Archive for November 2009

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Spoonbridge and Cherry with PoleCamTM

Behold, the pride and joy of PoleCamTM; I was holding this image back until I shot the new banner. Like the duck's new digs? What's a PoleCamTM? New invention of mine, it's basically a 25 foot pole I put my camera on, scary as hell to watch, the pole flexes a lot. You can see me with the PoleCamTM in action here, and here. So far I've only used it when I had my most trustworthy of friends around to catch my camera if I lost my balance. It's taking some getting used to, but I'm sure that I'll find some appropriate uses for it in the future, any suggestions?

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Three of Us Reflected

Rob, Dan and I were shooting downtown on Monday when we found this window decoration (shown yesterday). If you look closely, you can see all three of us reflected. We had a great  lunch at Macy's Skyroom on the 12th floor with this amazing view: Which barely made up for the completely horrid experience we had at Hell's Kitchen. Wasn't Hell's Kitchen good once? I used to go there before it moved. Now the food is small, the service is terrible and the staff seems to be completely unaware of the customers — I was almost run over on the way to the restroom, twice! Don't get the Buffalo sausage as a side, it's not enough meat to be worth it - hell go somewhere else. Any suggestions for a good Uptown Diner style (sniff) breakfast downtown?

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Black Friday, Nicollet Mall

A quiet morning on Nicollet Mall before the Friday rush!

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Lightrail to Target Field

The Minneapolis Lightrail commuter train now goes to the new Target Field baseball stadium. The intersection of 5th and 2nd is unbelievably confusing, there's two streets, a train and a city parking lot entrance.

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Morning Frieght Run Over the Misssisssippi

Clattering and rattling over the old span, one of four freight trains in less than an hour passes over the mighty Mississippi river. This bridge also carries the Northstar commuter train into downtown Minneapolis.

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Minneapolis Twilight

Twilight over Minneapolis from the Foshay Tower.

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PoleCam Assistant at Work

Rob, from above.

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Proper Angle of Locomotive

Here's the locomotive from yesterday's photo. Back down at the proper height, you can see how massive these frequent visitors to James Jay Hill's home town really are.

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Mysterious Railroad Bridge

Spanning the mighty Mississip, this bridge near downtown Minneapolis not only provides passage to the BNSF, but the Northstar Commuter line as well. Can you figure out the mystery of this photo? Here's a hint: I'm looking down on the train...

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Pine Bend Refinery from Foshay

Believe it or not, you can see the Pine Bend Refinery on Hwy 52 near Hastings from atop the Foshay Tower in Downtown Minneapolis. The grain elevators on Hwy 55 are in the foreground. Gotta love 600mm lenses.