classic773

If flash is working, and pictures are too dark, try taking without a flash. With my digital camera, and I have stuff in the back ground that I want as well as foreground, I take the picture without the flash. This causes a longer shuttertime, which means you have to hold the camera steady, but sometimes the pictures turn out better.

Thanks, that made all the difference.

How do I get it to show where I'm from at the bottom of my post? [This message was edited by classic773 on June 19, 2002 at 11:00 AM.]

Clatmandu, good to here from you, just came upon your business card last night at 3 Trunk Tree. MRCPU, kudos, you've done what many others couldn't... realize that my attacker was not human. Everybody else, I really don't want to ruin our natural areas, our or opportunities to geocache, not do I want to argue, or extend this thread any longer than necessary. However I'll share a couple thoughts I have. In a State Park or Recreation Area I'm pretty sure there aren't any restrictions saying that you have to stay on any paths (ie you can go anywhere in the woods you want to). Therefore you can try to approach a cache from a different, possibly more difficult than everybody else, if you enjoy the challenge. Secondly, chopping the tops off of nettles and thorny plants, etc does not kill them any more than pruning your shrubs at home kills them. I think its time for this thread to die, I wanted feedback, I got it, thank you everyone. BTW, I'm not the enemy. The machete was only intended for very difficult caches, and ones where a lot of hiking was required and where I would be able to choose my own path.

I'm not a troll. I started geocaching yesterday, and ran into places where a machete would be most useful. Sorry.

for the record.. unseen attackers that sound like animals, probably are. The reason for the machete are the instances of being tangled up in stuff, not to kill anything (other than a little vegetation). Also, I don't want to start an argument or anything, but hacking vegetation isn't any more lethal than trampling it underfoot.

I believe that its possible, however, I doubt it. You can buy them at sporting goods stores in nearly any city, with no restrictions or regulations posted.

I'm very disapointed. I've wanted a machete since I was a boy. I understand though, I don't want to trash the natural areas. However in places where I know its going to be tight, I think I'll bring it anyway, for those occasional vines that make motion nearly impossible.

What do you guys think about using a machete in heavily vegetated areas of parks? I just bought one yesterday, after getting tangled in some vines while running away from an unseen attacker that sounded like a cross between an Ewok and Dino Flinstone.