Tag Archives: MN North: Boulder Lake

Lady Aurora Did Not Dance!

Year 3, ,

The Aurora Borealis would not come out and dance last night. It was shy and hid behind the clouds! Actually made for a cool picture!

The Northern Lights photo was taken about 8:20 pm, and given the almost full moon combined with the fact it was not yet truly dark (2 hours after sunset of 8:35), my camera settings were quite different … ISO of 800; Aperture of 2.0; and Exposure of 6 seconds.

Oh yes … our yard was also invaded by late season migrating birds!

Boulder Lake north of Duluth

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Slate-Colored Junco

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White-Throated Sparrow

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Snorora Borealis!

Year 2,

What a way to end a photographic year … the Northern Lights on New Year’s Eve! While snow flurries and clouds made for challenging conditions at best, I decided when God gives you apples, make applesauce! Thus, I tried some light painting with my small flashlight and was able to capture “snowflake trails” against the Aurora. I was out at Boulder Lake which is about 25 miles north of Duluth, Minnesota. At one point some timber wolves started howling while I was on location! Pretty cool. Life of the Northwoods photographer!

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24 Hours of Lake Superior Magic!

Year 2, , ,

The  past week has been non stop drizzle, rain, wind and clouds, but yesterday that changed as the sun reappeared, and thus started 24 hours of magic! I live 600 yards above Lake Superior across from a wilderness creek which roars down to the big lake. The combination of Lake Superior, and the fall bird migration is an outdoor photographer’s dream.  The past 24 hours were a dream!

Pre-Dawn at Canal Park … the Buffalo enters the Duluth Harbor
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Sunrise approaches as a Saltie waits anchored out on the lake
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A Bald Eagle takes flight while migrating near McQuade Harbor
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Horned Locks migrate through out area, down from the sub-Arctic
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A Snowy Owl at dusk decides to winter in warm Duluth … a tundra arrival
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The Northern Lights set the sky on fire at Boulder Lake
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