Ice Fracture

A hotel in Atlanta recently purchased one of my photos taken at the Apostle Islands during a visit to the ice caves. They plan to use it in all 200 of their rooms.

Public Library Exhibit

My wife has put together an exhibit of eight of my winter photographs for the Menomonie, Wisconsin Public Library. The photos selected are shown below.

A Female Northern Cardinal taken during snowstorm.

A Bald Eagle shot at Colvill Park in Red Wing Minnesota. It was fourteen below zero.

These trees covered in ice were photographed above Lake Superior at Tettegouche State Park in Minnesota. A strong March storm roared across Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Nor’easter caused huge waves along the lake which then froze on the trees.

Bridge along the Red Cedar Trail near Downsville, Wisconsin after an early November snowfall.

An Ice formation at Devil’s Punchbowl near Menomonie, Wisconsin

Bond falls is my favorite winter waterfall destination. It is located near Paulding, Michigan in the U.P.

Trees photographed, during a winter snowstorm, while skiing the Backcountry Trail at Swedetown. Swedetown is located in Calumet, Michigan.

A rock and Ice formation along the Apostile Islands.

Apostle Island Ice Cave photo

The photo shown below was used by Travel Wisconsin for an article on the Apostle Islands Ice Caves.

Wisconsin Weekend Events

This is a big winter weekend with two of my favorite events taking place. Just down the road in Hudson, Wisconsin is the Hudson Hot Air Affair. They typically have a large number of hot air balloons at the event. More photos of the Hudson events can be found on my website.

While in Hudson you can also visit the Trumpeter Swans on the Saint Croix River.

Another option is to drive over to Willow River State Park and cross country ski or walk down to Willow Falls.

Up north is the Apostle Islands Sled Dog Race. This is always a fun family event. In my opinion it is one of the better sled dog races for spectators because all of the races are out and back so you can watch the entire event from one location. We usually watch the start of the race then head off for some lunch and then return to watch the racers return. More photos from the Apostle Islands Sled Dog Race can be found on my website.

 

In the afternoon we drive down the Meyers Beach and walk out to the Apostle Islands Ice Caves. It doesn’t look like you will be able to walk out to the caves on the ice this year but there is a hiking trail above the ice caves that provides some nice views. More photos from the Ice Caves can be found on my website.

My Favorite Landscape Photos of 2015

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore taken from a small boat on a beautiful calm day on Lake Superior.

Winter at Bond Falls in the UP of Michigan. One of my favorite winter waterfall locations.

Sunrise at Badlands National Park.

Crex Meadows after a summer storm.

Ice Caves at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

Apostle Islands Ice Cave

Red Bull Adventure published my photo of the Apostle Islands Ice Caves in an article entitled “7 of the most amazing ice caves in the world”

Lost Photos from the Apostle Islands Ice Caves

One of the problems with winter is the vast array of photographic opportunities. February is especially busy time of the year. More things to photograph results in a large number of photographs. In going through my photography files I realized I only processed a small number of this years photos from the Apostle Islands Iced caves. Here are a few of my favorite lost photos.

More photos from the Apostle Islands Ice Caves can be found on my website.

Apostle Islands Ice Caves – Ice

As people walked around through the uplifted ice pieces would break off and get scattered around. Some of them made beautiful subject for photography.

More photos from the Apostle Islands Ice Caves can be found on my website.

 

Apostle Islands Ice Caves – Ice Patterns

The clear ice at the Apostle Islands in addition to providing some nice ice fractures also provided some really interesting ice patterns. I also spent a considerable time looking for interesting ice patterns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More photos from the Apostle Islands Ice Caves can be found on my website.

Apostle Islands Ice Caves – Ice Fractures

Ice fractures are a subject that I love to photograph but all too frequently can’t find during the winter. Conditions have to be just right to find them. There has to be a stretch of cold weather that freezes the water. There can’t be much snow, no sleet or rain nor can it thaw and freeze. This year things came together at the Apostle Islands Ice Caves. There was open water followed by a very cold stretch and no snow to speak of. While everyone else was wandering around looking at the ice caves I was spending time looking for beautiful examples of ice fractures. Given the amount of clear ice they were not hard to find. The ice was so clear in some spots that I could see the bottom of the lake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More photos from the Apostle Islands Ice Caves can be found on my website.