Category: reflections

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Fruit from the Ball Bering Tree

Fruit from the Ball Bering Tree or Wide-angle vs. Wide-angle. I went to the Minnesota Arboretum this Sunday with Matt, Bob and Rob (Mitch, Matt, Bob & Rob ha!). We had a great time enjoying the beginning of the Minnesota summer: a wonderful thing. We are all suffering from LAS (lens acquisition syndrome) and make a good set, 2 Nikon, 2 Canon. It was like two beer drinkers and two winos out for a night on the town without any sober buzz-killers around. In fact, there were cameras all over the arboretum that Sunday morning — like regulars at the hottest club in town. One couple we saw had more gear than us, but were rude in an odd way; the heavy-drinking jerks of the night. So, like any good addiction bender, I eventually ended up face-down on the ground, in front of the Ball Bring Tree. The Ball Bering Tree, as I like to call it, is a big sturdy oak with garden globes scattered around under it. When we saw it, all of us gasped and ran to it like moths to a bug-zapper. This is my favorite shot from the moment; a self-portrait in a way — you can tell it's me by the Smokey The Bear hat. I am actually mere inches from the globe, but with my Tamron 11-18 Ultra Wide Angle lens it's hard to tell. With the over-cast sky, plenty of light was still able to filter in between my lens and the ball, so it still worked out. For those of you who know Matt (Ravsitar from Tips from the Top Floor) you will recognize him in his signature orange shirt on the left by the tulip field next to Bob. So get outside, enjoy the weather and find a new perspective — you might even find yourself.

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Woodland Reflections

Spring thaw has come, but little traces of fall remain. This was taken in the bog at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis. The frogs or toads were making quite a racket! I had to keep moving or I would sink in. It's an interesting area right in the city.

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Golden Canyon Reflections

The golden canyon walls loom broodingly over the abandoned street. I'm really starting to enjoy shooting through windows to catch the reflections in the image.

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Melting Hockey Dreams

Winter is dragging it's claws across the Minnesota landscape. Spring has arrived and the battle is in full swing; this morning's new snowfall is causing traffic accidents and the recent high temperatures (48°F!) have lead to the thin ice on the lakes claiming unsuspecting victims. Spring is a dangerous time in Minnesota, the weather can swing 60° in a day, the weather is completely unpredictable and everyone is so freakin' sick of winter that we will go running in the 35° rain in shorts. Lock up the firearms and don't put the shovel away yet. P.S. I spent a good stretch of time this week retagging all the photos. If you look to the right, you will see a list of tags. It was fun going back through the collection and re-evaluating it. I came up with some new tags like "simple" which are the simple compositions. Check it out.

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Minneapolis Skyway Reflections

Crossing over the skyway into the Hennepin County Government Center (home of the last SMZ) I found this incredible interplay of light and reflection. All the glass buildings were reflecting light on each other and off the far side of the skyway I was in. Even managed to catch a cloud trying to cross the street a block down (must have missed the last bus to St. Cloud).