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.

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.

Como Park Conservatory

I would probably photography this building every day if I could.  I just shot a part of it last week but I managed to get shadows, reflections and clouds in the shot.  I need to try it at night and I will soon. I would imagine it gets even better as the sun goes down.

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

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.

Municipal Grain Elevator

This was too much fun.  The 4th of July was one of those muggy cloudy days with big dark clouds.  The photo is made from three bracketed  shots and I gave it the most extreme HDR treatment that I could without making a total mess.  . . or maybe it is a total mess but I had fun with it and that is all that really matters.  The photo was taken down in the River Park in St. Paul and is of the newly restored Municipal  Elevator.   We have the most beautiful parks in St. Paul.

Pink on Brick

An excuse to shoot some bricks.