Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Vacation Adventures 2: Artsy-Fartsy at the Island

You might think that the tin Bird on the Tree should be included here, rather than in yesterday's entry, but this is about getting artsy with the Island, not doing artsy things to the Island. Today is all photographs.

I've been trying the capture the perfect sunset. I haven't achieved it yet, but this photograph is pretty nice.

















An artsy shot of the rocks at the Point.



















William lost deep in thought.















Less artsy, more amazement. The lake was entirely smooth the first morning we were there (and some other mornings). According to the Mille Lacs Messenger, the lake water is as clear as it was in 1885 when it was first tested. To us, it looked full of duck weed, but that doesn't show in this photo.







Andrew and Molly left some "Easter Eggs" (to borrow from computer gaming terminology) on the Point -- painted rocks dropped in among the others.









Photographing a lovely full moon with a point-and-click digital camera is surprisingly difficult. I'm getting better, but I'm not satisfied.











Molly took this. Pretty artsy, yeah?













[grammatical correction made 9/5/2007 at 9:55 a.m.]

4 comments:

peaceable_tate said...

Love the artsy-fartsy shots! The one of sunset turned out very well, I think, and I thought the rocks worked very well too. That's one I keep trying to do with no luck.

peaceable_tate said...

Actually, reviewing them one more time, I also really like the ones of Will thoughtful and the still water at the dock.

They're all good. Of course, the crocs are very arty.

Vivi said...

Okay, I'll cop it: the rocks photo was taken by Andrew, not me. But I did the sunset and Thoughtful Will.

A.

peaceable_tate said...

Again, revisiting..."According to the Mille Lacs Messenger, the lake water is as clear as it was in 1885 when it was first tested. To us, it looked full of duck weed, but that doesn't show in this photo."

Perhaps the lake was full of duck weed in 1885? That was as clear as it was?