Lake Bonaventure, Calgary

Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada...Lake Bonaventure

Weather: Sunshine, light wind, -23C (-9.4 F, I'm just that crazy)

Aircraft: Modified Slow Stick, Phoenix 35, AXI2808/24, 3S1P Apogee 2480

Camera: Canon S70

Description:
First off, do I win the low temperature prize? I had to bundle up my Slow Stick with all sorts of insulation in order to get this shot, not to mention myself! I'm frankly very impressed that I didn't break anything.

The shot itself was taken off the frozen surface of Lake Bonaventure, which is a private lake here in Calgary. It snowed pretty heavily last night,but thankfully one of my neighbours had cleared a tiny path in the snow that let me take off.

The flight itself lasted precisely one circuit, in which time I took a couple of strings of shots in landscape burst mode. Oh, this was also my first flight with my new S70, and I was impressed with the number of useable photos. Even the ones taken with the motor on were just a tiny bit blurred, which is an incredible improvement over my blip cam (not a bad little camera in itself).

Landing required touching down on the tiny strip and flopping into the snow at the end (no way I could hit that strip and stop in time). Then I got to run home down the path and break out the compressed air to clear the snow out of the camera. Nuts I tell you.

This shot shows one of my neighbours houses, which was completed earlier this year. He's a house builder, so believe me, it looks just as nice on the inside.

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