At least it's not a Jayhawk boat.  Looks great!

some recent paddling and photography:

November Paddling at 9,000 feet - Dillon Lake in Summit County, Colorado
http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/C2079147609/E20071110230448/index.html

Bushwhacking and Paddling the Arkansas River and John Martin Reserwoir
http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/C2079147609/E20071108000658/index.html

3 Fall Pictures from My Paddling Pond
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C148748379/E20071109062412/index.html

Thanks, Marek.

A paddlers perspective. Three pictures shot from a kayak cockpit by three paddlers. In each shot the camera was held by a paddler in right hand. Three different kayaks: a ICF K1, a sea kayak and an unlimited racing kayak. Three locations: Sweden, Montana and Colorado. Three DSLR cameras or more importantly three different focal lengths of lenses: 12, 17 and 20 mm. Time: late fall or winter.

http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/C1666358270/E20071123192006/index.html

Suggestion: rather use your waterproof camera!

In these three pictures the focal length of lenses (a view angle) has stronger impact than a kayak length.

I need that 10mm wide angle lens to make my Thunderbolt look like a needle ... 

I am not very active on Flickr, nevertheless, I have posted about 250 pictures there. Recently, Flickr implemented stats. It means that photographers can keep track of which images are most popular, what their viewers are looking for and where they’re coming from.

So, I posted 10 mostly viewed pictures from my Flickr photostream:

http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/C1666358270/E20071228211819/index.html

Most of these 10 pictures are related to paddling. Sisson Nuclues kayak appears in 5 of them, WSBS Thunderbolt kayak and Spencer X-treme are in single pictures. All photos contain water in some form, even if it is tea in a cup. I believe that 8 of them were shot with Pentax Optio W10, one with Optio WP and one with Canon EOS 10D.

Marek's photography has always inspired me.  So, here are six Marek-inspired kayaking photos.  I was paddling on the Kaw last Sunday and shot these.  Enjoy.


It's not a Sisson Nucleus, but it gets the job done.


Swift Modulous Mid, an excellent paddle that I'd recommend to anyone.


Snow and rip rap -- not my usual paddling environment!


Angles and patters, the usual photographic subject.


A raptor perched on the same railroad bridge.


Part of the Kansas City skyline viewed from near the mouth of the Kaw River.

Pentax Optio W30 camera, Thunderbolt kayak and 3 winter hours on the South Platte River
- a photo report from my upstream/downstream workout in 8 pictures:

http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/C2079147609/E20080112224929/index.html

Here are a few pics from my 8,000 mile canoe journey.

www.flickr.com/photos/jaredjellison

I will add more soon.

Got a copy of Jared's book about his journey.  I'm about half way through and am really enjoying it.  Good to see the pictures.  Thanks, Jared!

Book available here...

http://books.lulu.com/browse/book_view.php?fCID=706938&fBuyItem=3