We had some good weather, so I took an afternoon to photograph somewhere new to me. The Fort Snelling state park looked like a good opportunity with many walking trails along the Mississippi River, so I paid for a seasonal pass.
The ranger who sold me the pass owns a D90, she told me of some good possibilities for photos and gave me a map. I'm never able to picture such directions well, even with a map, so after marking a few "X" spots down, off I went to find new things. I didn't get to the whole park. So more left for another day. And other state parks to explore now, too.
I took along the M, as well as a 21mm SEM (which anyone here has seen way too many photos from already), a 35mm chron, a 50mm lux, and the 90mm Macro-Elmarit collapsable. The 21mm saw my most use ('surprise,' heh), with a smattering of shots with the other lenses.
Being Minnesota in early April, things can look a bit dry and dead around here, so the Marumi 46mm CPL was used much to help cut the skies and add whatever I could get from it.
OK, enough boring you to tears, here are the shots.
mendota bridge by Carl B, on Flickr
fort snelling gates by Carl B, on Flickr
fort snelling by Carl B, on Flickr
pastels for lake snelling by Carl B, on Flickr
mississippi river from hwy 5 bridge by Carl B, on Flickr
mendota bridge moon by Carl B, on Flickr
There are more shots than the above, but I'll see if I can pull anything out of them worth looking at ...
The ranger who sold me the pass owns a D90, she told me of some good possibilities for photos and gave me a map. I'm never able to picture such directions well, even with a map, so after marking a few "X" spots down, off I went to find new things. I didn't get to the whole park. So more left for another day. And other state parks to explore now, too.
I took along the M, as well as a 21mm SEM (which anyone here has seen way too many photos from already), a 35mm chron, a 50mm lux, and the 90mm Macro-Elmarit collapsable. The 21mm saw my most use ('surprise,' heh), with a smattering of shots with the other lenses.
Being Minnesota in early April, things can look a bit dry and dead around here, so the Marumi 46mm CPL was used much to help cut the skies and add whatever I could get from it.
OK, enough boring you to tears, here are the shots.
mendota bridge by Carl B, on Flickr
fort snelling gates by Carl B, on Flickr
fort snelling by Carl B, on Flickr
pastels for lake snelling by Carl B, on Flickr
mississippi river from hwy 5 bridge by Carl B, on Flickr
mendota bridge moon by Carl B, on Flickr
There are more shots than the above, but I'll see if I can pull anything out of them worth looking at ...