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Photo by George C. Bailey
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Photo by George C. Bailey
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Photo by George C. Bailey
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By
Mary Drew at Pasty Central (Mdrew) on Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 12:17 pm:

We’re back to the Lake Superior shoreline with George C. Bailey today and boy, oh boy, what a return it is. Someone posted on his page about these photos, saying, “Just Breathe” and another said, “Breathtaking”. Aptly described, as the beauty they display, does take your breath away and then you have to remember to breathe. I find it quite interesting that today is the first day of Spring, but other than the sunshine in George’s photos, you’d never know it here on the north shore of the Keweenaw Peninsula.

Judy Byykkonen was out on the shores of the Big Lake recently, too. And she captured the sounds of Lady Superior to give us a calming moment in these trying days. Make sure you turn your volume UP!
Wishing you health, safety and peace.


By David S. (Yooperdfs) on Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 02:09 pm:

Gee, my calendar must be wrong, says tomorrow is the first day of Spring


By Pat & Glenda (Gormfrog) on Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 04:13 pm:

First full day tomorrow, begins tonight...10:50 central daylight savings time!

He that has a trade has an office of profit and honor. A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.
-----Benjamin Franklin


By D. A. (Midwested) on Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 09:56 pm:

Beautiful photos today. I've never seen so much show piled on the rocky near shore locations. I'm curious if the spectacular contrast came from unusual natural lighting or were HDR (High Dynamic Range) processing methods used in either the camera or a computer.


By Alex "UP-Goldwinger" (Alex) on Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 10:26 pm:

Pretty pix!


By Uncle Chuck (Unclechuck) on Friday, March 20, 2020 - 12:04 am:

Nice photos & video, however.... looks pretty cold still lol!! I prefer 40-78 degrees these days! :=))


By Capt. Paul (Eclogite) on Friday, March 20, 2020 - 12:39 am:

Sad to say, those appear to be HDR enhanced, D.A.


By Ron Heth (Copperharbor) on Friday, March 20, 2020 - 10:45 am:

We visited the UP last September after a 13 years
absence. When I sent our granddaughter some of
yesterday's pictures from there she wondered when
we could start planning a trip!


By Pat & Glenda (Gormfrog) on Friday, March 20, 2020 - 03:17 pm:

Capt.Paul, believe you are correct, appears pics had a little (or lot) of help...still interesting results!


By D. A. (Midwested) on Saturday, March 21, 2020 - 08:31 pm:

Part of me agrees with Cpt. Paul about the use of High Dynamic Range photos, but I've overcome to some degree the negativity that the HDR images create. Imagine for a second if someone had hand painted these images. Our opinions would be different.

So an HDR image is created by the by the camera (or maybe a computer). The camera does this by automatically taking several pictures when you press the shutter button. Each picture is at a different exposure. Some are over exposed and some are under exposed. Then the camera combines all the images into one. This allows parts of the image that would normally be in dark shadows (underexposed) or in overly white areas (overexposed) to be detected and corrected. All wonders of new technology.

Back in the old school days of film and chemicals and manually developing the film and then the light sensitive paper, photographers were able to do very similar "HDR things" but only in certain areas of the image (not every pixel). It's called dodging and burning during the exposure of the light sensitive paper through the negative film image. Ansel Adams was a master at this. He also manipulated the contrast during the development of the film in the chemicals. He would also wait days or weeks for the sunlight to become optimal.


By Capt. Paul (Eclogite) on Saturday, March 21, 2020 - 11:59 pm:

Used correctly, HDR is a wonderful tool to obtain fantastic photos. Unfortunately, too many people just turn it on without fine tuning the intricate details of the system to get the best photos possible. Not saying that's what happened here, but certain elements in the photos appear "unreal".


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