connie to catch up, by the
time I got here another tourist had said creature in the palm of his hand, which
were the shots I got. Just goes to show you need to be ready for anything and a
bit lucky too.
   The Intrepid
Mike, off for that all important shot that no-one else was prepared to
put in the effort for - but, he paid for it later.
   This was a big first for me, someone
took a shot behind me - while Connie was taking a
shot of me from the front...... Getting down to the
leafcutter ants.
   We all scurried around the beach
trying to capture this butterfly in flight. The fruit we all tried on the roadside that no-one seems to
remember by name. A Cicada, just about ready to 'give
up the will to live', hope it was worth it - personally, I would have stayed as
a bug underground - eighteen years of happy foraging compared to six weeks
flying around ????
   I spent a
couple of hours hidden under the poncho of Mike when I found out my anorak was
only "shower proof" I had no idea I could get that WET. Long legs ache during /
after a five hour canoe journey, so I took many leg stretches not realising
anyone had 'snapped' me. Bear and I reviewing the
days pictures
   Fred
leaning out of the ferry window. My favourite of Alan
cooling off in the afternoon sun. The
helicopter that caused us a serious wetting from the bow wave it
caused.
   Friends, boys will
be boys and a toddler back from a paddle
   Falls Camp. The
monkey for five hundred Bolivar and a bug in
rich brown
   Us bobbing and
soundo, but, we were not alone
   Smashing mood shots
  Tied third
were these two avian shots. We adore Pelicans and I'm potty about birds of prey
even when it's the pretty ugly Turkey Vulture
   Tied in
second were these wonderful pictures
 The winner for
us was what it had all been about. To travel by land, sea, air and
finally canoe with Christian fighting the nose round to get us up the
rapids.
ALL IN ALL A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE
TO SHARE AND LOOK BACK ON ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS WE SHARED WITH EACH
OTHER
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