Wandering

I'm on the road again, this time in the Upper Peninsula. I had some vacation I needed to use, so I grabbed my cameras and went.

I've seen some wildlife, Bald Eagles, the deer running across the road for me to dodge and the pointy end of a Porcupine. The Porcupine startled me as I was walking down a path, he was in the bushes to the side and all I saw was the pointy end. I waited around a bit to see if he would come out, but no such luck. I also saw a Bald Eagle flying over the river in downtown Houghton, so I have hope that one day we may see that in Grand Rapids.

I've visited plenty of waterfalls, the names are starting to run together. All beautiful, and I still can't get a photo of one I really like.

Of course I had to visit lighthouses, I've seen a few and got some good photos.

I've also tried long exposure photos with light painting. That is where you use a light, usually a flashlight to bring out detail in dark objects. The photo above is one such shot. Taken about a hour and some time after sunset, it has an exposure time of about 6 minutes. During the time I was using a flashlight on the foreground rock and also the one in the back. The rock in the back had a small bush on the top and I wanted to bring it out. I only used the flashlight on the foreground rock for about 15 seconds, the rest of the time I'm trying to light up the other rock. No such luck, the flashlight I had was too small.

More later.