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Day 116: Smelt for Breakfast Anyone?

One of the goals of a 365 day photography project is by working with the requirement to take a photograph every day, it forces the photographer beyond their comfort zone. Before this project, I would never have been able to capture this picture of two seagulls eating breakfast. While on the surface this photograph may not seem too amazing, it was actually taken 15 minutes before dawn with clouds on the horizon (i.e. meant even less light for photography). Without hesitation, I scaled up my ISO such that I could increase the shutter speed of my camera. Thus, I was able to “stop action” this moment. Pretty cool! Oh yeah, I also just like the photograph taken during the “blue hour“.

Eventually the sun came out, and around 8 am I had a fun time watching these fox kits and their mom. It was a great morning! The fox kits were rambunctious, perhaps a bit to crazy for Mrs. Fox!

Smelt for Breakfast (blue hour before dawn)
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Morning at the Fox Den
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Day 114: Lester River Bird Rise!

It was a beautiful, but cool (+39F), sunrise over Lake Superior this morning at the mouth of the Lester River. I now leave the house by 5:15 am and get down to the river by thirty minutes after to catch this kind of light. I think it is well worth effort.

Whether you prefer the “lone bird” photo, or multiple birds, I have a sunrise picture for you!

After the sun was up I found this spotted sandpiper running along the shoreline, and this fox kit warming himself in the early morning sun … a great morning to be alive!

Sunrise Over Lake Superior
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Spotted Sandpiper
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Fox Kit
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Day 110: Would You Rather be a Duck?

Would you like to swing on a star,
carry moonbeams home in a jar?

Or would you rather be a duck?

With my apologies to Bing Crosby (YouTube Link) and others for the slight change to the lyrics, I believe the answer to the question is “no”! I took these photos this morning at the mouth of the Lester River on Lake Superior. The wind was gusting to almost 40 mph, and these redheads really did not want to migrate one foot farther north. Their landing spot was about 50 yards past the end of the pack ice which has this end of Lake Superior (Duluth) slammed in with ice even on May 12th.

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