Leach Lake

Millions of Dragon Flies, Everywhere

Fishermen fishing

what happens when you try and take a 5sec exposure of the full moon handheld without a tripod

Moonlight, (manufactured)

Spent the weekend at the Theilens Cabin, was very nice to get to sit back and smell the roses as they say.

My Baby...

Leach Lake, 2010 (She is growing up so fast)

Cant get away from the flowers...

Creepy...

This is a statue that is in the woods at Minnehaha Falls, wouldnt want to stumble into that at night

Birthdays all around...

Turning 6 :)

Birthday Brothers

What a smile

To be a kid...

Oma and the boys

Happy B-day Kal,Wyatt, and Logan...

Sat_ "2 Best kids in the whole world"

The wonder of Lightroom

My Edits

No edits

Locked out...

2 colors...

Contrast...

Again find it kind of cool how different zones or degrees of brightness affect pictures. This was obviously a yellow group of flowers in the direct sunlight, the black background is actually the dark Forest behind the flowers. Camera metered the BRIGHT flower, and Forest went black...

Bird's Castle

Day of Rest

Went for a walk with the family today and took some nice pics of Jack and Claire. However like normal Editting takes TIME... so I am putting another from the Cathedral from last week.

Saturdays Posting___"Big Leaf"

Rainforest of Mn...(not really, but close)

this is another from the flower gardens at Theo Wirth. It really did feel like a rainforest, once your on the trails there are parts where it is almost dark in the middle of the day. "pretty cool"

Traditions

Liked this one alot from last week at the Cathedral...Had to wait for a while to take this because it seemed to be very popular for the people there who kept going up to it for a moment of silence. (Felt kinda stupid waiting and setting up a tripod, but not one dirty look other than the worker who made me go get a visitor pass)

Wed didnt post for some reason, here it is

took this here in bloomington on way home from work. This is almost identical to one of my pics from Lake Geneva. Same pic different state

My Office in the Rain...

Bitter Sweet, depending on the day... today was hot, rainy and well, lets just say I would trade it in for your traditional office with no hesitation.

Birds at Eloise Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary

Had 20 minutes to kill before I could arrive at an appt. Stopped at Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Santuary in Mpls at Theo Wirth Park. Was HOT, but I captured a few keepers.

Yes again, I just love this building

The art and sculptures of this Cathedral really make me wonder if we could build this again in modern time. I just don't know if the skill and craftsmanship that went into this is still around? I know we probably could, but just wonder where the artists would come from that could do this at this scale?

Amazing

At Peace

Nothing technically special about this pic, I just loved this statue and the aura in there when I took this. 80% of the people worshiping, and 20% looking and taking pictures, yet nobody seemed bothered by the people there taking pictures(and there were a lot) which definitely surprised me. Everyone just seemed really easy going...

Inspiration...

A few different versions (last one is a 5 shot HDR,via photomatix)

I have had my camera in the car for the last week waiting for something Grab my attention. Well today I was driving past the Cathedral of St. Paul when I pulled over and took some pictures. Was not what I expected, people in there worshiping from ALL walks of life. I just can not imagine how that building was built (even with modern equipment,let alone with technology from the early 1900's) and the interior finished like it is, really is amazing. more to come....