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Passport Club Adventures-2004

Tettegouche State Park (map)

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Mindnumbing Facts
Date: January 24, 2004
Duration: Noon ~ 1:30 pm
Weather: Sunny, cold. 5° F
   

This park is located about 4 1/2 miles northeast of Silver Bay on MN Highway 61.

Tough shot for the sign. Its position caused the sun to be behind, creating a lot of glare. I do have a roll of black cinefoil that I could have used to fasion an emergency lens shade, but I didn't bring it. Perhaps a slightly different angle would have helped, but this sign is located very close to the road and with the amount of snow there was piled up from the plowing, I would have had an ackward climb to get the shot.

Shoot info: 1 roll of B&W film, Tmax 100. Manual Hasselblad w/ 50 mm lens.

  
 

This shot caught my eye as I was walking (I really mean sliding) down the steps
to the shoreline. I used my #25 red filter to try get more separation of the white
trees against the sky. It's a busy image, and I'm mildly pleased with it.

    
   

Then I turned to my right and saw this nifty little ravine with the light dancing across the snow patterns. (Sorry about the "dancing" comment, it was the first thing that came to mind, but in hindsight, it may be a little too cutesy.)

  
  Here's my replacement shot of the tree hanging over the bluff.
I shot this last fall when the tree was turning. This time I wanted
to get some of Shovel Point in the background.		    
   

I like the patterns on this one. A tough angle for me and my tripod. I would have liked to get a little closer to show more detail in the shadow area, but it was a steep enough decline that both me and my tripod would have slid down. From the 2 dimensional quality of the image, I don't get that feeling.

  
  Cool shot (no pun intended) of the mouth of the Baptism river. I like the patterns of the ice caused by the water crashing against the shore. In hindsight, there are 2 things I could have down to make this a better shot. First, arrived earlier when the sun would have been a an angle to illuminate the icicles. Secondly, brought a fill flash to throw a little light on the ice.