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Crosswinds Marsh is an interesting place… aside from the fact that it’s literally across the road from a giant landfill. There’s a lot of wooden paths like this over the water to walk on, joining several islands. Depending on the time of year, some interesting views. Sometimes it can be really crowded, which makes it a bit trickier, though. Download: Summers_Exit_Asgard_Photography_IMG_0118.jpg Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS 80D F-stop: f\/11 Exposure: 1\/200 seconds ISO: 320 Focal Length: 55mm<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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Not the best ice\/snow scenery when I was there this time, but I rarely am driving through when the fog is this thick. It made it a bit more interesting to drive over it when I was done hanging out with my camera.\u00a0 Download: Bridge_to_Nowhere_Asgard_Photography_IMG_9901.jpg Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS 80D F-stop: f\/10 Exposure: 1\/500 seconds ISO: 800 Focal Length: 55mm<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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Taken at Bond Falls in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. One of the better large water fall spots you can stop at – very accessible in the summer, and not too hard to get to in the winter. A lot of great scenes to find here. I was torn on this particular image… I get these kinds from time to time, where they don’t really wow me, but they tickle some part of my brain. I liked how this looked like deer or moose antlers or something. I wanted to use a longer exposure on the shot, to get smooth water, but […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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The shore of Lake Superior in Marquette is probably one of the most often visited spots for me with my camera… this was taken between the city and the Presque Isle park, where there are piles and piles of rocks intended to keep the forces of the waves at bay.\u00a0 Download: Ice_Curtain_Asgard_Photography_IMG_0068.jpg Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS 80D F-stop: f\/9 Exposure: 1\/200 seconds ISO: 160 Focal Length: 55mm<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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The older I get, the harder it is to get to some of these spots… there’d been some rain, so the ground was covered with really wet leaves and I almost broke a few things getting down and then back up again from this spot at the Tinker Creek waterfall. It was also difficult to get a shot that day, because there were a LOT of people there. One guy actually was sitting on the side\/edge of the falls at one point. :-\/\u00a0\u00a0 Download: Winding_Down_Asgard_Photography_IMG_9515.jpg Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS 80D F-stop: f\/13 Exposure: 2.5 seconds ISO: 100 Focal Length: […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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My favorite use of long exposure isn’t waterfalls, but waves on a regular beach. I love what it does for waves washing over rocks or logs, etc. The smokey effect is pretty awesome. The trick is that it makes a huge difference exactly when the shot is taken. It’s probably a good situation to use a repeating shutter to take like 30 shots in a few seconds, though I’ve not really done that yet. I usually end up trying to eyeball things and time it, like it’s some kind of personal challenge. lol Download: Ghost_Rocks_Asgard_Photography_IMG_9703.jpg Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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I hadn’t really found anything I was thrilled about shooting when I was there, but back at the computer I found this one strangely cheerful to look at, so kept it in the mix. I love the blue, and for some reason the “dot” shapes of the cones make it more interesting than it otherwise would have been for me. I feel like Lake Michigan and Lake Superior definitely have different personalities… Lake Michigan is often more cheerful and optimistic, compared to Superior’s brooding and tumultuous nature. Download: Beach_Cones_Asgard_Photography_IMG_9398.jpg Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS 80D F-stop: f\/11 Exposure: 1\/200 seconds […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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Bond Falls is an impressive sight. It always strikes me, looking at a picture like this, how the long exposure creates a feeling of smooth and calm, but when you’re actually THERE at the waterfall, the raw power is overwhelming. There’s something to be said for a faster exposure in capturing the energy in the moving water. Smoothing it out like this can be appealing, but I think it moves the image a bit distant from the reality it’s capturing.\u00a0 Download: Calming_Fall_Asgard_Photography_IMG_9799.jpg Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS 80D F-stop: f\/22 Exposure: 2 seconds ISO: 100 Focal Length: 24mm<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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This walkway was just put in not that long ago and already looks like it’s been there decades… Lake Superior weather is not easy to, well, weather.\u00a0 This is the lighthouse off of Presque Isle in Upper Michigan’s Marquette, seen from one of the beaches on the road to get to the island. I haven’t really figured out the challenge of combining a lower angle shot with wanting to keep details along a flat ground within frame. (The lower you get the more compressed all the ground area gets in the shot.) Download: Lookout_Fall_Asgard_Photography_IMG_9575.jpg Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS 80D […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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The local government decided to rope off access to one of the better photography destinations in the area for some reason. I decided it wasn’t worth risking dealing with police, so just took some photos from the overlook. It was very disappointing after driving several hours to get there. Not everyone worried about the signage and ropes… I don’t know who it was standing down there when I took the shot, but it made the difference for me for keeping this one. I’m not a big fan of the type of shot you can get from the official viewing stations. […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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