These photos are from my favorite morning of the 2025 autumn season. Fog blanketed the landscape on the morning of September 23rd, and boy did it sure make for some awesome images! There was also a brisk north wind, which meant the fog was rolling through rather quickly. The conditions made for an ever changing palette of photographic opportunity. The 2025 fall color season was an interesting one, as most are, and this day was definitely the high point of the season.
Here is a series of photographs that I made at the beginning of this year's fall color season. Taken on a morning where the fog added a ton of interest to the scenes laid out before me. These photos were made during the 3rd week of September.
A few days ago I took the Jeep up into the woods to try out the tent and to look for some nice evening light to photograph. I found a great spot to pop the tent for a short nap before sunset. A little while later, as the sun was nearing the horizon, I found some things that really caught my eye... a stand of trees catching the last light of the day while the ridge behind was engulfed in shadow, and some beautiful backlit ferns. I'm super excited about the tent setup... its going to open a whole new world of photography possibilities, allowing me to stay in comfort out where the photo opportunities await.
Last night I went for a drive up in the woods to test out the rooftop tent and new bed rack on my Jeep Gladiator. It was fairly cold out, about 28 degrees. Even though the skies were completely clear and it seemed like a very dark night, there was a strange green haze in the sky (at least, green is how the camera interpreted it when set to auto white balance). I switched the camera to incandescent white balance to "get rid" of the green and produce images with an overall more blue tone. I had originally meant to record some sky quality measurements, but the glow in the sky was too impactful to get decent readings.
So, I decided to set up the tent and make some photographs of it. I really like the tent setup on the truck, and the new bed rack is amazing! Opening and closing the tent is so much earlier than it was on my Wrangler. I can't wait to spend some nights in it. I didn't last night because I had a long day and didn't have all my camping gear with me.
Well, our 2025 fall color season is pretty much behind us now. The rain and wind we've received over the past few days have knocked most of the leaves from the trees. Here are a few photos I made just before that weather moved in. It was kind of a weird fall color year, but then again there is no such thing as a "normal" year, I would say, when it comes to fall colors. As usual, there were super vibrant colors in different areas at different times, and in other areas... not so much. But, as always, it was a beautiful time of year!
Here's another image that I shot a while ago but never got around to sharing. This one was taken on August 7th when there was a combination of fog on Lake Superior and smoke haze in the air from wildfires in Ontario, Canada. These elements sure made for an interesting photo and really added a lot of depth to the various ridges and treelines. Like so many, it was a scene that I couldn't resist photographing.
These photos are from the summer, but I never got around to doing anything with them until now. A friend and I had gone to Grand Marais for the evening and we were excited to see the research vessel Kiyi tied to the breakwall out near the lighthouse. After sunset, the sky took on a beautiful hue with a hint of purple, and the vessel looked so cool in that light. Earlier in the evening, the sun was blocked by this cloud and all of the light rays coming through the cloud looked incredible. Some nice surprises on an evening where I wasn't really expecting to make any photographs!
