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A Sample of Pop’s “Bee” Images

Another Day at Work

Apis Workers' Party

Predator

Some of Your Beeswax

Sedum Bumbler

Look of Defiance

Chicory Bee

Bumbling Bees

Garden Cafe

Buzz By Here - To Infinity and Beyond

Pick Your Poison

Blind Side Attack

On a Mission

Honey Bee on Sedum

Covering the Cosmos

Center of the Cosmos

Three's a Crowd

Popular Spot

On A Pedestal

A Sample of Pop’s “People” Photo Collection

Big Harry Fireworks Display

To Impress the Girl

Different Perspective

Sweet Ride

Perfect Little Piggies B&W

Flipping the Light Fantastic

Festival of Flights

To the Crowd's Delight

Amish Go Round

Wondersome One

The Stars In Her Eyes

Tuesday's Child

Sleeper Hold

Considering the Next Move

Sugar and Spice

Front Porch Portrait

Caged Competitor

Early Adoration

Child In the Ligtht

Stroll Through the Weeds

Attention Grabbing

Eye Contact

On the Line

Eyes of Wonder

Rounding the Curve

Troubadours of Basin Spring Park

Down by the Creek

Sun Day

Catching Some Light

EAA Fireworks

Hear Me Roar

Sunrise

Gold Standard

Sunrise, Lighthouse, AlgomaA rising autumn sun warmly caresses the Algoma Lighthouse. As you know, this is one of my favorite photographic subjects. Located at the harbor entrance to Algoma, WI, most folks refer to it as the Algoma Lighthouse. It’s also called the Algoma Pier Light or the Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse. I don’t know that you could consider it a true “lighthouse,” as it is not a habitable structure.  It is listed by the United States Coast Guard as  “Algoma Light;” number 20975 on their light lists.

Here’s a little history and other details found on Wikepedia

The lighthouse was first established in 1893 as a set of range lights. It was rebuilt in 1908 at which time it was a conical tower built of 5/16 inch steel plate, 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter at the base and 7 feet (2.1 m) in diameter at the parapet. It stood 26 feet (7.9 m) high. In 1932 it was modified again and the entire structure was raised to a height of 42 feet (13 m) by placing the older tower on a new steel base 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter. The original lens has been replaced by a plastic lens.

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Red Sky at Morning

Algoma, Sunrise, LighthouseThis scene reminded me of the the old adage “Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. ”

I don’t recall the weather turning bad on the day this photo was taken, but then I wasn’t sailing either.  We did have overcast skies with a little drizzle.

I did a little research on the common saying and found this interesting comment on Wikipedia

The rhyme is a rule of thumb for weather forecasting, dating back over 2,000 years, based on the reddish glow of the morning or evening sky, caused by haze or clouds related to storms in the region. Due to the rotation of the Earth, from west to east, storm systems tend to travel eastward across a local region of the globe. A reddish sunrise, caused by particles suspended in the air, often foreshadows an approaching storm, which will be arriving from the west, within the day. Conversely, a reddish sunset often indicates that a storm system is on the east side (opposite the sunset), travelling away from the viewer. A similar movement is noted all around the world, in both the northern and southern hemisphere. There are occasions where a storm system might rain itself out before reaching the observer (who had seen the morning red sky). However, for ships at sea, the wind and rough seas, from an approaching storm system, could still be a problem, even without rainfall.

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Wide Awakening

Panorama, Sunrise, Kewaunee, LighthouseThis is a panoramic view of the sun rising over Lake Michigan just beyond the Kewaunee, WI lighthouse.

Sometime I create the wide, panorama images by joining together several individual shots.  This one, however, was created in the camera.  My Sony SLT-A55V has a “sweep shooting” mode.  When in sweep shooting mode, you hold the shutter button and slowly pan across the scene you want to capture. The camera takes multiple images and then joins them together in the camera.

As you can see, sometimes the results are pretty good.  Sometimes, it’s better to put together individual images on the computer.

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Dreamscape

 

I’m always on the hunt for another alluring sunrise. It means getting up very early, packing up the gear and heading out in time to be at the scene well before the sun will rise. Often times, the best shots happen before the actual sunrise.

A view like this makes it all worth while.  This is the lighthouse at Algoma, Wisconsin…just before sunrise.

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Wide Eyed Sunrise

Pano, Panoramic, Sunrise, Algoma, LighthouseGood morning Algoma!  This is the sunrise greeting Algoma, WI Sunday morning, November 13, 2011.

There are several normal sized images I’ll post from this shoot, but there’s something special about being able to see the panoramic, wide-view – the big picture. This is a combination of three separate images “stitched” together.

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Sun & Surf Rising

Kewaunee, Lighthouse, Lake Michigan, Sunrise, BeachRough seas and a rising sun create a nice contrast in this image.  Normally the early morning, beach-side view of Lake Michigan is calm and reflective of the sun as it emerges above the horizon.  The morning of this shot, the tension of the rough, rolling waves quash the calm.

The structure near the horizon is the lighthouse at Kewaunee, WI.

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Dawn’s Brighter Light

Algoma, Lighthouse, Sunrise, Silhouette I’ll have to tag this as one of my favorites.  The rising sun, muted by light cloud cover and hidden behind the lighthouse, created a wonderful pallet of fall colors.

Another image of the lighthouse at Algoma, WI.

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Crimson Tide

Sunrise, Algoma, Lighthouse, Sky, WaterLast Sunday morning I stopped by the Algoma, WI harbor on my way to church.  (Thankful for the earlier sunrise due to the Daylight Savings time shift.)

It was a beautiful sunrise and a very productive shoot. I have several photos that I’ll be posting from this batch.

The sky is something on this one, but it’s the reflection off the water that makes this one for me.  And the larger the image, the better it looks.  To see it larger, click on the photo.

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Moody Morning

Lighthouse, Sunrise, Kewaunee, Lake
My time is somewhat limited.  My best opportunities for image hunting has been early Saturday and Sunday mornings. My best locations…given my limited time…is close to home. That’s why you see a lot of sunrise photos of the Algoma and Kewaunee lighthouse. (I live 2 miles from Kewaunee, 12 miles from Algoma.)

This was one of several nice shots I got from Kewaunee last Saturday. Winds have been gusty and the seas were rough. Then next morning – Sunday – I got some nice sunrise photos from Algoma. I’ll be posting some of those soon.

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Dawn of Promise

Sunrise, Algoma, Lighthouse, Panorama

“You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.” – Paulo Coelho

This is another pre-sunrise view of the Algoma, Wisconsin harbor and lighthouse.

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