WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009

SUPERIOR SPRING 1791

"Pre-dawn light on Wauswaugoning Bay"

This time of year its amazing how early in the morning it starts to get light. This image was made at about 4:00 a.m. today! It was an exposure several seconds in length. It certainly was a beautiful morning, and a very calm one on the lake.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 17mm
Shutter speed: 45 seconds
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009

SUPERIOR SPRING 1802

"4:00 a.m. on Wauswaugoning Bay"

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 40mm
Shutter speed: 3 seconds
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 50

SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2009

SPIRIT TREE 2198

"Midnight moonrise at the Spirit Tree"

If you've never stayed up and watched a moonrise in the middle of the night, you need to do it sometime. Put it at the top of your list! When its dark out and the moon comes up, it is soooo orange, you won't believe your eyes. Couple that warm light with calm waters and some nice clouds and you're in for a treat you won't soon forget!

My friend Roger was up for another visit, and we were getting in some more night-time shooting experience with our cameras. We waited for the moonrise on both friday and saturday nights. Both nights were equally spectacular. We made exposures anywhere from 30 seconds to half an hour in length. The clouds made for some very special images for the both of us. These two nights were some of the most fun that I've had shooting the moonrise.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 17mm
Shutter speed: 240 seconds
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400

SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2009

SPIRIT TREE 2155

"Moonflower"

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 29mm
Shutter speed: 360 seconds
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100

THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009

LIGHTNING 2562

"Trifecta"

This evening an incredible series of thunderstorms rolled across Grand Portage Bay between 9:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. It was some of the most intense lightning I've ever seen in this area. I photographed the lightning for almost 3 hours from my boat shed on the Lake Superior shoreline. The image above was a 9 second exposure, with an aperture of f/8 and the ISO set at 200. I got really lucky on the image below, as the lightning flashed almost immediately after I hit the button on the remote shutter release, and it was a very bright flash so I hit the button again right after the flash. It ended up being only a one second exposure!

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm
Focal length: 32mm
Shutter speed: 9 seconds
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200

THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009

LIGHTNING 2655

"The Destroyer"

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm
Focal length: 32mm
Shutter speed: 1 second
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200