Cole

Not to be outdone by his little brother, Cole got in on the act to

Crazy Cole

Think the title says it all really, Cole goofin' off at the camera :-)

Ben

Couldn't get him to sit still for a good photo all afternoon, then he did this

Pier1

I love these old piers, being English I often find America to be short on history, what I mean by that is that historical landmarks are all too often swept aside for new developments, no trace of the past left behind. I think this is changing now, but this is the reason these piers interest me, in England; my home, there are so many places you can visit and spent time sitting and wondering what life was like, these piers for me offer a link, all be it a small one to the past, wondering what these shorelines where like 50 years ago and what will become of them in the future.

Given the brutality of the winters on the lake, they won't be here forever.

Ebb & Flow

I love these old piers, being English I often find America to be short on history, what I mean by that is that historical landmarks are all too often swept aside for new developments, no trace of the past left behind. I think this is changing now, but this is the reason these piers interest me, in England; my home, there are so many places you can visit and spent time sitting and wondering what life was like, these piers for me offer a link, all be it a small one to the past, wondering what these shorelines where like 50 years ago and what will become of them in the future.

Given the brutality of the winters on the lake, they won't be here forever.

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Sunrise

Talk about wild weather, in this shot you have a stunning sunrise (one of the best I've seen at openlands), fog on the horizon and the very start of a mild rain clouds rolling in from the west (behind us). Add humidity to the fog and you have wonderful condensation creating qualities. I took maybe a dozen shots of the sunrise before realizing something wasn't quite right, the images on the LCD looked foggy, at first I attributed it to the fog, then I realized my circular polarizer had fogged up!

I quickly removed it, sprinted back to my camera bag so I could sit it on something clean and sand free, then sprinted back, adjusted exposure and off I went. Luckily for me the clouds were still fiery, but a couple of minutes later, they began to subside. Thats the thing with sunrises, you get up at 3.15am to get there in time and the really really exceptional light only lasts for a few short minutes, so you gotta make sure you're sure of your position before hand.

This time I wasn't alone in my stupidity of getting up at 3.15am, I was accompanied by a good friend and excellent photog Mark.Kinsman and his daughter (maybe a better photog that her dad... shhhhhh, you didn't hear that here! ;-) ).

The shot I almost missed

Talk about wild weather, in this shot you have a stunning sunrise (one of the best I've seen at openlands), fog on the horizon and the very start of a mild rain clouds rolling in from the west (behind us). Add humidity to the fog and you have wonderful condensation creating qualities. I took maybe a dozen shots of the sunrise before realizing something wasn't quite right, the images on the LCD looked foggy, at first I attributed it to the fog, then I realized my circular polarizer had fogged up!

I quickly removed it, sprinted back to my camera bag so I could sit it on something clean and sand free, then sprinted back, adjusted exposure and off I went. Luckily for me the clouds were still fiery, but a couple of minutes later, they began to subside. Thats the thing with sunrises, you get up at 3.15am to get there in time and the really really exceptional light only lasts for a few short minutes, so you gotta make sure you're sure of your position before hand.

This time I wasn't alone in my stupidity of getting up at 3.15am, I was accompanied by a good friend and excellent photog Mark.Kinsman and his daughter (maybe a better photog that her dad... shhhhhh, you didn't hear that here! ;-) ).

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