Dawn of a New Day

September sunrise over Lake Superior and Isle Royale National Park as seen from Grand Portage, MN.  

How many of me can you see?

Here's a fun photo from yesterday.  I was photographing a waterfall when I noticed tons of bubbles floating past my feet at the river's edge.  When I bent down to photograph the bubbles I noticed my reflection in almost every bubble that floated past. I decided to wave at myself and take a picture... the result is one of the most fun photographs I've made in a while :-)

Good Morning Northwoods!

Yesterday morning's sunrise over the Grand Portage forest in northeast Minnesota.  It was so cloudy we weren't sure the sun was going to peek out but it eventually did a few times.  During one of those brief moments I made this photograph and happened to catch a really nice lens flare too.  The fall colors are a little weird this year.  So many of the leaves seem to just be turning brown rather turning a nice vibrant color.  Still, the forest is always a beautiful place to be even if the colors aren't prime this year :-)  

A day for details

As I mentioned in my post from this morning, yesterday was a very rainy day.  Those days make for fun photography underneath the forest canopy.  The lack of any direct sunlight makes for nice soft light along the forest floor.  So, I spent part of the day looking down for things to photograph.  Here are a few of my finds.  

A rainy day drive

Yesterday was a very wet day.  According to my rain gauge we received a full inch of rain throughout the day.  This is on top of what has already been a wet week.  I figured it was a good day to go for a drive in the woods.  Along the way I captured a couple of interesting "road view" photographs.  The first photo is Jackson Lake Road in Grand Portage State Forest and the second photo is Rengo Road on the Grand Portage Reservation.  Two of my favorite biking roads although I was glad to not be biking them yesterday as the rain made them pretty muddy!

Friendly Seals - Noyo Harbor, California

When we returned from a day of fishing on the Pacific Ocean we had a great time watching a few friendly harbor seals hanging around near the docks in Noyo Harbor.  Seeing these guys was one of the highlights of the trip to California!

Morning Fog on the California Coast

A beautiful morning on the coastline of MacKerricher State Park in Fort Bragg, California.  The coast was foggy but just half a mile inland the sun was shining.  By early afternoon the fog had completely dissipated and the sun was shining brightly on the beaches.