As new comer to the Door County area, I have already fell in love with the sights, sounds, and amazing atmosphere here in the north east peninsula of Wisconsin. I have had some great experiences so far including kayaking out on the water and viewing, for the first time, the caves that truly are a sight to see, hiking around on Eagle Trail in Peninsula State Park, cooking some amazing food, meeting a wide variety of unique people that are all pulled together by the love of the outdoors and the atmosphere that comes with it, and many more. One thing that I continue to find breathtaking every day is how stunning the sunsets are and how they leave you with this amazing feeling of serenity. I can’t wait to kayak a sunset tour soon and be able to view one from the water. I already know this is going to be one incredible summer and I can’t wait for those consistently beautiful summer days and all the fun that comes along with it. Living out at ‘Camp David’ on county highway F has also been a blast and Fishstock concerts are definitely going to be a highlight. This is the type of summer fun you just do not want to miss!
As the hardest of the snow follows exodus into the ground water and beyond,
joining the river in its triumphant run,
spring finds the aspiring rocky faces nearby
suddenly populated.
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In short, I joined some other students on a where the St. Croix River separates Wisconsin from Minnesota
and spent the day climbing some of the adjacent cliffs. Excellent photo op.
This was the first day above 10 degrees in a while.
Single pitch, about 5.9.
Two old-fashioned river boats, that would no doubt be full of tourists in the summer, sat dormant at the landing.
-Get outside.
Being on the water as much as we do, we have quite a list of lost, broken, abused, and waterlogged cameras! The 2 cameras we are now using for our kayak tours photos are the Cannon SD800 with the waterproof housing, and the Optio stylus wp. We originally were using a Cannon SD 400 with the waterproof housing, but it was lost on a tour.
The Cannon SD800 IS w/Waterproof housing
Positives
- Bigger Buttons to push
- Larger and easier to find
- Takes abuse
- Takes fast pictures
- Good Quality
- View finder
Negatives
- You have to keep the inside lens of the waterproof housing clean as well as the lens of the camera you are using
- we had one of the buttons to turn on the power on the inside of the housing get free an
- old battery charger does not work with new batteries(is this an annoyance of anyone else)
The Optio Stylus WP
Positives
- Smaller
- takes good panoramic pictures
- good resistance to cold
- slips in your pocket and is not obtuse
Negatives
- Gets washed out with light easily
- Slower to take a picture(Not good, as you float by what you want to take)
- No viewfinder
- grainy images
- xd card(you need another card reader if your computer doesn’t read xd cards)
- hard to look at viewing screen with sun on it
- horrible battery life with stock battery
Tips to using a camera on the water
- Turn the camera’s options to stay on all the time, but have it shut off the display after 30seconds, that way you don’t have to turn the camera on and wait for it to load before every photo as well as it somewhat saving the batter.
- shoot with the sun at your back or to the side to reduce glare
- shoot with the sun directly in front of you if you are looking to get a great silhouette photo
- Rain-x on the outside lens of the waterproof housing will stream the water off the lens and reduce unwanted water marks on the lens.
- Attach your camera to your life jacket, but make sure that you can use it within eyes distance and that it does not impede your safety or paddle stroke or bounce around(I don’t like it hanging from my neck for very long, I like it carabinered to my pfd and laying in my lap.
