Chasing Rainbows #2

Another from our recent drive home from northern Iowa chasing rainbows. Couldn’t believe how vibrant this rainbow was. Full disclosure, this was how I saw it through my polarized sunglasses. I used a circular polarizer to get a similar effect during capture. I told my wife, who does NOT have polarized sunglasses, that I’ll probably have to desaturate the rainbow in post or people won’t ‘buy’ it as real. She reinforced the fact that this was how she saw it as well from the car. So I left it alone.

Chasing Rainbows #1

On a recent drive home from northern Iowa, there were a bunch of little storm cells moving southeast along I-35 around sunset. We were treated to rainbows for about a hour of our 2 hour drive. The 2 hour drive quickly became 3 because of all the stops we made along the way. :-)

Enchanted Tree

Like many others, I have come to enjoy trees. Particularly trees with good shape and structure. The light highlighted the main structure of this one tree nicely and thought it worthy of a photograph.

Pond Sunset #3

Pond Sunset #2

Same night, different view.

Pond Sunset #1

Found a new place. Exploring the space. Looking forward to shooting this pond under different conditions over the changing seasons.

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His Light In Our Darkness

Several bible verses come to mind when I look at this image. A couple favorites include: “O Lord, you are my lamp. The Lord lights up my darkness.” 2 Samuel 22:29 NLT “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” John 1:5 NLT

Untitled (Gazing At Stars Out On The Prairie)

I’ve been seeing milky way images posted lately and it reminded me of such photos I had taken from years’ past just waiting to be processed. (Anyone else have a backlog of images to process?) Here’s one from 2017!

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I’m probably one of the few people that actually loves winter…mostly the snow. Last week’s snow was light enough to blow in the cold, windy conditions and form snowdrifts along open country roads. Combined with the last light of the day, the textures and patterns made interesting subject matter. Totally worth standing out in the arctic cold conditions. (The most challenging part of shooting in arctic temps is keeping my camera hand warm!!)

Roses Are Red #01

Roses Are Red | I recently heard a podcast that talked about Macro Photography and the subject matter intrigued me, enough to get my hands on a macro lens and do some experimenting. Here are a few images of from my first couple shoots. I had a TON of fun with it.

Beauty In The Midst Of Chaos

I love how snow can completely transform an otherwise bland landscape. Things I’ve walked past a hundred times suddenly become more interesting. Put snow and fog together and you can see things that would otherwise be utter chaos or simply unnoticeable.

(Untitled) Evening Light On Drifted Snow

I love snow and the many ways it transforms a landscape. Roadside snow drifts are one such way I particularly enjoy photographing.

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One of many beautiful waterfalls along the North Shore of Minnesota.