Ed Hannan Loc: Greendale, WI

Upon rounding the last curve, the road ended abruptly! And all piers to the ferry were submerged!

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dancers Loc: melbourne.victoria, australia

what happened????????

UniqueShot Loc: Eugene, OR

There's got to be some history here - inquiring minds what to know..... oh, the last curve photo, nice.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Beautiful scenes well captured!!

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

Nice scenes. I guess one hopes for good brakes?

Ed Hannan Loc: Greendale, WI

Just imagined a story to fit the scenes. The cloud formations and the water's hue caught my eye.

I forgot to mention the details. All photos were shot with a Canon, evaluative metering, using Canon's L-Series 1:2.8 EF 24-70mm and a circular polarizing filter.

Photo 1: f/11.0, 1/100, ISO 100
Photos 2 & 3: f/9.0, 1/400, ISO 200

In photo 2, a small black spot hovers at about 45 degrees above the right fence post. That's a bumblebee moseying past. I've tried to remove it using Photoshop's eye dropper tool and the spot healing brush tool. I've followed the online tutorials, but I couldn't get either to work. Any suggestions?

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I produced the following using Lightroom's Clone tool.

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Kishka Loc: Grafton, WI

Atwater Beach (aka Gorky Park when the Russians first came to the Shorewood area)?

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Beautiful images Ed.

Ed Hannan Loc: Greendale, WI

I'm unsure of Atwater Park & Beach's history. It is one of the best parks on the shore of Lake Michigan. It's managed by the Village of Shorewood, not by Milwaukee County. I do not know of any Russian, Ukrainen, Georgian, Polish or any expatriat former citizens of any of the Balkan countries who ever resided in Shorewood. (Our youngest son, now 32, just returned from Kiv, Ukraine (that's how "Kiev" is spelled in the Ukraine) visiting his best friend whom he's known since 2nd grade. His friend's sister and parents resided in Greendale, WI, a village on Milwaukee County's far southwest side, where several families from Georgia (on the Black Sea) reside.)

Ed Hannan Loc: Greendale, WI

Thanks to all and to Dave in particular for pointing me to Lightroom's cloning tool.
Ed Hannan

BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

Nice pics, very rich colors.
FWIW, Lakes Michigan and Huron are at very high levels this year due to precipitation.
In my 65 years I have never seen Lake Michigan this high and I spend a lot of time in Ludington every year.

Ed Hannan Loc: Greendale, WI

Not to worry. We've got a long way to go.

Changes in climate (as opposed to “weather”) have followed a regular pattern for the past 700,000 years, with each cycle lasting about 100,000 years consisting of a long period of generally cooling climate during which glaciers grow, followed by shorter periods of temperatures similar to or warmer than those existing today. During the Wisconsin Glacial Episode the ice sheet was extremely thick – 4.48 km, or 13,123 feet, or 4.48 miles above Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee.

The "lowest" monthly average lake level for Lakes Michigan and Huron (which are connected hydraulically at the Mackinac straits), 576.02 feet IGLD 1985 (“International Great Lakes Datum), occurred in January 2013. The "highest" monthly average lake level for the network of gages on Lake Michigan/Huron, 582.35 feet IGLD 1985, occurred in October 1986. This is a difference of 6.33 feet in water level elevation since records have been kept. The all-time "highest monthly average" lake level for a gage station, 582.64 feet IGLD 1985, occurred on Lake Huron at the Harbor Beach, Michigan gage in June 1886.

Call me a troglodytic heretic and dispatch the breathless hoard bearing torches, pitchforks, and ropes, but ...

BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

Sorry bout that Ed, I didn’t mean to imply anything was extraordinary, but as you so well point out, the lakes are very dynamic.

Ed Hannan Loc: Greendale, WI

No insult taken, and I did not intend any. Just passing on historical data confirming that the current Lake Michigan level is relatively modest when assessed against that data. (My last comment was intended to be humorous. I see that it is a touch "dark.")

Thank you for your kind comments.