Category: people

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Luminary Pyramid from the Luminary Loppet

The Loppet this year was the busiest I've ever seen. The luminary sculptures are fascinating points of interest for the wandering crowds. For one night a year, the rather quiet lake is the busiest tourist attraction in town. I love that you can see all the people on their phones either taking pix or tweeting or something. This was shot by the PoleCam!

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Luminary Loppet Ice Henge From Above

A 'Loppet' is a cross-country ski race. Nobody knows that, but it's a nice short word and fits on a sign nicely. The 'Luminary Loppet' is an event in Minneapolis on Lake of the Isles in the evening, it started out as a track lit by 'luminaries' which are blocks of ice with candles in them. Then a group of ingenious people started building sculptures of ice and putting candles in them. This is the 'Ice Henge' which is the newest sculpture this year. Look closely, you can see me in the shot!

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Luminary Loppet Ice Henge at Night

Last night a the Luminary Loppet, I went out shooting with Werner, Rob and Matt. We all brought our Tripods for the night photos, except me. I brought the infamous tottering PoleCamTM and was able to pull off some long-ish exposures with the camera wobbling twenty feet in the air. This is the first time PoleCam has been out in a crowded place and it's amazing how much attention the contraption attracts. Stick around, more pix this week!

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Kitefest Blue Kite

I really liked this big blue parachute-sized kite. It had these big windsocks that trailed it. When they launched it, the tails snaked around behind it in a wonderfully hypnotic way. Kitefest is held in January on frozen Lake Harriet. This is truly making lemonade out of lemons; this whole city is either lakes or forested parks, it's really hard to find a place to fly a kite in the summer, but in the winter, it's all treeless, perfectly level parks. Windy, windy parks.

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Tired Polar Bear

A big day at the park comes to a close. Sleepy, sleepy polar bear...

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9th Floor of the Guthrie

One of the best views of Minneapolis is from atop the Guthrie Theater. They have such amazing public spaces there, you don't need to be going to a show to just go in and walk around. It's a big modern maze that's fun to explore, especially at night.

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Last Day of the Fair

Today's the last day, don't miss it!

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Carnies Freak Me Out

Actually he was a pretty normal lookin' guy until he saw me and my camera. Ho well, maybe I can lower my guard a bit more around the carnies, but clowns and mall Santas are still no-go zones for me.

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Prize Cow at the Fair

I never understood why you would want to win & haul one of these around the fair. But then again I do some weird things nobody understands.

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Great Minnesota Get-together Smile

Fun and smiles at the State Fair.