Moose Mountain - (Click on picture to view Spherical)
Colored leaves grace the forest on top of Moose Mountain near Lutsen.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Arial Tapestry
A 5 minute aerial tour of the autumn leaves changing colors in the highlands of Lake Superior's North Shore.
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Autumn Leaves
For a few weeks in autumn, the beauty of nature is enhanced with a brilliant display of color. No other time of the year is quit so spectacular as this short lives display of God's creative majesty.
During the last week of September I was able to photograph the colored tapestry of one of the most beautiful autumn displays in the region, the inland maple, oak, and aspen ridges in the highlands above Lake Superior. As shown in this picture, the lanscape from Silver Bay to Grand Marais seemed to glow with the brilliant reds, yellows, and oranges of the fall season.
Few people can pass by the beauty of autumn foliage and not stand in awe. God created this season, to reveal to us in a natural way, who He is.
How amazing are the deeds of the LORD! All who delight in Him should ponder them.
Everything He does reveals His glory and majesty. His righteousness never fails.
He causes us to remember His wonderful works. How gracious and merciful is our LORD! Psa 111
During the last week of September I was able to photograph the colored tapestry of one of the most beautiful autumn displays in the region, the inland maple, oak, and aspen ridges in the highlands above Lake Superior. As shown in this picture, the lanscape from Silver Bay to Grand Marais seemed to glow with the brilliant reds, yellows, and oranges of the fall season.
Few people can pass by the beauty of autumn foliage and not stand in awe. God created this season, to reveal to us in a natural way, who He is.
How amazing are the deeds of the LORD! All who delight in Him should ponder them.
Everything He does reveals His glory and majesty. His righteousness never fails.
He causes us to remember His wonderful works. How gracious and merciful is our LORD! Psa 111
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Cascade River State Park
- Cascade River State Park - Click on picture to view spherical image
About the location - Cascade River State Park - This beautiful waterfall is one of my favorite sites along Lake Superior's north shore. Here, the scenic Cascade river rushes through moss covered gorge as it descends into Lake Superior.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Immersive Photography
The dictionary defines immersion as: being completely covered. A special type of photography, called "Immersive Imaging" allows the viewer to be completely covered by the scene. These interactive 360° panoramic photographs are created by using a special "fish-eye lens" and taking a series of overlapping still photographs, in precise alignment, that cover the full 360° view. The images are then digitally "stitched" together to create a seamless view. The distortion you can see in the "flat" picture is removed when it is wrapped around a sphere for viewing from the inside out. Click on the picture to view this effects.Lately I've become intrigued by this type photography because it allows the viewer to experience a scene more closely than a normal picture would allow.
In one of my first immersive images, you can visit Chester Creek on a warm summer afternoon and have a look around by dragging your mouse cursor across the scene and zooming in or out by using your mouse wheel or the shift/contro keys. Full screen is also possible by "Right Clicking" and selecting "Full Screen".
Enjoy the scenery!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Soo Line
Heading up the north shore of Lake Superior, the Fall Color train travels accross the Sucker River Trestle. Built in 1923, #2719 carried troops to WW II and the Korean War and ran until 1959, growing old as the last working steam engine in Wisconsin.
- Infrared photography
The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) built #2719 in Schenectady, New York. It lead an impressive career and was used on several company sponsored steam excursions in the early 1960’s. Prior to her celebrity status, the engine regularly worked out of Duluth and Superior running ahead of the Soo Line’s popular and all Pullman Class night train between Duluth and Chicago, The Laker.
- Engine 2719
Visit the Northshore Scenic Railroad Page
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Water Lily in Infrared
Infrared light is invisible to the natural eye, however, when a digital camera sensor is replaced by an infrared sensor, a whole new world is visible.
In this picture, a White Water Lily seems to be surrounded by white reeds and grass. In actuality, the reeds and grass are green and only appear white to the infrared camera.
Like infrared light, we are surrounded by all kinds of electromagnetic energy that our eyes cannot see.
Seeing the invisible world is a good way to remember that there are lots of things we cannot see, yet they exist just as surely as if we can see them with our eyes.
Nature is amazing all in all it's glory, and God reveals to us some of who He is, both in the visible and invisible world.
For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see His invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. (Romans 1:20)
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