It’s Groundhog Day in the US today… a day that supposedly foretells the early (or late) coming of spring depending on if a certain groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania sees his shadow or not when pulled out of his burrow. So in honor of Groundhog Day 2013, here’s one up in a tree – … Read more…
Here’s a distant freighter in northern Lake Michigan approaching the Straits of Mackinac from the west (left). It was way out there, and due to atmospheric/optical (‘mirage’) effects looked like it was floating slightly above the water, not just on top of it. This shot is cropped only very slightly from the original image file, … Read more…
This shot shows the shoreline of Lake Michigan south of South Haven, Michigan, near Van Buren State Park. This was a late October photo, so there weren’t many people to be seen at all… mostly just a bunch of wind-blown seagulls.
This shot came from a late October walk along the shore of Lake Michigan near South Haven in the southwest part of Michigan. It was a really windy and brisk day, mostly sunny with lots of nice white clouds moving quickly by. The edge of Lake Michigan was about 20-30 feet behind me as I took … Read more…
Here’s another shot of the frog (or maybe its relative!) that we spotted in the tidal pool close to the shore of northern Lake Michigan, in Wilderness State Park.
This handsome frog was resting in a shallow tidal pool just off of Lake Michigan in Wilderness State Park (northern Michigan…lower peninsula), near Waugoshance Point.
This is a view from the northern shore of Michigan’s lower peninsula, looking north directly underneath the Mackinac Bridge. This image is my first HDR with Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro 2, and includes some post-HDR adjustments in Lightroom 4.
My wife and I were exploring the beach at Saugatuck Dunes State Park when we saw this cool group of dark clouds advancing over Lake Michigan. She shot this one using my backup DSLR and a wide-angle zoom lens, and I edited it in Lightroom 4.
Mini pumpkins for sale at the farmers market in Holland, Michigan. Quick smartphone snapshot from earlier this fall. Posted from WordPress for Android
[break] In my first post on the cemetery flags shot, it’s worth noting that the scene there is exactly as shot — with flags flying to the left. There was a strong wind coming from the right, and the sun high and in front of me provided really cool backlighting for the colors in the … Read more…
[break] Before Memorial Day 2012 gets too far behind me, here’s a shot I took at a cemetery just outside Holland, Michigan, last Monday. We were driving past it and were awestruck by the hundreds and hundreds of American flags flying throughout the grounds here. So we decided to stop for a half hour and … Read more…
