Are you a shutterbug?

3.4k · November 23, 2011

Seems I try to have a camera in hand when picking up or dropping off trackables - I figure beyond moving the critter/thing/doodad/wossname the least I can do is take a picture to show the owner where it is or has been.

Usually do this for caches, too, when I'm in some sick spot: I.e. Coast view from Pros.per.i.ty

Am I alone in this? I rarely see any pictures anymore. Are geocachers in too big a hurry now?

1.3k · November 23, 2011

Here's a couple of a trackable that I found which had been in a fight with a lawnmower:

Before:

After:

November 23, 2011

I love taking pics. I am new to this and I intend to keep taking my digital camera with me along with the Naked Mole Rat. I want to be able to remember the caches that I am able to find and pictures will help me do it.

7.5k · November 23, 2011

Seems I try to have a camera in hand when picking up or dropping off trackables - I figure beyond moving the critter/thing/doodad/wossname the least I can do is take a picture to show the owner where it is or has been.

Usually do this for caches, too, when I'm in some sick spot: I.e. Coast view from Pros.per.i.ty

Am I alone in this? I rarely see any pictures anymore. Are geocachers in too big a hurry now?

I 'discover' TBs so that I can post a photo of their where-abouts. I like to see where our TBs have been and appreciate when finders post photos.

November 23, 2011

I take lots of pictures, it's part of the whole package. One of my pre geocaching hobbies that fits right in. GT Pipeline Putters.

1.8k · November 23, 2011

I'm way into pics, especially when it comes to bugs...I try to get a pic of where i picked up the bug and where I drop It off. If I like the bug, I'll take random pics of it when appropriate.

2.8k · November 23, 2011

I always carry a camera and have a picture of every cache I have found (1000+), even the lame ones.

November 23, 2011

I take pics if I see something that "wows" me. Your coastal pic is a definite wow, and I would unquestionably have taken a photo of that. I've learned over the years, however, that many of the things I find wow-ish just don't have that effect on others. You know..."Holy cow, that's the longest slug I've ever seen - look at the size of that sucker!" (Other people are singularly unimpressed by slugs. Why this is, I do not know.)

So I usually think twice before I put my idea of "wow" up on a cache gallery, or a Facebook wall, etc. But sometimes the "wow" is so overwhelming that I have to share. And if a travel bug requests photos, I often do that (sans "wow").

I just with my camera were better able to capture some of the "wows" that I come across - like a beam of sun coming through an otherwise dark forest and lighting up a patch of brilliant yellow-green moss on the ground. I've never been able to capture that color. It looks "meh" in the photo, while in real life it's amazing.

5.3k · November 23, 2011

Am I alone in this? I rarely see any pictures anymore. Are geocachers in too big a hurry now?

Mostly I don't do bugs, and those that I do I take a picture to record the tracking number, but I never post any pictures because it might somehow offend the owner.

Avoiding offending trackable owners it pretty difficult, so I would not chance it with a picture.

38.2k · November 23, 2011

With 1,748 photos in my gallery I'd have to say that I'm a shutterbug.

November 23, 2011

You aren't quite alone, there are a few of us out there! The easy to carry camera that is always with me is just a tiny Canon Elph, so the quality of my scenic shots are not the greatest. (Oddly, the Elph takes quite good close-ups for its size.) I make an effort to upload at least one photo per trackable, even if it is just a discover pic of it at an event. Caches get occasional uploads of whatever caught my fancy along the way. Perhaps unfortunately, I lean towards the terrkan78 idea of interesting items, and the owners have more of a chance of seeing pictures of flowers, snakes, fungi, dining spiders or dripping sap than they do of awesome waterfalls and sunsets.

1126 uploads of dubious wow factor, and counting.

Although, now that COs can delete photos without deleting the log, my gallery entries may be in danger!

4.2k · November 23, 2011

I take pics if I see something that "wows" me.

here's some WOW for you :lol:

actually i have 2 cameras and a video camera with me at all times, and if for some reason i don't have my bag the camera on the Oregon serves as a good backup

Edited November 23, 2011 by t4e

2.3k · November 23, 2011

I have a little cheap camera I bring with and take a picture if I think I find something cool. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. I have more pictures on my computer than I post on cache pages though.

November 23, 2011

My gallery shows 1450 photos, the most recent being from an outing on 11/18. I do have a tendency these days to write my logs, plan to take care of the photos in photoshop, then forget to actually do that. I know I have a bunch from Yosemite yet to post, for instance. I was a photographer long before I ever discovered caching.

November 23, 2011

I enjoy taking pictures, I just never get them uploaded to the bug page.

I can load a picture from my iPhone to a cache page, but I can't upload from my iPhone to a bug page. Mmm wonder why that is????

18.9k · November 23, 2011

I often carry a camera but seems like I also often forget to grab it out and push the shutter button!!

Also - for the most part, I stopped messing around with TBs as they seem to cause for angst than it is worth among some cachers.

1.9k · November 23, 2011

You aren't quite alone, there are a few of us out there! The easy to carry camera that is always with me is just a tiny Canon Elph, so the quality of my scenic shots are not the greatest. (Oddly, the Elph takes quite good close-ups for its size.) I make an effort to upload at least one photo per trackable, even if it is just a discover pic of it at an event. Caches get occasional uploads of whatever caught my fancy along the way. Perhaps unfortunately, I lean towards the terrkan78 idea of interesting items, and the owners have more of a chance of seeing pictures of flowers, snakes, fungi, dining spiders or dripping sap than they do of awesome waterfalls and sunsets.

1126 uploads of dubious wow factor, and counting.

Although, now that COs can delete photos without deleting the log, my gallery entries may be in danger!

We can delete spoiler photos now? SWEET!

1.9k · November 23, 2011

Also - for the most part, I stopped messing around with TBs as they seem to cause for angst than it is worth among some cachers.

You mean the ones where you drop their bug and it gets muggled and the owner sends you angry email accusing you of theft? been there done that!

5.7k · November 23, 2011

I try to take photos as much as I can. I often won't post them if they don't turn out well. I rarely do photos with bugs anymore, but if I get a good photo where I drop a bug, I'll just post one of the location without the bug in it.

If it specifically wants photos at a certain location, I always try to comply. Especially if it's an animal related one -- then I get to get the cats involved. (Whether they like it or not.)

Edited November 23, 2011 by hzoi

November 23, 2011

i always take heaps of pics, but they make my Facebook page rather than my gallery.

5.7k · November 23, 2011

I always photograph trackables. I have a private photo collection of them.

November 23, 2011

I always carry a camera but don't always post photos. I did include two photos in the cache I hid 5 days ago, check them out at My Dog Angus (GC37ZEH)

November 23, 2011

I take a good number of pictures, mainly because I primarily cache while traveling or on an adventure and I love to chronicle those. Tho alas I never seem to have enough time to upload and caption most of them <_< someday!

7.5k · November 23, 2011

I definitely don't take wow photos. I use my carpy camera on my old cell phone since I always have my phone with me. But I figure an OK photo of where a TB is, is still interesting to the TB owner. Plus it shows the condition of the TB.

November 24, 2011

I take pics if I see something that "wows" me.

here's some WOW for you

You found Frank! I've been looking all over for him! I would definitely count Frank as a "wow" and would have snapped a pix, assuming he sat still long enough.

November 24, 2011

I always carry a camera but don't always post photos. I did include two photos in the cache I hid 5 days ago, check them out at My Dog Angus (GC37ZEH)

Your dog Angus is very similar to my dog Luke, which I made a geocache about him as well. Luke passed his AKC Canine Good Citizenship last year. Check out Luke's cache. GC30689

7.3k · November 24, 2011

I'm probably obsessive about photo taking, depending on who you ask. It's bad enough that my MIL has mentioned it in cache logs. :rolleyes: I try to take at least one picture at every cache, partly because I believe that every cache deserves to have pictures in its gallery, and partly to help me remember each cache. If the area is nice, I can take quite a few pictures. Unfortunately, it's tedious for me to go through pictures and post them, so I'm quite behind on that.

2.6k · November 24, 2011

On long geocaching vacations we bring the big Nikon, lenses, etc.

On all other outings my wife wears a point&shoot on her belt.

Taking pictures of our geocaching travels is something we like to do and 8 years has yielded a ton of shots.

3.6k · November 24, 2011

I might not be great at taking pictures but love sharing my adventures and taking pictures of wildlife, interesting things and when I drop of a TB the # so i don't lose it.

If I don't lose my camera like I almost did one day after doing a bunch of Earthcaches and left the camera at a LPC. Luckily Frisbee'r calmed me down and helped me remember where I left it.

5.3k · November 24, 2011

Seems I try to have a camera in hand when picking up or dropping off trackables - I figure beyond moving the critter/thing/doodad/wossname the least I can do is take a picture to show the owner where it is or has been.

Usually do this for caches, too, when I'm in some sick spot: I.e. Coast view from Pros.per.i.ty

Am I alone in this? I rarely see any pictures anymore. Are geocachers in too big a hurry now?

I always have a camera with me when caching. Currently a Nikon D80, favorite lens Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 VR II, great lens in case I come accross wild life, but I do not do much caching anymore. I went back to school. Now it is all school work. Sometimes I take pictures of myself while out caching. I have lots of photos on my profile page

Edited November 24, 2011 by JohnnyVegas

1.3k · November 24, 2011

I make an attempt to carry my camera with me at all times. It's my journalist background.

3.4k · November 24, 2011

They were out in force in Gilroy, California, yesterday. Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2011

I LOVE taking pictures. I only post these online that are worth sharing and may be interesting for others though.

2.7k · November 24, 2011

I have 3023 photos posted on Geocaching.com, and counting - which puts me at about 50% of my logged caches count.

Photography is a major draw for me and geocaches, and frankly was the initial "kick" that got me interested in the game.

My "Wow" photos tend to end up on my Flickr stream, and my 500px Stream, but I also make sure I post them to Geocaching.com with the log entry.

Just a couple days ago I picked up a new camera specifically for my geocaching adventures, as it's waterproof/shockproof/freezeproof. While my DSLR has been on many geocaching adventures, the photos I have taken from a canoe or standing waist deep in the lake might have been tempting fate a bit much.

In 2011 I dramatically curtailed my numbers caching to seek out specifically those "wow" caches where I would want all my camera gear. I have a backlog of hundreds of "wow" spot photos that I still have to post, and I have gone from almost apathy about geocaching in 2010 to a renewed interest in the game that has me itching to get back out on the hunt whenever I can.

My favourite recent outing has to be Killarney, Ontario where we visited only a few caches over a three day weekend:

2.4k · November 25, 2011

I was just starting to upload pics with my logs when an update required that we resize them. I had some neat shots, but gave up after all the error messages. I should try again....

November 25, 2011

We always have a camera with us at every cache we visit. Usually just our cell phones, but anytime we're travelling we've got the real camera. I'd say about 75% of the cache sites we visit end up with pictures taken (yes even those lampskirts are occasionally picture worthy!), but I'm not so good at remembering to upload them. Right now I'm about 3 months behind on uploads, but I'll get there someday!

November 25, 2011

I went to Killarney last May...no one else in the campground but me, myself and I. I did just a few caches as well, but they were all wonderful and one was one of those completely memorable ones. Yes, got photos, and was annoyed at myself that I left the good camera behind. I hope to get Trekkin' up there so we can do some of the paddling caches. It was bad enough that I had to tell my mom I was staying in a motel so she wouldn't worry about me in my little tent alone up there.

You got some really wow shots. It's definitely a place to find them.

Edited November 25, 2011 by Trekkin' and birdin'

3.4k · April 24, 2012

Young Garter Snake sitting perched in grass, about one foot above ground. As I usually have my camera out in time to see these shy snakes disappering into the brush, this one was a little more patient.

2.6k · April 24, 2012

This is an old homestead in southwest Oklahoma that was built in the 1903. It's made from stones the farmer collected out of his fields.

38.2k · April 24, 2012

Oops, didn't realize that this is an old thread.

Edited April 25, 2012 by briansnat

1.4k · April 24, 2012

I never was one for taking many pictures, just another piece of gear to carry, and then when I get back I have to try to figure out what picture went with what cache. Fast forward to today now with the built in camera on my Garmin GPSmap 62stc, and my Montana 650T coupled with the FREE basecamp mapping Garmin provides it's a piece of cake, and makes picture taking really fun for me. Just my .02 cents

Scubasonic

3.4k · April 24, 2012

I never was one for taking many pictures, just another piece of gear to carry, and then when I get back I have to try to figure out what picture went with what cache. Fast forward to today now with the built in camera on my Garmin GPSmap 62stc, and my Montana 650T coupled with the FREE basecamp mapping Garmin provides it's a piece of cake, and makes picture taking really fun for me. Just my .02 cents

Scubasonic

I take the camera, because I'm an idiot. I have this innocent belief that if I take pictures while I'm out it will be no bother, not the least, to edit them and do whatever with them when I get back home sweaty, filthy and tired, with umpteen logs to write (I'm no rubber-stamper, cookie-cutter, cut-n-paster, I writes 'em individual, though some may still be brief) So I plug the CF card in and find I have 180 pictures I just had to take. Fire up Photoshop, start copying them to a working directory and hop into the shower. Some time later I'll have the 20 or so pictures which I'll post to a trackable (I really like to do that, as much as possible, because I love it when people post a picture of mine) or to a log entry. Maybe a few also to my friends on fazebuch.

The Log from a CITO a week ago.

Edited April 24, 2012 by DragonsWest

7.9k · April 25, 2012

<snip>

My favourite recent outing has to be Killarney, Ontario where we visited only a few caches over a three day weekend:

Oh, come on now...tell us what calendar you stole those pictures from. :unsure:

Awesome!

April 25, 2012

I take pictures, its the uploading I procrastinate on... :anicute:

April 25, 2012

I rarely see any pictures anymore. Are geocachers in too big a hurry now?

If I have my Iphone I usually try to take a picture of the area, although not the cache hiding spot.

April 25, 2012

I take pictures, its the uploading I procrastinate on...

Me too, then the trackable is long gone and I don't have the numbers to upload.

April 25, 2012

I TAKE a lot more pictures than I upload. Don't want to post any spoilers. But if there is something interesting near the cache that hasn't been posted before, then I'll upload it. And some of the specialized "trails" I'm doing ask for a picture of me with the cache... silly I think - but if I can earn a COIN for doing it, then it's not too much to ask! :lol: I enjoy photography, and take my camera with me EVERYwhere I go, whether caching or not. No one was ever happier to give up FILM and go digital! :lol:

April 25, 2012

I try to document every find with a picture from my phone camera. There are some very fascinating containers out there. I don't post the container, but I do post the contents. It's also a way for the CO to keep track of the cache.

April 25, 2012

In our area there are a few really talented shutter bugs, which really got me excited about using my camera. Guys like NorthernPenguin and Keith Watson have unbelievable pics that they share and inspired me to push myself. I can't deliver like those guys, but I have a few nice pics in the gallery. I try to remember my Sony HX100V but I will always have my iPhone 4S with me. I love adding a nice pic to my logs.

April 25, 2012

Photography is a major part of geocaching for me, I try to upload at least one picture for each cache I have found.

I prefer the "remote" caches where there are some better photo ops and less chance of muggles

Edited April 25, 2012 by thewanderingdrew

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