Category Archives: Lake Superior

Lighting the Tombolo

Posted on April 28, 2016 by rusticphoto

The Superior Hiking Trail Lakewalk Tombolo last July. I used a flash to light the Tombolo itself which gave me the benefit of freezing a wave also.

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Nice Shot In Spite of Me

Posted on April 12, 2016 by rusticphoto

This is from last July in Grand Marais. I was camping at Kimball Lake, about a 20 min drive from town. Normally I would use a 2-3 stop GND filter for a sunrise but I was about 5 min. from … Continue reading →

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Ghostly

Posted on January 27, 2016 by rusticphoto

This was last July at the Tombolo on Lake Superior. It was breezy and foggy and generally pissing me off photographically. I decided to try stopping all the way down and throw on an ND filter to get a 30 … Continue reading →

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Spot of Color

Posted on November 18, 2015 by rusticphoto

This is from late September on the Honeymoon Trail.  I was well ahead of peak color but did manage to find a few spots putting on a good display.

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Camping

Posted on October 21, 2015 by rusticphoto

At the end of September I got a bonus weekend up north. All the campgrounds were full but I found an abandoned gravel pit off the Honeymoon Trail. Some other people showed up also looking for a spot and there … Continue reading →

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The Road to the Stars

Posted on October 4, 2015 by rusticphoto

This is from July. I came up with the concept for this shot a couple of weeks in advance of the the trip and I was really happy that I got the weather and found a good spot to make … Continue reading →

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Don’t Forget To Turn Around

Posted on August 25, 2015 by rusticphoto

These are from the shore in front of a rented cabin on Lake Superior.  The air over the lake was a little misty so the Milky Way wasn’t as defined as I was hoping, but it was still pretty nice. … Continue reading →

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Floating Island

Posted on October 31, 2014 by rusticphoto

I found an outlier from the workshop.  I love the sweeping curve of the shore and the way the sky blends with the water.

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2014 Fall Color Workshop – Colors

Posted on October 19, 2014 by rusticphoto

I attended Bryan Hansel’s Fall Color Photography Workshop the last week of September. We had terrific weather and couldn’t have had a better workshop. Everyone in the group got some fantastic. images. I got so many good shots I had … Continue reading →

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2014 Fall Color Workshop – Sunrise/Sunset

Posted on October 19, 2014 by rusticphoto

We got some fantastic sunrises on the shore of Lake Superior.  The rocky shoreline makes for some dramatic compositions. The sunsets were less vivid but we still got some great shots. View Slideshow

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