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Posted on July 15, 2026July 18, 2026

Minneapolis and the Mississippi

As you drive across the Mississippi River on Interstate 35W, you have – for a moment – a great view of the city of Minneapolis. Getting a photo of it is a bit of a challenge.

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Posted on March 21, 2024March 26, 2025

Out on the 3rd Avenue Bridge

In Minneapolis, the 3rd Avenue Bridge has spanned the Mississippi for a hundred years, connecting downtown with the Northeast neighborhood. It’s newly renovated and is now pretty spiffy.

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Posted on March 26, 2023March 29, 2025

Water Meets Ice

It’s been a hard winter in Minnesota but now it’s late March and the big thaw is well underway.

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Posted on January 12, 2023March 29, 2025

Woodpecker Portrait Session

Some famous photographer once said that “90% of photography is access“. That’s definitely true for birds.

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Posted on January 1, 2023March 26, 2025

The Northern Flicker

Not a rare bird, but one that’s hard to photograph.

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  • Minneapolis and the Mississippi
  • Generative AI: Let’s Pull Back The Curtain
  • Out on the 3rd Avenue Bridge
  • AI and Christopher Columbus
  • Elgin Standard Time
  • Water Meets Ice
  • Bricks
  • Woodpecker Portrait Session
  • The Northern Flicker
  • The Downy Woodpecker
  • Crazy Ice On The Creek
  • Photography: What’s Left?
  • A Highway At Night
  • A Darker Minneapolis
  • Hover Flies: Pollinators In Disguise
  • On The Franklin Avenue Bridge
  • Stay Cool In The Skyways
  • In The Wind
  • The Rusty Patched bumble bee
  • A Hot Day Downtown
  • The Sleeping Queens
  • Dragonflies and Damselflies
  • Cycling Nowhere
  • How Big Is That Fish Eye, Really?
  • White Balance For Dummies – By A Dummy
  • Red-wings
  • Ride The Rails
  • The Great Blue Herons Are Back
  • The Cyclist
  • Street and Sky
  • Young Owls
  • Cardinals
  • The Perfect POD
  • Capture One and Lightroom: why I don’t like catalogs
  • SmugMug SEO and Google – An Epitaph
  • Birds In Winter
  • The Pergear 10mm Pancake Fisheye Lens
  • SmugMug: Where Photography Goes To Hide
  • Tuning Dials and Channel Knobs: Retro Tech
  • Why Does Duotoning Work?
  • ICC printer profiles: how does that work, exactly?
  • As Good As A Phone…?
  • Make Even More
  • An old Ford rusts peacefully in a farmer's field.A Ford’s Journey
  • Hummingbird Photography for Dummies
  • Smugmug and Google: The Taste of Failure
  • Protect your photos with an AIR GAP
  • Google Indexing: My Balloon Loses Air
  • Windows 10 Ransomware protection
  • Nicollet Island Railroad Bridge

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