We've been having rain almost every day for the past week or so, and to make matters worse I had a brand new lens burning a hole in my bag - the Zeiss 21 2.8 ZE. Today, the rain finally cleared and I had the chance to take my new toy out for a test drive. First, I headed down to my old faithful Brighton Beach which is just a few minutes from my house. I added a couple of new images to my Lake Superior Photo gallery from this leg of the trip.
It was a bit crowded here so I decided to try my luck walking the banks of the raging Lester River that was swelling from all of the rain we've had recently. I added a couple of images to my Venture North picture gallery from this little hike.
I think I may have caught the "Zeiss Bug" because I couldn't be happier with my new lens. The image quality is un-believable and the useability factor of a lens with a REAL manual focus scale is priceless.
A quick teaser image from the hike today:
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Re-Edit of Split Rock Lighthouse 100th Anniversary
When life gets in the way of pursuing images of Lake Superior's North Shore, like it does more often than I care for, I'll satisfy my photographic urges by trolling my archives for images that could benefit from a re-edit. Many times, I've taken the image so long ago that my post-processing skills have improved since I originally took the picture was originally made, other times I just end up with a different result because I'm in a different mood or mindset the second time around.
This weekend I came across the images I took in June 2010 of the Split Rock lighthouse on one of the Friday evenings where the light was turned on to commemorate its 100th Anniversary. This particularly foggy evening was a perfect oppotunity to capture a unique moment for the Split Rock Light house.
The rest of the images from the Split Rock Lighthouse 100th Anniversary can be seen in my "Lighthouses, Landmarks, and History" gallery.
This weekend I came across the images I took in June 2010 of the Split Rock lighthouse on one of the Friday evenings where the light was turned on to commemorate its 100th Anniversary. This particularly foggy evening was a perfect oppotunity to capture a unique moment for the Split Rock Light house.
The rest of the images from the Split Rock Lighthouse 100th Anniversary can be seen in my "Lighthouses, Landmarks, and History" gallery.
Friday, June 10, 2011
New Images Added - SHT and Crosby Manitou State Park
At the end of May, some friends and I took a backpacking trip that took us on a leg of the Superior Hiking Trail and into Crosby Manitou State Park. Friday night, we hiked into the first campsite after Beaver Bay and camped along the Beaver River. Then, Saturday morning, we hiked along the rivers edge and through the hills to Silver Bay. It was a moderately difficult section of trail, but it afforded us some amazing views of Lake Superior and inland.
Once we hit Silver Bay, we took a quick drive to Crosby Manitou State Park. For anyone familiar with the park, we took the Yellow Birch trail and connected with the Cedar Ridge Trail that led us to the beautiful campsite #13 situated on a ledge above the Manitou River.
Sunday morning we took the Manitou River trail back to a short trail that connected us back to the Yellow Birch and back to the vehicle. Not everyone from our group is in the greatest shape, including myself, so the 13 miles we put on through all those ups and downs was a bit hard on us but the scenery was worth it.
See my Venture North gallery for more of the images from this trip.
Can't wait to head out again later this summer.
Once we hit Silver Bay, we took a quick drive to Crosby Manitou State Park. For anyone familiar with the park, we took the Yellow Birch trail and connected with the Cedar Ridge Trail that led us to the beautiful campsite #13 situated on a ledge above the Manitou River.
Sunday morning we took the Manitou River trail back to a short trail that connected us back to the Yellow Birch and back to the vehicle. Not everyone from our group is in the greatest shape, including myself, so the 13 miles we put on through all those ups and downs was a bit hard on us but the scenery was worth it.
See my Venture North gallery for more of the images from this trip.
Can't wait to head out again later this summer.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
New Image Added - Storm Over Lake Superior
My in-laws were in town for the weekend and true-to-form, the weather in Duluth was - to say the least - un-predictable. However, we noticed one of the storm cells coming in and decided to head down to lake to have a look.
Our good timing was rewarded with a beautiful view of the storm swallowing the last remaining bit of blue sky over Lake Superior. The shot was a 70 second exposure using a 3 stop Graduated Neutral Density filter and a 10 stop Neutral Density filter.
The image can also be found in my gallery of Lake Superior images.
Our good timing was rewarded with a beautiful view of the storm swallowing the last remaining bit of blue sky over Lake Superior. The shot was a 70 second exposure using a 3 stop Graduated Neutral Density filter and a 10 stop Neutral Density filter.
The image can also be found in my gallery of Lake Superior images.
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