Crashing Water
Friends, a visit to Pattison State Park and the waterfalls, this is Big Manitou Falls and just a small segment. I loved the side falls and the lovely green surroundings, evergreens even in the depths of winter. The sound of water crashing down after our brief snowfall was overwhelmingly loud. Can you hear it?? til Tomorrow MJ
On the Way Home
Friends, this scene was on the way home from Hawk Ridge, the tamarack trees are conifers that turn golden in the fall and lose their needles for winter. This old shed was a dramatic contrast to the bright trees and i had to turn around and photograph. Photographers are an endangered specie cause every one thinks they can take an image just as good, but photography is in the creative eye not in the camera. Comment if you agree, til Tomorrow MJ
Snow Bunting
Friends, well our small snowstorm of fall has now disappeared, but the snow buntings have arrived to tell of more snow to come, I love the flocks of these birdies and we see them from now until spring. Hawk Ridge will be closing down their educational branch on Oct 31, but counting will probably continue thru November. Sad to see them go, til Tomorrow MJ
Foxy Sparrow
Friends, not sure of the identity of this birdie, i think maybe a fox sparrow, but not sure. He was busily eating seeds at the Hawk Ridge feeders. No raptors were close by, so i guess he was safe. What is he? tip Tomorrow MJ
ps Tom please call me
Screamin Eagle
Friends, on my way to Hawk Ridge last week, i found a family of Bald Eagles in the trees along the road, they all flew away, but this one stayed to visit with me for awhile. While sitting there, he yawned, but in this image he looks like he is screaming. The leaves are almost gone up north, so now we can see the birds. til Tomorrow MJ
Flying Above Me
Friends, this mature bald eagle flew over my lawn chair while i was sitting on hawk ridge waiting for the raptor migration. This was a wonderful warm sunny day and now the weather has changed to cold, snow and wind. Maybe we will get a very short Indian summer to enjoy the end of the raptor migration. til Tomorrow MJ
Fall Along the Amnicon River
Friends, still exploring the Amnicon River and found this sweet little Maple tree trying to turn into fall colors. After our snow storm of yesterday, the leaves have probably fallen like the leaves on the far bank, camera club meeting tonight and our theme is fall colors. guess i will take this one along. til Tomorrow MJ
Footbridge
Friends, again at Amnicon Falls State Park and this time under the foot bridge with a very mixed bag of light, some of the water in shade and some in bright sunlit spots. A perfect situation for an HDR work. I couldn’t get all the shaded rocks and the sunlit water proper exposures without the HDR tool. HDR stands for high dynamic range and combines the exposures of three images, the first image is shot with optimum exposure, then one image overexposed for dark detail, and the third image with underexposure for the water highlights. I like this, i might hang it on the wall. til Tomorrow MJ
The Neon Woods
Friends, i get tired of the same old fall foliage images of pretty leaves and trees, so i was playing last night and came up with this. An abstract with a painterly effect. It is half a cup of motion blur, half a cup of paint spatter and a pinch of masking to reveal the details, is it a recipe worth keeping? that is the question til Tomorrow MJ
His Environment
Friends, this baby pied billed grebe is begging food from his mom, and in the bottom image he is grown and no longer using the lily pads for cover. Now he is swimming on the big water and getting his own food. I love these little birds as they are always around on Phantom Lake, constantly fishing for food. I am experimenting (again) with a crop that includes his water trail and his eye. Do you like this kind of crop? til Tomorrow MJ
MJ Springett 