Hummingbirds in the Lily Garden

Here are a few more images of the hummingbirds that have been frequenting our Lily garden.  They sure are fun to watch!  Such beautiful little birds :-)

Lily Lover

I've been having a ton of fun yesterday and again this morning photographing the hummingbirds in our lily garden in front of the house.  About a week or so ago Jessica noticed that there was a pair of hummingbirds hanging around in random places around our yard.  We noticed them feeding from the lily garden now and then, but they didn't really hang around in it a lot until yesterday.  I was watering our raised garden beds yesterday morning and I noticed this pair of hummingbirds zipping around in between the beds.  They even landed on the ground a few times.  

Then as I was watering the lily bed they were all over in it, sipping nectar from all of the flowers.  They would work their way around the bed, then disappear for a few minutes and come back to work the bed over again.  They did this for most of the day and have been doing it again today.  It's tricky getting a good shot of them as they generally don't sit still for more than a brief moment.  Every now and then, though, they would actually land on one of the petals and stay there for just a second longer than usual.  That is when I made this shot.  They are such fascinating little birds and it sure has been fun seeing them enjoy our flower garden!

Morning Wash

A recent sunrise over Wauswaugoning Bay on Lake Superior.  I love rocks like the ones shows in this photo.  Finding and photographing them with dramatic light at sunrise or sunset is always a treat.

The Dawn of Time

A summer sunrise over ancient rocks on the Wauswaugoning Bay shoreline of Lake Superior.  I really love how this photo turned out.  When I look at it it's easy to imagine this scene being millions of years ago.  I love it when a photo looks like it could have been taken in a different time than that which we know today.  Such photos make my imagination run wild and to me those are the best kind of photos.  I used a 6-stop ND filter on this photo to lengthen the exposure time to 20 seconds which really softened the movement of the water and helped contribute to the timeless mood of the scene.  

Isle Royale Storm Cloud

The other night while waiting for the moon to rise I watched this awesome cloud slowly work its way from shore out over Isle Royale National Park, which is faintly visible beneath the cloud.  Lucille Island of the Susie Islands in Grand Portage is on the left side of the photo.  I saw a few lightning flashes within this cloud but wasn't able to capture any of them in the photos that I made.  It sure made for a nice scene to watch while waiting for the moonrise!

Golden Sunrise over the Susie Islands

Happy SUNday!  A glorious sunrise that I captured with my Tamron 150-600 lens a few mornings ago.  Looking across Wauswaugoning Bay at the Susie Islands and Pigeon Point, the northeastern-most tip of Minnesota.  

Blue Moon Rising

Last night's Blue Moon (the second full moon for the month of July) rises over Lake Superior in Grand Portage, MN.