St. Paul, MN Photos

Ducks on Ice

I don’t know how the little critters do it.  They take a swim in the ices river and then take a nap on the ice.

Puddle Picture

We had a little relief from the mind numbing bone chilling cold.   It rained last weekend.  The rain created some marvelous puddles and most of them had pictures in them.

Comcast Building

I got some photos last weekend early in the morning when it was well below zero.  The clouds in the photo are not really clouds but steam from the power plant which is more than a mile down river, maybe two from this spot.  The cloud hangs in the air and blocks some of the sun most of the day.  The river was steaming too because it doesn’t freeze solid and there is open water.  The building is the Comcast building as viewed from across the river.

BMW Oracle Racing 90

You were maybe thinking I was going to post another picture of a valve, maybe I will do that tomorrow.  This tall said could be seen for miles in San Diego. I thought maybe it was a sculpture of something but it turned out to be the sail of the BMW Oracle. The mast is 186 feet high.  Fun to see up close and of course this is one of many photos. The boat isn’t crooked the camera was.

Tug Boat

You can’t live in St. Paul, MN without seeing boats.  I like tug boats and barges. Lake boats are pretty cool too, as are paddle boats, pontoons and canoes.  Sailboats are the most photogenic but they can be hard to catch. These boats are just kind of hanging out at the port of St. Paul and were not hard to catch.

Mississippi River

I should have put “I an an idiot” as the title for this one.  I went out when I was dead tired after an all day conference to take some night shots and more importantly to help someone else learn how.  It was very windy.  If you know anything about shooting at night especially using the slower shutter speeds, a little wind is just enough to wreck the shot. There was a lot of wind.  I did get a few shots but most were ruined.  Not just because of the wind but because I carried my camera around all day with the lens cap off and the lens was dirty.  I should know better.  The photo was taken from Harriet Island in St. Paul.  An excellent place to take photos of water, bridges, buildings, people, boats, wildflowers and probably half a dozen things I didn’t think to mention.