St. Paul, MN Photos

The Long Bus

Everyone has heard of the short bus but how many know about the long bus?  This is the longest bus in the Twin Cities. Probably the fastest too.  I can’t really prove that it is but you can’t prove that it is not so we are even.  This is the last of my 6th Street transit station series.  Maybe the next time I get up at 4:30 in the morning I will try the airport.

Here it comes

I think I explained this all yesterday.   Here is another shot of the 6th street transit station. It is fun to shoot cars or buses at the lower shutter speeds.   I like the motion and the lights.  The passenger I showed yesterday was picked up by a bus headed in the other direction . . but you knew that.

Waiting at the 6th street transit station

There are so many things I could write about this picture.  I woke up early yesterday and decided to make the most of it so I was out the door by 6:00 AM with my camera.  Rush hour was a mess because of the snow but I found what I was looking for.  Something colorful to shoot.  I have taken a few pictures of the 6th Street transit station.  It is very photogenic because of the color, the non-stop activity and the cathedral in the background if at all possible.

I took this shots from my car, using my Gorilla Pod.

Wet Paint on Grand

I got this one walking from a restaurant to the car.  Wet Paint is an  art supply store on Grand avenue in St. Paul near Macalester College.  I was surprised that the shot came out.  I took it with a 50mm lens using the widest aperture setting of 1.8.  If the corner had not been so well lit I could not have gotten by with a hand held shot like this.   It isn’t a great shot but I wasn’t expecting anything more than some blurry lights on a black background.   The snow in front gives it some depth and I like the colors.

St. Paul Winter Skyline

Taken on the longest night of the year from the river bluff South of downtown.  It wasn’t really dark.  On a cloudy winter night the clouds and snow reflect the light and it doesn’t really get dark . . but it does get cold.

Kellogg Park Holiday Lights

This is one of those shots I got on my way to take photos of something else.  The sun was just coming up and I saw it from my car. I pulled over and started shooting.  The park looks very different in the winter at dawn with the lights on the arbor.  Here is a photo I took of the same park last summer.