Early spring ferns at Banning State Park in Minnesota.
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A Grand Sky
The sunset view across the frozen harbor taken from Park Point in Duluth, MN.
Exploring Negative Space
While on a recent hike along the shore of Lake Superior, I saw a sky and lake worth capturing with the idea of using negative space to illustrate the the vastness of Lake Superior. The clouds added an extra dimension to the surface of the lake, with the distant lighthouse added for scale. Cropping gave the image a painterly look.
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Problems, Problems, Problems!
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I recently took a three day trip to Portland, Oregon to pick up new camera gear and to spend a day photographing waterfalls along the Columbia River Gorge. The flight out was uneventful. However, my choice of hotel was problem … Continue reading
Mayflies and Mosquitoes
Thompson Reservoir, Carlton, MN
It would have been a much more peaceful evening if the mayflies hadn’t been in the middle of a major hatch and the mosquitoes hadn’t been so thick. But, that’s northern Minnesota for you.
This will be my last post from Minnesota this month as I am headed to Oregon later this week for an extended photo trip. I will be beginning with a sunset composition along the coast and then be driving back through the mountains, visiting Yellowstone and, I hope, Devil’s Tower. I am also planning to shoot some prairie homesteads and wide open spaces in the Dakotas.
Prairie Homestead: B&W Version
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Wide Open
Wide open spaces where the wind blows unobstructed, the roads vanish in the distance and the sky goes on forever.
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North Dakota Prairie
I recently traveled around parts of North Dakota and had time to capture a few shots that I felt give a sense of the open spaces that exist in the western part of our country. One of these days I hope to spend time slowly exploring these wide open places under the big sky.
Tragic Events
As intriguing as this image is, it represents a tragedy. I dropped the pouch with my Sony RX100 Mk5 on the garage floor and ran over it. Amazingly, the camera actually works! This certainly says something for Sony build quality. However, I do not have access to any of the display functions and the viewfinder will not pop up. I’ve taken photos with each of the settings on the camera and now have a rough idea of the setting for each of them. I did speak with a camera shop to see if it was worth repairing, they guess-ti-mated at least $200-$400. It would cost me $45 to send it in and get an official estimate.
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