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.

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.

Rocks

Taken near Two harbors Minnesota on the shore of lake Superior.  We went up there for a few days for a little R & R and there isn’t anything more relaxing than watching water.

Before the fireworks

I took this before the July 4th fireworks began.  The high bridge is a wonderful place to take photos from and as the sun goes down I like the challenge of getting them when the “1″ is lit up.

Water lily

I am tickled pink to be on vacation this week and by the time this posts I will be long gone and if I am lucky off the grid.   I may come back some day but only after I have taken a lot of photos.  The photos will keep posting all by themselves . . you won’t even know I am gone which is kind of the idea. I will know I am gone which is equally important.  When If I grow up I want to roam around take photos and write.  Is there such a thing as a photography bum?

Duck

Quack

After the fireworks

I love to photograph the Mississippi river at night.   With the colors and the reflections it never looks the same twice.  I took this one just after the July 4th fireworks in St. Paul. I like the boats and the barges.   I have a rule about shooting downtown and that is that the 1 must be lit up on the first bank building.  It blinks on and off and I delete the shot if it is off.  I did get some shots of the fireworks too but amazingly they look the same every year.

In the river

I am just heading out to grab some photos of all of those rusty barges parked alone the river.  I love to photograph the Mississippi river.