http://www.kayakquixotica.com Tilting At Waves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/12/lumix-crash-test/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/12/lumix-crash-test/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:19:07 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9041 So, I’ve got to share this story with you.  The other day I was just packing up after my regular paddle around the local lake.  I was going through my habitual process of putting away my gear, changing clothes and what-have-you when a woman came walking around my Jeep and started asking me questions.  She [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/12/lumix-crash-test/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/23/lumix-dmc-ts3-at-first-blush/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/23/lumix-dmc-ts3-at-first-blush/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:09:18 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8261 This wild rose shot is one of the first shots I took with my new Panasonic Lumix TS3.  I just set the camera on “normal” mode (as soon as I figured out where to do that!) and went out the door. The shot is about as un-edited as possible. It’s cropped and re-sized for the [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/23/lumix-dmc-ts3-at-first-blush/feed/ 6 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/01/wmcka-picture-day/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/01/wmcka-picture-day/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:17:06 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8056 I have two photo galleries for you today.. The first gallery is a variety of pictures from the 2011 WMCKA symposium as well as a few from the drive over and back.  As you know, most of my galleries tend to wander all over the place just to catch the atmosphere. Camp Pendaloun certainly has [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/06/01/wmcka-picture-day/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/04/24/scary-bunnies/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/04/24/scary-bunnies/#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:52:35 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=7663 People have said I can find the dark side of anything.. Well, judging from these strange Easter bunny costumes from a 1996 episode of "The Vicar of Dibley", I'm not the only one. These are some scary bunnies! And speaking of finding the dark side, you'd never guess what I came across while out hiking on the Ice Age Trails yesterday.. an Easter basket!! Now what could be dark about an Easter basket?]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/04/24/scary-bunnies/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/04/15/best-waterproof-camera-today/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/04/15/best-waterproof-camera-today/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:39:35 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=7610 Of course this is junk! (water getting in…) Don’t get me started on Pentax… No, we’ve moved on but it’s been a couple of years since I’ve bought a new waterproof compact camera and I could use your advice.  What’s working for you these days? Cannon? Fuji? Lumix? Olympus?  Remember what we’re shootin’ for here.  [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/04/15/best-waterproof-camera-today/feed/ 17