An Awesome View of Life

Caught The wind was gale force along the Mississippi River after dinner tonight.  As usual I didn't dress warm enough so was moving pretty quick when I saw this tiny feather caught in the moss of a huge oak tree.  I set my camera on the macro setting and had my lens all but touching the feather.  I wanted only the feather to be in focus and think I accomplished that.   After a hellish day of tedious suit sewing it was great to get out for a walk and to take some photos.  It was well worth freezing nearly to death.

We're off to see... Fun adventure today along the Mississippi River.  The lack of sunshine creates dull pictures but I did find some wonderful bits and pieces of color.  However, I chose this black and white shot for my photo today.   There is a color version of this photo but I liked the contrasts in this version the best.

Footprints. A day of errands, lunch and a quick photo adventure.  All in all a great day.  This was taken along the banks of the Mississippi.  Maybe these footprints belong to the crane we saw downstream?

  Cotton? Soap suds? Oh wait more snow...   Cold and windy out there today.  Really need to find some indoor shots for the next few days.  Maybe another outdoor field trip tomorrow but Saturday's shoot is planned for indoors.  But so glad to have some sunshine and clear skies.

  Little house on the river...   We caught the last of the sunlight before another round of snow hits us. I loved this lone ice house with its footprints leading out to it.   

  A Little Sunshine on the River...   Life is getting a little more hectic now that business is picking up for the year.  These little "field trips" to take photos is such a nice stress reliever.  But having to pick just ONE photo for the day may cancel that out. ha! Once again the Mighty Mississippi called my name.  Living close to the river may have something to do with it as well.  It will probably be my "go to" place to take photos.  I may have to find out just how many photos I can take along the Mississippi River.    

  (click to enlarge)   Cold View of Downtown Minneapolis...   This morning on my way back from the University of Minnesota I stopped to take this photo.  There is a foot bridge that crosses the Mississippi River between the East and West Bank campuses.  With the temperature somewhere in the negative 7 degree range, I got out of my toasty warm car and walked part way out onto this bridge to get my second shot of the city skyline.  You can't take photos with winter gloves on so -- four shots later I hustled back to my car to get out of the cold. When the weather gets warmer and the landscape gets greener -- I'm sure there will be more skyline photos.