Posts Tagged weir
Too much rain foils angler’s best plans
Posted by Cameron in Personal, Photography, Video on February 1st, 2010
I was asked to photograph the first day of the barramundi season today so I thought I could make a great pic at Townsville’s Aplins Weir where there would normally have been up to 100 fisherman there to celebrate the opening of the season. The recent rains would normally have provided a perfect start to the season as plenty of food was swept down rivers and streams to the waiting barra. The problem however – the dam spill gates had to be opened and therefore instead of a gentle flow, we got 100,000 litres a second over the dam wall.
So, all I ended up shooting was a handful of pics that I got a bit carried way with in Lightroom and a video to show you what the flow was like. [Skip past the gallery for the video]
Aplins Weir stars again!
Posted by Cameron in Newspaper, Photography on February 4th, 2009
Ok, so maybe I’m a bit lazy but no-one has seen water like this flowing OVER the weir footbridge! Glendale Drive in Annandale got a show too! [click the pic to view fullsize]
Aplins Weir is a star
Posted by Cameron in Newspaper, Photography on February 3rd, 2009
Heavy rainfall has hit Townsville hard over the past couple of days, this image I took of Townsville’s Aplins Weir was chosen by The Courier-Mail to reflect the region’s weather. [click the pic to view fullsize]
Bit soggy in the north!
Posted by Cameron in Uncategorized on January 15th, 2008
I took a helicopter from Giru down to Airlie Beach yesterday to photograph flooding in the region. Apart from many sections of the highway being cut the damage didn’t appear to be too bad. At least I managed to get a page one pic that helped alleviate the cost of the charter! I have put a bunch of pics on my site so wander over and have a look (link below).
UPDATE 15 JAN 2008: Conditions in Townsville were terrible this morning with a massive low centred directly over the city. I have added pics from today as well to my site.
See my pics of the downpour at http://www.cameronlaird.com/gallery/4170198
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