Notes from the Woods

seeing · environment · exploration · photography

No lines here

In a recent post by Seung Kye Lee, he wrote about a recent trip he had taken through Rondane National Park in Norway.   Of course, he posted some phenomenal images as usual and offered some thoughts about the inspirations he takes away from this place.   I admired...

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Superior relief

With temperatures this week soaring towards the upper 90's (37 Deg C or so), and humidity levels well over 50% - I have been yearning for a cool down in Lake Superior.   It is difficult to breathe with air this hot and thick. Unfortunately it wouldn't yield any...

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Alaska fall color photos

Sometimes I wonder if I will ever catch up on processing images.   It seems lately I am jumping around between a lot of images from my "unprocessed" folders - from leaves, to Michigan landscapes, to bears, to Alaska scenics.  Some of them many years old and nearly...

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State of change

This is always an interesting time of year.   Flowers are not quite ready to bloom yet except for the very early daredevils.  Winter isn't sure if it wants to release its control.   Michigan seems to go through a time of confusion, as if just starting to wake up from...

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Winter wonderland

Just a test of my Wordpress iPhone app that allows me to make quick posts from my phone. I took this photo just 30 minutes ago and did all processing on my iPhone using the Best Camera app and Photoshop Mobile. Sometimes the best camera (and computer as well) IS the...

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Textural similarities

There is one thing that kills an afternoon for me (in a good way?), and that is poking around for new music.   My music tastes tend to be fairly diverse, which is probably reflected equally in my preferences for nature subjects.   One of the things I tend to do is to...

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Winter landscapes

At a bit of loss for words lately folks, so just a photo to share... a bit different from the one I posted before. I am sure this landscape doesn't even exist anymore, which is a pretty cool aspect of shooting these icescapes.   It makes you appreciate the moment even...

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Winter Icescapes

As much as I hate to admit it, yesterday was the first day I have been out photographing this year.    Website redesign, processing older images, and filling orders has simply kept me indoors quite a bit.   Still, I could not let January pass with not having been out...

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Winter solstice

Musical notes It seems Winter has been with us in Michigan for well over a month now, despite its unofficial start today in this region of the world.   I often wondered why can't we have fall colors start a month early?!  🙂   On second thought, that would probably...

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