Panoramic

I don’t really get panoramics but thought I would try one.  This is actually made from six photos, but only two stitched together, the rest were because I bracketed the shots for HDR.  I didn’t use a tripod which is just wrong but I didn’t have one with me.  With the pano I end up with  long skinny picture.  On the one hand it is wider so it shows more on the other hand it isn’t as tall and it shows less.  Tomorrow I will post the two photos I used to make this.  The photo is of the Mississippi River valley near downtown St. Paul.  It was taken from the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Adam

A shot I could not resist.  I like taking pictures of  people but not when they pose.  That is why you don’t see many on this blog because people like to pose and put on the phony smile.  I am not sure who it was that decided people have to smile to be photographed. There isn’t anything wrong with other facial expressions.

Flugtag Minnesota Spectators

I got some shots of the various home made flying machines dripping off the ramp at Flugtag. Most did not look very aerodynamic but the teams seemed to have a good time and the crowd enjoyed it.  The crowd kept catching my attention.  I have never seen so many people in the aprk and it is likely that there never have been as many there at one time.   There were people every where and it was the crowd that made the event fun . . except of course the coming and going part and finding a place to view the event.  There are thousands, no tens of thousands of people in this photo.

Busy Birds

I want to photograph birds but this isn’t what I had in mind.  It isn’t black and white but it looks that way because the birds were back lit but I probably don’t have to explain that.  I thought I hated this shot but now I kind of like it.

Water Lilies

The color of these flowers is amazing.   They are Asian water lilies found at Como Park . . and probably in Asia too.

Johnathan Paddleford

How can this be?  I am running out of photos.  There are so many things to shoot this time of year. Just about everything looks better without snow and ice in it.

Getting ready for flugtag

The days are getting a little shorter.  I was able to get a “golden hour” shot after a meeting this week.  August is on of the best months for golden hour, twilight and night shooting. It is still warm out and I don’t have to stay out so late.  I am a morning person. This is a tent on Harriet Island in St. Paul.  This weekend is the Red Bull Flugtag, so I am cleaning my lenses and charging my batteries.  Homemade flying machines will be launched off of a 30 foot ramp on Harriet Island over the Mississippi River.  If anyone reading this is planing on going please let me know.  I plan on watching from the North side of the river. I think the view will be better and there are not as many hills to climb with my bike.

Duluth Harbor - Lake Superior

We usually go up to lake Superior in mid to late September.  it is still tourist season but there are fewer people and the days are shorter to it is easier to get those sunrise and sunset shots.  I ended up getting wet taking  this shot.  I had tried to get it from a couple of other places but every time I composed a shot a small child in brightly colored clothing would pop up and end up in the shot.  So I got close and I think the discoloration in the photo occurred when the spray hit the lens.

Sea gulls

They never have mid air collisions.  These are the evil gulls of Canal Park in Duluth MN.  They never sleep they wait for tourists with pop corn.