Canoeing on the Big Lake
This was the best day I’d seen for spring canoeing on Lake Superior. Perfectly calm, the ice was drifting out instead of packed in the bays. The world looks different from level with the flows.
Immovable
This mother mallard was determined to stay on her nest, which made it easy to get good photos. The evening light filtered through the trees on the shore nearby made for this soft beautiful light.
Voyage Ends at Sunset
As the laker Stewart J. Cort comes into harbor the evening sun reflects off all all roughness on the smoke stack. The short days and long sunsets of winter bring out dramatic views until ice finally stops the ships.
Sandstone Monolith
The bright primary colors make for a bold, eye-catching palette.
Moss in Focus
In this abandoned mine water seeps from every wall. I really don’t know how they kept it pumped out. But the moss loves it, catching each drop that flows from the ground.
Golden Hour
Getting up at 4 AM pays sometimes as a photographer! I feel like sunrises don’t get their share of credit. This is just the beginning of one of the most spectacular sunrises I have ever seen.
Winter hours
Wind has made this grass carve a clock face into the snow. The truncated face reflects the short days of winter.
Mossy Cliff
Spring brings so many vibrant colors, but I always love the bright greens you so rarely see any other time of year. This is a sandstone cliff in Amnicon Falls State Park in Wisconsin that hosts wonderful moss and lichens and some evergreen ferns.
Peach Sunrise
A thick blanket of snow, new from that night, covers Lost Creek Wilderness Area. As the sun comes up there is no wind to disturb it, and no noise to break the silence.
Always Watching
Dragonflies have fascinated me for a long time, along with other Odonates (dragonflies and damselflies). This brightly colored insect is a Green Darner, one of the larger common species in the Midwest. This particular dragonfly was happy to sit still with the camera only inches away because the wind was quite strong that day.