Docks

Such lovely fall weather.  I like to walk along the river and sometimes I walk on the docks.  I like to watch people and have been known to sit on the benches and look at the river.   The trees are yellow now and so is the grass.  In a couple months I won’t be able to take this walk with out freezing my a$$ off.

Port of St. paul

This is not the first picture I have taken of the boat landing and I am sure it won’t be the last.  This year it was underwater until mid July which is unusual.  The first bridge in the background is the Robert Street bridge which is on the national register and in between the arches you can see the Wabasha street bridge and if you look carefully in the arch on the far left frames the last stretch of the Smith Avenue bridge.

St. Paul Skyline

It is easier to see the stars if you click on the photograph to make it bigger.  I have been asked what I do to make the lights look like stars.  I know there is a filter for that but I don’t use it.   It is the slow shutter speed that creates the affect and it isn’t the same for all lenses.   The slower the shutter speed the bigger the star but they only get so big and the camera has to be very still or you end up with a mess.

I had trouble this particular night because it was windy and my camera strap flapping in the breeze was just enough to make my first shot come out blurry.  I took this photo with my 50mm prime lens which makes the nicest stars.  My wide angle lens makes stars with more points and the kit lens makes stars with fewer points.  The shutter speed for the photo was 49 seconds and it is the view of downtown St. Paul from the top of the Smith avenue highbridge.

Mist

When I woke up last Sunday I could hear rain drops hitting the tent.  It wasn’t raining but the dew point was very high.  It turned out to be a gorgeous day.

Mississippi River

Yes I have taken this shot before and I will likely take it again.  I warmed this photo up a bit but it was taken during the blue hour and the still water look silver.  I love the view from the shore along St. Anthony Main.  I will go back in the fall and take some more photos.

Mississippi River

I took this on Memorial day. In this part of the country cold and rain on the Memorial day holiday are more common than sunshine and warm weather.

Barges on the Mississippi

I had to smile when I put this photograph on Flickr and someone commented that it looks like a post card.  It doesn’t look like a post card mostly because you never see pictures of anything as real as a barge on a post card.  Would you travel to see a barge?

Barges on the Mississippi

I have to peddle fast to sneak in a bike ride between storms.  These barges have been in the same place for a couple of weeks and a couple of tug boats have been beside them.

Island station 1921-1923

I love the bike trails that go through Lillydale along the river.  The wildflowers and wild life is amazing and so are some of the views across the river.  To the left of the power plant you can see the Schmidt brewery.

Mississippi River at Upper Landing

The river should crest again this week and then it will give us back out park land and Warner road.  The local police are keeping people back from the flood making it hard to get photographs but I don’t give up easily.