The photo I didn't know I took

I've shot this view many times. Many Leelanau County painters have painted it. Only when I was reviewing photos on my camera did I see what I had missed when looking through the viewfinder. Resolution stinks, but I was excited to see this little fellow crossing the road right where my dog and I had walked moments before.

Random Images of a Summer Morning

Crow against light sky, before sunrise

This photo blog has been neglected lately, owing to technical difficulties -- specifically, problems transferring images from camera to laptop. I can make it happen with a card reader, but only by going through lengthy, still problematic contortions. Technology upgrades may be indicated. For now, though, here are a few scenes of July Up North. Nothing of any lasting artistic merit, but a brief record of quickly passing moments.

Turkey looking for gravel

Mullein beginning to flower

Fence on back road

Morning sun breaking through trees

Interesting Cloud Formations

We came home to a fascinating southwest sky yesterday afternoon. Neither of us had ever seen anything like it. Have you? One of those times when a real wide-angle lens would be more satisfying than the digital camera's fixed lens.

Bright or Dusted by Time?

This is the view looking west on Kovarik Road, off over Lake Michigan to the Manitou Islands. Dark clouds make the light look even brighter and more vivid than usual. I may also have set the camera color to "vivid" for this shot.

But then I tried it with sepia tone. And that's a very different mood and feel, isn't it? It's like looking through a window to the past.