Charred Remains

The charred remains of a forest fire offers interesting close-up compositions.

Roger

Burn around Magnetic Rock

This past weekend I was back up on the North Shore. On Friday we hiked out to Magnetic Rock, a round trip hike of about 2.5 miles. The weather was unseasonably warm, around 50 degrees, but the forecast was for rain. Sure enough it rained, and hailed (although very small), on the way out and on the way back. The rain on the way back was particularly drenching.

Fire had move thru this area a year ago and the charred remains were all around. This image is of the hill side below magnetic rock.

Roger

Green Water

It was about 4:00 in the afternoon. I figured the Cascade River would be in shade as it descended the various falls on the last leg of the journey to Lake Superior. Earlier in the day sunlight would have shined thru the trees creating numerous hot spots.

As we approached the river, right at the Hwy 61 bridge, the water was in complete shade. The sun was brightly lighting the green trees and with the blue sky the water reflected a shimmered green and blue. It stopped me right in my tracks.

It was more striking being there than I was able to capture (not all images are made with the camera) but here are a few I enjoy.

Roger

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Tom Lake

After spending some time shooting High Falls, on the Pigeon River separating the US from Canada, Dale and I hurriedly drove out the Arrowhead Trail looking for a spot to catch the quickly approaching sunset. We somewhat randomly turned onto this dirt road followed by that dirt road. I had driven some of the spurs off the Arrowhead Trail last year looking for Moose and some of the places we went by this year looked rather familiar.

We turned onto Tom Lake Road thinking we might have a good chance of finding a lake (we're smart guys). Sure enough as the sun was dipping below the horizon there was Tom Lake. Knowing that we would have good light for upwards of a half hour after sunset we made some images from a few spots. This was out last location and produced the image I liked the most. The crescent moon make the shot.

Roger

Bookends

My brother Ralph (do yourself a treat and check out Ralph's photography and blog) likes to call Sunrise and Sunset the bookends on the day. October 4th treated us with two magical bookends.

The morning bookend was made at Hollow Rock Resort on Lake Superior. The evening bookend was made from Honeymoon Bluff over looking Hungry Jack Lake just off the Gunflint Trail.

Roger