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/2010/01/12/who-gets-the-bill-for-the-helicopter/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/12/who-gets-the-bill-for-the-helicopter/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:01:02 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5576 So today I’m on about a bit of local outdoor/nature related politics.  Where I live we have massive amounts of protected lands.  Most of it is owned by a mix of government and private agencies and is wonderfully open to the public.  Thing is, the local government sees all this land, especially the non-profit owned [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2010/01/12/who-gets-the-bill-for-the-helicopter/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/11/15/bronze/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/11/15/bronze/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:17:51 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=5461 These pictures are my very first attempts and making HDR work for for me. I took these shots yesterday. The day was a classic dark, cloudy, colorless November day. Both were taken in a little natural area called Pewit's Nest which back in the 60s was still on private property and a popular party spot for the local teens. Here Skillet Creek carved a deep gorge with 100ft sandstone cliffs and flows through a series of water falls and deep pools. When I got home and blended the different exposures I found that you could spend hours trying to get the surreal feel blended out of the final image. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/11/15/bronze/feed/ 10 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/05/24/quest-for-skillet-falls/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/05/24/quest-for-skillet-falls/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 14:12:38 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=4081 It started because I found the falls cross referenced on a Whitewater website as a class III-IV run. But mostly it started because I couldn't make the WMCKA symposium and really needed to just be outside and distracted by a little adventure.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2009/05/24/quest-for-skillet-falls/feed/ 4