Swing through Illinois
On my way back from St. Louis to Madison Yesterday, I swung through Illinois, the land of Lincoln. Visited Springfield and the Lincoln Home Histoic Site. And later, I visited th scenic Starved Rock State Park (...)
Cuivre River and Route 66
Back in Missouri, which means more photos of state parks and natural areas around Missouri. The last 2 days, I visited Cuivre River State Park and Route 66 State Park (...)
Bigfoot Beach State Park
Went to Bigfoot Beach State Park yesterday. Was a sunny day with lots of good scenery. Bigfoot Beach State Park is located right on Lake Geneva which allowed me to get some good shots of the lake(this one obviously with the FLD filter):
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Rocky Arbor and Natural Bridge State Parks
The warm weather is finally here! That means its time for me to go traveling and taking pictures for my online photography business and release more photos. Yesterday I went to Rocky Arbor State Park (...)
Hiking in Minnesota Part II
The other three parks I visited during my snow-hiking adventure in Minnesota were Minnesota Valley, Glacial Lakes, and Frontenac. Realistically the only really good views in the winter are from the top of bluffs and hills looking down. Unlike Autumn where there's like and colors, in winter, there is only one color -- white. So one with pics:
Glacial Lakes, Mountain lake frozen:
Minnesota Valley: (...)
Snow Hiking through Minnesota -- Part I
So during spring break this week, I decided that there wasn't enough snow in Wisconsin so I decided to head north and west to the neighboring state of Minnesota to do a bit of snow trekking. The first parks I visited were John A. Latsch State Park (...)
Mirror Lake
I returned to Mirror Lake State Park today for some winter photos. What a different 4 months makes for photography! Look at this picture which I took in October:
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Frozen Madison
Its been really cold in Madison for the past week, so lets compare how the city skyline looks in the summer and in the winter.
Here's a picture in September(late summer/fall)
Here's a picture from the exact same place in January(note I didn't zoom quite as high in this one). (...)
Snow!
Finally got a few snow pictures with my I-phone around downtown. They are a bit blurry due to snow particles in the air and the lighting.
Redtop Mountain, Ruby Falls, and 1000 pictures!!
On the last day of the road trip south, I visited Redtop Mountain State Park, Georgia and Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. The day was really dark and overcast so it wasn't the best for taking photos. However, the Lake at Red top Mountain was grand:
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