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... another tippy canoe entry/exit story... on Georgian Bay which sees (actually saw) some American boat traffic. One old guy was watching us out of some goddawfully expensive cabin cruiser... "Yo bettah be careful theah boy... ah sweah, yo gonna crack yoah haid on them rocks"... that brainworm...

Qualcomm's new 888 chip should be available during the first half of 2021 for any Android users upgrading... if not, shows where things are going with phone photography vs dedicated cameras. The new AI capabilities in the chip can be used for improved focus and exposure choices if you don't want...

There is a pack canoe in this thread, made from basswood and walnut strips... unfortunately the pix are messed up by the photobucket tag, but the lighter-toned basswood provides an idea of the looks...

An alternate choice when cedar isn't available is often basswood... it's a little harder than cedar but still not so hard that sanding becomes a nightmare. The range map below shows it grows near Florida. https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/tilame/all.html

This happened to a outboard motorboat borrowed from Ontario Hydro on the Abitibi river in Northern Ontario, except the rock became embedded in the aluminum stem. We were motoring up the river at a good clip with me cutting up suckers in the front, to use as bait for one of the fish assessment...

Me too, works very well without music, esp when paddling into the wind and waves, then into calmer water where things become more quiet and relaxed. Thanks, another good vid.

Well, you've got one of the best phone cameras there is in the iPhone 11, explains the quality in managing the light levels. My poor, dumb,10-year-old Olympus waterproof could never keep shadow and highlight detail showing like that, even with HDR. HDR uses several different exposures then...

PS... just to add to the thread topic, check out the AI capability in the new Apple iPhone 12... esp the night photos. High quality results, camera does it all.

Very nice photo, Iowangle with the range of brightnesses from bright sky to dark canoe interior controlled to reduce contrast... did you shoot in HDR to reduce contrast (as I did in the birch photo?)...

Welcome, looking forward to reading more about Temagami. I'm about a half-hour away from the nearest parts of Algonquin and so have not been to Temagami for a long time now. Getting lazy in my old age, I guess, blind as a bat and older than dirt. PS... Please elaborate on why it's better so...

I am really no good at fly fishing but others who do do it say that being there in the river is what counts and catching some fish is the bonus. Fish can sense that I'm no good, that's transmitted through the rod, through the fly line, the leader and the fly, where the fish picks up on that and...

PS.... not commenting on Mr. MacGrady's NYT reference but it did remind me of an absolutely first-class historical drama seen recently, The Post, with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, directed by Spielberg. Covers the Washington Post's attempts to uncover the truth behind the US involvement in the...

DaveO, I've seen Black Robe, the movie, several times and looked forward to reading the book. After I picked it up at the library, I was surprised at how thin a book it was. And a real let-down when it came to reading it. A reverse instance "if you thought the movie was good, wait until you read...

The worst misplaced, thought-was-lost tool was a small block plane that disappeared mysteriously. A pleasure to use, sharpened up to shave off paper-thin curls of wood very easily, with comfort. For months I knew it was probably somewhere in several possible places but since I didn't need to use...

One way to find out if something is strong enough is to test a sample piece and find out how much stress it will take before it fails... so in the case of the seat crossmembers possibly breaking, making another exact duplicate and then gradually putting some weight on it could be revealing...

DaveO, the B-word (I'm not going to repeat it now) was meant to be humorous, since you hear that a lot if you walk along the beaches, esp in the Toronto area. Most aren't offended by it at the actual place, on the ground, but if some are, well, maybe they have no sense of humor or they just...

I was in the park with my dog and I said to this guy "Which way are you going to vote? " Democrat, " he replied. With that my dog snarled and bit him. I carried on and I saw a woman, "Which way are you going vote? " I asked. "Independent, " she said. My dog snarled and bit her as well. As I...

Paddling during hot weather, even the wildlife take a dip to try and cool off...

Yep,,, way too much hot weather this year... went paddling in about 35C temps and taking a dip in the water didn't do any good, bathtub warm. The only way I could really cool off was to dive down below the thermocline into deep cold water and hang onto a rock for as long as I could hold my...

Gumpus... yup, local beaches on the north shore of L Ont were HOT... scantily clad b*tches with yeehaw, let 'er go, crank it up to eleven bozos... cops looking on and doing nothing. Warm (er) water, too. Now there's a second virus wave coming on, you wait and see, they'll be sorry. PS...