Fall Assortment From Northern Michigan
Oct 27, 2020 07:36:55 #
Went up to the cabin in northern Michigan for two days to do a couple of outdoor jobs before winter and hopefully to have a day to wander the backroads of Leelanau Peninsula for rural vistas and photos. Except for the first few hours after arriving, nature had another agenda. Keeping me closer to the house and shorter trips out. In spite of the weather, I was satisfied with the photos. They were just different than I had planned. Hope you enjoy and certainly recommend downloading.
Since I'm taking shorter trips out for photos, I'll start with a photo of the driveway from the cabin steps.
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Around the curve and . . .
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Down the road.
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An old boat-house on the Leland River in Leland, Michigan.
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This was taken at 5:15pm a couple of hours after arriving when I also took the photo of the white church posted last week.
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At 6:15pm I drove the 3 miles to a high bluff on the Lake Michigan shore for a sunset photo. A severe storm with gale force winds was moving across the lake from Wisconsin. This shot was taken at 6:30, 30 minutes before sunset.
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That storm changed my plans has we had a lot of rain the next two days. On the way back I stopped at the marina in the Village of Northport for this shot.
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Oct 27, 2020 08:11:44 #
Very picturesque area and excellent photos of it John. Lots of leaves for you to rake!
Oct 27, 2020 08:25:28 #
Beautiful renderings of Fall around the cottage. Love the sky shot for the drama. Please stay well and please keep on posting your great work.
Oct 27, 2020 08:34:11 #
Oct 27, 2020 09:49:40 #
Great set, John. Love the fall colors. Thanks for sharing your photo travelogue.
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Oct 27, 2020 10:45:06 #
[quote=John from gpwmi]Went up to the cabin in northern Michigan for two days to do a couple of outdoor jobs before winter and hopefully to have a day to wander the backroads of Leelanau Peninsula for rural vistas and photos. Except for the first few hours after arriving, nature had another agenda. Keeping me closer to the house and shorter trips out. In spite of the weather, I was satisfied with the photos. They were just different than I had planned. Hope you enjoy and certainly recommend downloading.[/quote
Your photographs could have happened almost anywhere in the county, until the boathouse on the Leland (Carp) River. The site is unmistakeable, to locals, and fudgies both. The Leland Twp. Library and Riverside Inn are also favorite photo targets, just upstream. While the Library building is new and modern and the "Riv" is stately, white, and newly repaired after fire damaged it. The three buildings are starkly different while resting on opposite banks of the river. All three have been local favorites for many years. Your compositions bring out the natural beauty of Leelanau, no marinas, no vehicles, no liter, no fudge. By keeping near Northport you have eliminated the Sleeping Bear, THE most widely known photographic area. Natives know where your shots originate, transients just drive past, or through without notice. Until the governor made the state a disaster area we were fairly safe. Then, people were venturing "up north" in hordes and the county was over-run. This recent cold snap has sent most of them scrambling back home. Things are finally returning to the solitude you captured. Our fall colors were the best seen in several years and you captured them beautifully. Very nicely done, they remind me of home.
Your photographs could have happened almost anywhere in the county, until the boathouse on the Leland (Carp) River. The site is unmistakeable, to locals, and fudgies both. The Leland Twp. Library and Riverside Inn are also favorite photo targets, just upstream. While the Library building is new and modern and the "Riv" is stately, white, and newly repaired after fire damaged it. The three buildings are starkly different while resting on opposite banks of the river. All three have been local favorites for many years. Your compositions bring out the natural beauty of Leelanau, no marinas, no vehicles, no liter, no fudge. By keeping near Northport you have eliminated the Sleeping Bear, THE most widely known photographic area. Natives know where your shots originate, transients just drive past, or through without notice. Until the governor made the state a disaster area we were fairly safe. Then, people were venturing "up north" in hordes and the county was over-run. This recent cold snap has sent most of them scrambling back home. Things are finally returning to the solitude you captured. Our fall colors were the best seen in several years and you captured them beautifully. Very nicely done, they remind me of home.
Oct 27, 2020 12:00:17 #
couch coyote
Loc: northern Illinois
Great job rolling with the punches of Mother Nature, and catching vignettes of her beauty!
Oct 27, 2020 12:08:12 #
Very enjoyable series, John...I like this beautiful part of the country where you live!! 
Oct 27, 2020 13:39:11 #
Oct 27, 2020 13:39:39 #
jaymatt wrote:
John, that’s a great set of photos!
Thank you very much, John.
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