Well Fargo Building -downtown St. Paul

I had fun with the HDR processing on this one.  I will probably get some more like it before the holidays are over.  It is easy to find trees like these in most any mall.  I enjoy the holiday season a little less each year.  I would like to celebrate it differently.  For me the perfect holiday would be on a beach some place with a cold drink and my camera.

Hamm's Ruins

Broken glass and barbed wire.  I want to go inside but I probably won’t.

Hamm's Brewery

This was taken from the bike path in Swede Hallow Park.  Back when this was an active brewery the people who worked in it lived down in the gully and the brewery and the Hamm’s family work up above on the hill.  Phalen creek flows through Swede Hallow and the neighborhood that used to along the creek is long gone.

Things have not changed all that much except these days the worker bees that have homes have indoor plumbing because it is the law.

TCF Stadium

I usually don’t post two photographs of the same thing but why not?   The TCF stadium is located on the University of Minnesota campus.

Behind the wheel

We took a little field trip last weekend to Hot Sam’s antiques.  I always enjoy it because there are so many things to photograph.  I love the colors and the rust and exploring the grounds looking for treasures.   They accept donations which is a good thing because I won’t buy stuff.  I want less stuff not more.

When I look at these old trucks I can not help but notice how much safer cars are today.  The dashboards are softer and there no metal knobs sticking out.  Not to mention the lack of airbags and safety glass.

Grandma's Attic - West 7th Street St. Paul

There was a time when a piece had to be at least 100 years old to be considered an antique. This store has some really great pieces both older and newer.  They usually have some interesting pieces right in front and there is plenty of window shopping available too.

LRT_Construction

There are some draw backs to bracketing photos.  My camera doesn’t shoot very fast and even though the software I have does a great job lining up shots if there is movement in them it shows.   This picture is made from 3 bracket shots and Photomatix was used to combine them.

Have a great holiday weekend.  I will be back on Tuesday unless I decide not to come back.

Bike

The bike isn’t lost it was the photo that was lost.  Every now and then I find a photo that I never processed.  I generally don’t delete all the photos that I don’t process I save them if I think they might be O.K. ish.   I took this one late last year in New Orleans.  I took many photos because New Orleans is like paradise for photography.  I will go back there next year . . I hope.

This is the last day of July and I have found that the Month of August is one of the best times of the year for night photography.  I hope to get out and get some night time shots and I have a list of places I want to go.

Union Depot - 2011

It still looks messy but the light rail construction is progressing and one day I will be taking photos of this historic building with tracks in front of it and people walking around. . . and that is the way it should be.

Park Bench Harriet Island

I am the mayor of Harriet Island on Foursquare.  I often ride my bike through the park and sometimes I take my dog down to the park for a walk.  One of the many reasons I like going there are the giant ancient cotton wood trees and the noise they make when there is a breeze.  It sounds like a waterfall.