Before the rain

Posted by Thomas Griffioen (Rotterdam, Netherlands) on 18 September 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

An upcoming enthausiast rainshower and I'm sitting in a canoe...

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Comments (8)

willow from Chelsea, United States

Bad time to be in a canoe, but good thing you had your camera with you. This is a lovely shot!

18 Sep 2008 12:36pm

@willow: Thanks willow, good thing I had my underwatercase with me too!

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

I love this. One can feel the heavy air - the humidity - the lush smell. Wow.

18 Sep 2008 5:19pm

Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany

Sounds like such a nice experience. As long as the canoe doesn't get filled up with water ;-)

18 Sep 2008 6:27pm

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

What an incredible atmosphere here !

18 Sep 2008 8:02pm

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

It's clear to see the oncoming shower. I'd like to be in a little boat with a plastic tent to keep me dry, the sound would be great :)

18 Sep 2008 11:17pm

@Observing: I had to deal with it without a plastic tent Mike. Within a few minutes after this shot (and rain) we stopped at the shore before the canoe started to sink...

Luis A. De Jesus R. from Mexico City, Mexico

You must feel like being on a NATGEO expedition. Sounds really cool, and a bit scary being so far away from the sense 'civilization' you are accustomed to. Are you camping out in the open country?

Beautiful image.

19 Sep 2008 12:31am

@Luis A. De Jesus R.: Thanks for your comment Luis. Yeah, it felt a bit like a NG expedition, but scary? No, not at all to me. I did many jungle hikes before like in Papua New Guinea, and since I did my skydiving course some 15 years ago, I don't know fear anymore. (I'll never forget the first jump.) Anyway, we were camping in huts in the communities we met along the river. Slept in hammocks or on the wooden floor... Always had a roof above my head, no sweat. :) I'm glad mosquitos don't like me naturally!