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Tag Archives: minnesota
Day Lily – In Search of Beauty
Day lilies are a common ornamental in Minnesota. They’re a hardy plant that can, left on their own, take over a yard or forgotten patch in an alley. They’re derisively called ditch lilies because they’re often found growing abundantly along … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Color, Nature
Tagged 2011, blog, day lily, ditch lily, flower, garden, Georgia O'Keefe, Les Phillips, lily, minnesota, nature, photo, photograph, still life, wall art
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What Is Image Integrity?
The photo above is of a Bluetail Damselfly, ischnura heterosticta, and taken at midday in full sunlight. The image is from the unprocessed, raw NEF file. I was at a workshop last winter and the question about HDR, high dynamic … Continue reading
Volunteers Add New Chapters to Steamboat Minnehaha’s Story (part 1)
On Saturday, May 7th, I drove out to Excelsior, Minnesota, to photograph the launching of the steamboat Minnehaha. It was a perfect Minnesota spring day: sunny skies, cool morning air, and the trees beginning to budding. A crew of 25 … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged 2011, Excelsior, Lake Minnetonka, May, Minnehaha, minnesota, Museum of Lake Minnetonka, steamboat, TCRT, Twin Cities, volunteer
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Snow Day and Progress on Library Show
Station Master, Wayzata Station, Wayzata Historical Society, 09/06/2010 I’m looking out my office window and watching the first wave of another major winter storm engulf Minneapolis. Heavy snow blows horizontally along the street. The bare pavement, cleared by the recent … Continue reading
Winterized
In front of the boat barn that houses the steamboat Minnehaha, there is a parking lot full of old machinery. Jammed check to jowl, vintage olive drab World War II trucks, a red crane, and other iron ghosts sit beneath … Continue reading
Minnehaha: Inspecting the Boiler
In the warm shadows of the boat barn, the steamboat Minnehaha rests in the cradle of her five axle trailer. A skirt of plastic sheeting surrounds her from the waterline down. The boat barn is three stories tall. At one … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Color, Steamboat Minnehaha, Uncategorized
Tagged 2011, copyright, January, Lake Minnetonka, Les Phillips, Minnehaha, minnesota, steamboat
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