Category Archives: Nature
Luna Chasing the Ravens
Friends, Luna is a black timber wolf found in Ely in a wolf enclosure at the International Wolf Center. Saturday night is dinner for the four wolves in this enclosure and we were present at their Thanksgiving dinner, deer with a side of beaver. Sunday morning while the boys were sleeping off their dinner, Luna, the single female, was busy tidying up and chewing on tidbits left behind. The ravens also showed up to help her, but she told them to buzz off, the tidbits were hers. til Tomorrow MJ
Raven
Friends, a little late this morning, sorry, we visited the wolf enclosure over the weekend and they fed the wolves on Sat evening, so Sunday morning the ravens arrive to clean up the scraps, hard to shoot black birds against the white snow, but i gave it a crack, here is my best bird, til Tomorrow MJ
More Flowers
Friends, this tiny bloom sat at the bottom of a large flowering stalk and was almost buried in the large green leaves, again at Como to photograph the flowers, We visited the International Wolf Center at Ely Minnesota over the weekend, stay tuned for more wolf images, til Tomorrow MJ
Stargazer
Friends, this stargazer was present at the Como Conservatory this week. I love to do macro photography and hope to do more of it as the spring springs and the temps warm up. Thought we were getting spring, but temps are below zero again this morning, oh well. til Tomorrow MJ
Tiny Angel
Friends, went to Como Conservatory with my sister and mom, this orchid struck me as a red angel against a cloud of yellow. The colors in the indoor jungle atmosphere were a wonderful lift when winter is still menacing and spring is not far off. These orchids were perched in front of a gray neutral card and seemed the perfect background, maybe this was planned so I made use of the planning. Orchids are so varied, til Tomorrow MJ
Stoney River
Friends, this snow covered landscape is the stoney river of northern Minnesota. You can see how it got its name, and the beautiful frosty morning when we flew by on Hwy 1 from Lake Superior to Ely Minnesota. I made the husband stop so I could venture back across the bridge to shoot pictures, you like??, I do, maybe a print for my wall, til Tomorrow MJ
Denali-Gray Wolf
Friends, this male timber wolf is in the enclosure at the International Wolf Center in Ely Minnesota. His name is Denali and he is five years old this spring. While he is a captive animal I think that the pose and eyes still reveal a wildness that resonates in my soul. I am basically a wild human at heart. til Tomorrow MJ
Icy Splash
Friends, the rocks along the shores of Lake Superior are covered with ice but the waves keep crashing in. I like the liquid phase and solid phase of water in this image, only can be captured by standing in the minus zero windchills without gloves. When the fingers are frozen, you get to get back in the warmth of the vehicle. Dreaming of tall ships on the Lake and spring flowers that bloom indoors at this time of year. Maybe a trip to the conservatory this week will fill up my color meter with spring flower color. til Tomorrow MJ
Sky problems
Friends, This beautiful morning on the way to the Wolf Center in Ely Minnesota, the temps were around zero F, so frost was very heavy near Lake Superior. The bottom image is of the same region. I have globs of something on my sensor that will not clean off with the sensor cleaning kit, also the dust delete software solution by Canon has limited range of removal capabilities. Found a Photoshop solution that seems to work with these images, make a duplicate layer of the background, run the filter/noise/dust , set the level to 30-60, this will blur the image significantly but will also get rid of globies, now put a mask on this layer and paint with brush to get back the detailed areas, cool , it works, til Tomorrow MJ
Timber Wolf-Luna
Friends, this female timber wolf or gray wolf is Luna, from the International Wolf Center exhibit group. She is the only female with three male animals in the enclosure. Spectators can view through huge glass windows and stay warm inside when temperatures outside are below zero F. She is very dark colored and representative of 3-5 % of gray wolf population who are black or nearly black. Her dark color soaks up the sun and she sleeps soundly in the sunshine. til Tomorrow MJ
