Been considering a 'hide' for a while - preferably one with room for
a chair, tripod, cooler chest....
Nothing at all available in this country and imports cost a bloody
fortune.
Then I saw a clever post on a birding list -
Look for a shower/dunny tent instead. Neat.
They tend to have a small footprint but I like this one -
EPE CR2 about halfway down -
http://www.discountcamping.com.au/index/products/showerandtoilet/showers
No roof, but it'll stay cooler in summer and a simple fly should do
for winter.
No spring steel - should be easier to fold down.
A simple vertical flap cut in the 'door' should do for the lens.
And the 1400mm sq. footprint is a good size for these things.
Camo? A bit overated I suspect. Lean a few branches against it.
Chop out the floor and I may even be able to 'walk' it.
Or the T59 here is no springs and half the price -
http://www.dmh.aust.com/tents/accessorytents.html
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 17/04/2008, at 4:21 PM, geebee wrote:
>
> If anyone has noted my absence I thought I would let you know
> that .I haven't given up on OM photography and will resume film
> photography soon. I have been chasing down, or more accurately, not
> chasing down bird shots.
>
> I bought a hide/blind a while back but have thus far not taken a
> usable shot from it. The instructions claim, somewhat
> optimistically, that it can be out of the back pack and occupied in
> a few seconds. It is certainly true that it opens very quickly
> courtesy of the four main steel rings that spring into shape as
> soon as it escapes the confines of the back pack (decapitation
> cannot be ruled out). What the makers don't mention is that it can
> take up to a fortnight to get it back into the 18 inch diameter
> back pack. Although I have obviously achieved this each time I have
> used it I still have no idea how it happened. The first couple
> of times I was so amazed how it suddenly gave in and folded neatly
> that I foolishly opened it again thinking I had mastered it.
> This resulted in another slapstick session to rival Mr Bean.
> Panasonic DMC FZ50 : Leica DC Vario Elmarit
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2008/08068.htm
>
> After this particular session and ten minutes into my battle to
> reduce it to a size suitable for packing away, moles were
> surfacing to see what the rumpus was all about and laughing it up
> at my
> antics. This one was obviously a huge fan of my slapstick routine:
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2008/IRC.htm
>
>
> --Graham
>
> 'Rose of the Shires Book 2' 14.95 / $30.10 at:
> http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/203927
>
> All profit to:
> http://www.projecthome.org/
>
>
>
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