TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011

AUTUMN 3589

"Foggy Fall Morning"

Taken Saturday morning of last weekend. An overnight low temperature of 28 degrees made for some beautiful fog over the inland lakes Saturday morning. Fog combined with fall colors... not many things make for better photo conditions!

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm
Focal length: 400mm
Shutter speed: 1/250
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 500

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2011

AUTUMN 4030

"Paths Almost Crossed"

Ruffed Grouse and hiker on a backwoods road in Northeast Minnesota.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm
Focal length: 105
Shutter speed: 1/15
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 200

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2011

LAKES 4771

"McFarland Twilight"

30 second exposure taken on October 4, 2011 at 7:52 P.M.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 17mm
Shutter speed: 30 seconds
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 1600

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2011

AURORA 3104

"Northern Lights - September 28, 2011"

I have quite a few pictures of fall colors and such from last weekend that I should be working on, but what can I say... I have Aurora Fever! I keep getting drawn back to shots that are in my "waiting to be worked on" folder. This one was taken at 2:00 A.M. in the morning on September 28. For about two hours I had been watching faint but active Auroras, then just before 2 A.M. they got noticeably brighter just before a big, dark cloud bank moved in. This is my favorite shot from that night. Enjoy!

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 17mm
Shutter speed: 30 seconds
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 2500

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011

RIVERS 7330

"Autumn Storm, Kawishiwi River"

Yesterday as I was driving home from Ely there were some of the coolest looking storm clouds I've ever seen moving along the Kawishiwi River. I couldn't resist stopping and making some photographs!

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 17mm
Shutter speed: 15 seconds
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 200

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011

RIVERS 7335

"Kawishiwi Storm"

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 17mm
Shutter speed: 1/25
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 1600

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2011

SPIRIT TREE 2762

"Speckled Cloud Sunset at the Spirit Tree"

A recent sunset image taken down at the tree. Normally this is not a very good place for sunset photos, but I got lucky on this evening as the clouds lit up in a rather interesting fashion with all these little splotches of color. The color only lasted for a couple of minutes, so it's a good thing I was there at the right time otherwise I would have missed it!

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm
Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 1/8
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 200

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011

AURORA 7555

"McFarland Aurora"

I had gotten home from work yesterday evening and was pretty tired so after an early dinner I laid down for a nap. I woke at 9:00 PM and decided to check spaceweather.com to see if there were any CME's (Coronal Mass Ejections from the sun) recorded during the day. To my surprise, there was a fresh Aurora picture and news of a CME that hit our atmosphere earlier that evening! I then checked the Auroral oval and the kp index which indicated STORM level, so within a few minutes my photography gear was loaded in the truck and off I went to do some shooting.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm
Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 30 seconds
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 1600

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011

AURORA 7819

"October Sky"

I spent the next 6 hours making images of the Northern Lights. I went to several different locations and recorded several hundred images throughout the night, including some sequences that I combined into a timelapse video. The most intense and colorful lights occurred between 2:00 and 3:00 AM, with pillars of light dancing sideways across the sky, dominated ultimately by some deep red hues. It was a fascinating night of picture-taking and Aurora-watching!

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 17mm
Shutter speed: 8 seconds
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 6400

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011

AURORA 7933

"Aurora Admirer"

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 17mm
Shutter speed: 30 seconds
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 1600

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2011

MILKY WAY 8851

"October Milky Way"

Over the weekend we were hoping to see some Northern Lights, but no such luck in that department. We did, however, have fun photographing the Milky Way Galaxy! This is also a landmark photograph in that it is the first one on my website that was shot at ISO 12,800! Normally an ISO setting that high would have too much noise to be a usable shot, but I think because of the cold air last Saturday night (temp was in the low 30's), the sensor didn't heat up as much as it normally would and thus I was able to shoot at higher ISO's than I normally do. At any rate, I hope you enjoy the photo!

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 17mm
Shutter speed: 30 seconds
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 12800

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2011

STAR TRAILS 8859

"Sweeping Stars"

The same composition as the previous photo, only this one was a 75 minute exposure.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm
Focal length: 17mm
Shutter speed: 75 minutes
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100