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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

Clouds

Transcendent Flourish

Kewaunee, Sunrise, Lake Michigan, Lighthouse
Clouds were the scene makers, along with the rising sun, behind the Kewaunee, Wisconsin lighthouse and pier. Kewaunee is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan.

This is a panoramic image, created by combining several smaller, individual shots into one large image. This makes it a huge file. It was necessary to fit all of this beautiful sky in the shot.

You can view a much larger and wider version of this image by clicking on the photo.  When you do, it will open a new browser tab with full-screen version of this image.

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Creating A Mood

Sunrise, Kewaunee, Lighthouse, Lake Michigan, Sky
High, thin clouds combined with the light and warmth of the sun to create a moody scene over Lake Michigan and around the Kewaunee, Wisconsin lighthouse and pier.

This is was the view you could have experienced just after sunrise on a morning in June 2018. I took a number of images this morning, starting before the sun was up. This was one of the last shots I captured.

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Sun Kissed

Sunrise, Beach, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, Lighthouse, Lake Michigan
A relaxing morning on the shore of Lake Michigan as the sun rises behind clouds and the Kewaunee, Wisconsin lighthouse and pier.

This is an image I took last May and just never got around to processing it.  I love the gentle roll of waves and the reflection of the sun on the water, leading to shore.  I did post a monochrome image from this same morning awhile back – “Praise From On High.”

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Dusting The Crop

Crop Duster, Aircraft, Farm Field, Spray, Plane, Airplane, Flying
A crop duster skillfully applied his trade to a blooming field of sunflowers in rural northeast Wisconsin.

I happened to be home mowing my lawn when I noticed a bright yellow plane buzzing my house.  Well, it wasn’t really interested in my house.  It was interested in the field of sunflowers across the road from our home. The sunflowers were just at the beginning of their bloom. It was fun to watch and difficult photograph. I could have done better if I had time to think and plan for this event. As it was, I just barely had time to run in the house and grab my camera and snap a few shots before the plane was off to another field.

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Sunny Day Done

Sunflower, Sunflowers, Sunset, SkyAs the sun sets over a farm field in rural Wisconsin, the sunflowers seem reluctant to call it a day.

We are blessed to have sunflowers growing in the field across the road from our yard. Yesterday the sunset was beautiful and I thought the combination of flowers and sky would make a great image.

I tried a new technique to create this panoramic image. The sky is so much brighter than the field, so I tried to a different exposure for the one shot of the field and a darker exposure for the three shots that make up the sky and then combined the four different frames into this panorama. There are some areas of the image that I’m not pleased with, but overall, I think it’s a winner.  I’ll need to work on refining the process to clean up some of the rough spots.

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When The Morning Comes

Algoma, Lighthouse, Sunrise, Silhouette, Lake Michigan
As it rises, the sun illuminates and colorfully accentuates the clouds and contrails behind the Algoma, Wisconsin lighthouse and pier. Algoma is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan.

This was taken a couple of years ago. This is actually a panorama image – where I joined three separate image together to get a wider, more detailed view.

These are the mornings that make getting up before sunrise and driving to your destination worth the effort.

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Drawn to The Light

Lighthouse, Kewaunee, WI, Lake Michigan, Monochrome, B&W

The light dances upon the waves of Lake Michigan as it gently leads you to the Kewaunee lighthouse and the powerful sun beyond.

I snapped this image some time ago and finally got around to processing it. I decided to make it a monochrome image, intentionally making it softer is some areas and gritty in others.

I particularly like the cross lines created by the tiny light reflections on the waves; much more so than the lines radiating from the sun. This was taken from shore using a telephoto lens.

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30 Second Sunrise – Kewaunee, WI – 06-09-18

One morning, when I was at the beach in Kewaunee, Wisconsin to photograph the sunrise, I set a small video camera on the hill of the park and let it record the sunrise.  This is the result.  The camera doesn’t provide the highest quality but I think it is still interesting.

The most impressive part of this video is the gradual transformation of the sky; the changing colors and moving clouds.  The most interesting part of this video are the little dots that move from left to right. They are the fishing boats leaving the Kewaunee harbor in the early morning hours. If you watch closely, you can also see two fishermen walking along the pier to fish at the end, near the lighthouse.

 

Exceeding All Expectations

Pano, Panorama, Panoramic, Lighthouse, Sunrise, Algoma, Lake Michigan
The Algoma, Wisconsin lighthouse and piers stand guard over the harbor as they await the sunrise over a calm Lake Michigan morning. Algoma is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan.

As with other the images I captured and have posted from this particular morning, I’m impressed with the colors and textures in the sky and how they’re reflected in the water.

Though it doesn’t look like it here, this is a huge image.  It’s large size comes from the fact that I joined (or “stitched”) three separate shots into one image in order to capture as much of the scene as I could.  When snapping the shutter, I’m careful to overlap the edges of the shots so the software can find similar pixels and match them to each other.

Unfortunately, this panoramic format doesn’t show well here because of the limited space allotted for images.  However, as I usually do, I urge you to view its full-screen version by clicking on the photo.  Hopefully you have a large monitor – the bigger the better.

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Praisin’ In The Grass

Sunrise, Lighthouse, Lake Michigan, Beach Grass, Morning
It was a calm morning on Lake Michigan just before the sunrise. This view of the Kewaunee, Wisconsin lighthouse and pier was viewed among the beach grass on shore.

This turned out to be a good morning to catch the sunrise. (06/19/18) I decided to grab this shot, a few feet away from the shore line, for a different perspective. It was still pretty dark when this image was captured. You’ll notice, the lighthouse light is still on. My shutter speed was set at 1/4 sec. It was a very calm morning.

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