To the guy who invented lens hoods ...

[Barbie Heid]

Sheesh!, am I lucky! I was trolling through the woods with the 150-600mm on the camera and I stepped over a group of roots to get a better look at something. But, on the other side of the roots was a 6-inch drop into think, squishy mud. So, when I went over the camera naturally followed. Thank goodness for the lens hood! It was buried almost to the hilt in the mud, and it even knocked the skylight filter loose. But the lens is fine - an hour with a toothbrush (for everything) and we're good as new. So, to that guy out there somewhere, thank you.
My back? Nooooo... hope to be back in the woods soon.

PS - NO, I did not let Dave take pics. No film at 11.

 

[Austinian]

Sometimes mud is a good shock absorber. On my one and only parachute jump many years ago, I was admiring the view on the way down, and didn't notice that the wind was was blowing me over a pond till the ground controller alerted me on the radio.

I landed in the marshy area around the pond; I couldn't have asked for a softer landing! It was well worth being covered in mud from waist to toe on one side!

 

[Smaug]

Glad you and your gear came through uninjured!

 

[gordo]

You were lucky! I tumbled into a rocky ravine (needed 10 stitches). My camera didn't manage as well. I never did find the lens shade but the heroic filter did protect the lens's front element.

• SONY - SLT-A57
• 18.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/30 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 1600

 

[Austinian]

Glad you and your gear came through uninjured!

Thank you. It was a good experience, but I never did another. Once I saw that my parachute had opened and I wasn't gonna die, it was interesting, but less exciting than just riding my motorcycle and, for me, the jump was quite expensive. It didn't even occur to me to bring my camera! In retrospect, I certainly should have.

 

[Smaug]

I gave up motorcycling a couple years ago. I miss it all the time.

I miss scootering even more!

It's a shame American drivers are not to be trusted. (standards are too low, punishments for dumb behavior are also too low)
I'm now riding eBikes, and I'm not sure it is any safer. On one hand, if I crash, it is at a lower speed, but I'm a LOT more worried about some motorist hitting me than crashing on my own.

 

[Austinian]

I gave up motorcycling a couple years ago. I miss it all the time.

I miss it every time I hear a sportbike running up through the gears! I stopped when nearby good riding roads got swallowed by suburbs, and it was getting harder to fold myself onto the little Interceptor.

I miss scootering even more!

I always thought the small-wheel variety was scary, given the prevalence of potholes nearly as deep as the wheel radius.

It's a shame American drivers are not to be trusted. (standards are too low, punishments for dumb behavior are also too low)

Yes, especially with the prevalence of smartphone use while driving. Attention to driving is a rare commodity, I think.

I'm now riding eBikes, and I'm not sure it is any safer. On one hand, if I crash, it is at a lower speed, but I'm a LOT more worried about some motorist hitting me than crashing on my own.

I would be too. Way back when, I was chatting with a bus driver about driver inattention, and he told me a driver had once run a stop sign, crashed into the side of his bus, and claimed they didn't see it!

 

[Brian]

When you find him, thank him for me too! Canon 85/1.5 on a Leica M Monochrom, the lens hood absorbed the entire shock- camera and lens perfect, the Rangefinder was still in spec.

 

[ootanaboot]

Sheesh!, am I lucky! I was trolling through the woods with the 150-600mm on the camera and I stepped over a group of roots to get a better look at something. But, on the other side of the roots was a 6-inch drop into think, squishy mud. So, when I went over the camera naturally followed. Thank goodness for the lens hood! It was buried almost to the hilt in the mud, and it even knocked the skylight filter loose. But the lens is fine - an hour with a toothbrush (for everything) and we're good as new. So, to that guy out there somewhere, thank you.
My back? Nooooo... hope to be back in the woods soon.

PS - NO, I did not let Dave take pics. No film at 11.

I'm the idiot that would roll and protect the camera with my fall. However, glad your hood protected your camera and you came away ok'ish. Hope you back recovers. Gotta love woodlands, I do.

 

[Barbie Heid]

I'm the idiot that would roll and protect the camera with my fall. However, glad your hood protected your camera and you came away ok'ish. Hope you back recovers. Gotta love woodlands, I do

Glad you and your gear came through uninjured!

Thanks - but I'm still a little sore. It didn't stop me today though; I just wore better boots.