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Superior Blue
Friends, Lake Superior with the fog rolling out in the morning. Walking on the breakwater wall I like the little rocky spit sticking out into the water. Kind of a telephoto abstract, do you like this lack of content??, not sure that i do til Tomorrow MJ
Sandpiper Unknown to me
Friends, these three birds are probably a family but i don’t know the sandpipers and have to rely on those experienced birders to help me out. Do you know what sandpiper this is (or plover)??I would appreciate any info you can contribute. These were on Dike 5 in Crex on Friday. til Tomorrow MJ
Abstracts
Friends, Ed Kneply of Photography Improvement Blog has issued a challenge to do six abstracts, three outdoors and three indoors, one each of macro, wide angle and telephoto viewpoints. Objects should not be recognizable and line, shapes, and textures to be the main emphasis. How did I do on these abstracts of outdoor only? The pink is a macro, the green ring is a wide-angle and the ore dock is a telephoto. til Tomorrow MJ
Making Waves
Friends, these mallard chicks are making their own waves following their mother on the green hues of Lake Superior. They are still covered with down and have no flight feathers yet, hope they grow in soon so they can fly south with their mother. Until then they will be making waves. til Tomorrow MJ
Annoyed or Angry
Friends, this mature Cooper Hawk was captured and banded last fall at Hawk Ridge in Duluth Minnesota. He looks angry but his hackles are raised cause he is a little annoyed with being restrained while the educators talk about his natural history. Someone will have a chance to adopt him and release him back into the wild. I think this is my favorite photo from last fall at Hawk Ridge. Do you like? til Tomorrow MJ
A Rare Butterfly?
Friends, normally you find monarch butterflies all over the Northwestern corner of Wisconsin, but this year they have been scarce in Crex. So i took a little trip south to Fish Lake Refuge on Thursday and in my wanderings, was able to find eight of these on the abundant blazing star flowers. Maybe the second hatch has been successful or my friend, Agogo is releasing a sustaining population. I like the little slash of orange contributed by the backlight on this particular butterfly. Not sure that i like the color scheme, pink and orange, but i like the bokeh. til Tomorrow MJ
Bittern Eye
Friends, I was thrilled to find this bittern only feet outside my vehicle blind. Most of the time, the grasses were interfering with my desired shot, but when i got home and perused my images, this one caught my eye, because of the bird eye. Nice and sharp with his environment totally surrounding him. This bird is always hiding in the grasses. til Tomorrow MJ
Calling Crane
Friends, this Sandhill crane was right by the road when i jumped out to photograph him. I like the feathers in the tip of his bill, he is molting his summer coat stained with red-iron water. Soon he will be handsome gray all over and ready to move further south. Til then we enjoy the flocks of cranes that spend the fall in Crex and surrounding areas. He was calling and i love the red eyes. til Tomorrow MJ
Green Details
Friends, this leaf was backlit this morning and i couldn’t resist trying to photograph. I think all the tiny details are interesting. it is a arrowhead leaf and this time of year it has some white blossoms that are arranged on a stalk. I wanted an image that incorporated both the leaves and the flower, but alas could not do unless i wanted to get very wet. Do you like? til Tomorrow MJ
Portraits of Crex Meadows
Friends, i received a new lens and need to try it out on landscapes. Now I have always considered landscapes of Crex Meadows to be rather uninteresting. The land and the water are very flat and i think that landscapes should reveal layers of color as the eye travels back into the distance with a clear foreground element. This first image is of phantom lake and the second of a willow flat both leading into a cumulus sky. I like the second image because the willows are the foreground leading into the sky, but in the first image I have no clear foreground element and the horizon is dead center. Which image works for you? til Tomorrow MJ
MJ Springett 