Mackinac Bridge, photo by Ross Nave.
#737 on the list of Fun Things You Could Do in Michigan This Weekend is Boating with the Stempkis!
Be sure to check this photo out bigger and here’s Ross’s Michigan slideshow.
Hope your weekend is great!!
Underscore to Vanish
Underscore to Vanish, photo by ramjetgr.
I don’t know what the title means, but I do know that the sun and the green is a welcome sight! Roger says that this west M11 aka 28th street over the Grand River.
Check it out wallpapery big and also in his Redux slideshow.
2009 Ice Breaking Cruise on the Straits of Mackinac
Mackinaw Bridge, photo by SMCphotography.
Shirley was lucky enough to be aboard the USCGC Biscayne Bay out of St. Ignace as she opened a channel under the Mackinac Bridge early last week. She writes:
Ever have one of those days that you wouldn’t trade for anything? This is it. Unbelievable cold weather , well below zero. Traveled in an Army bus with little to no heat, broke down, froze for 2 hrs, 2nd bus rescued us, little to no heat. Finally made it to the cruise, froze everything, ate medium warm food, met lots of great people and shot over 700 photos. So much fun. The views of the ice and Mackinaw Bridge in the dead of winter are absolutely beautiful. Thanks to ESGR Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve for giving me this absolutely wonderful day.
You can view photos from the ice breaking cruise and definitely check out the slideshow!
Read more about the Coast Guard Cutter Biscane Bay from Hunts UP Guide.
A bridge for Obama
Untitled, photo by Jenny Murray.
So when I was looking through Michigan Obama photos I found this one by Jenny Murray.
It was one of two photos that was taken by photographers I know in Time Magazine’s Barack Obama on Flickr.
I thought that was pretty neat.
Railroad Bridge at Newaygo State Park
Railroad Bridge, photo by kek19.
The DNR’s page on Newaygo State Park says it is:
…a 99-site rustic campground, which sits atop 20-foot embankments overlooking the Hardy Dam Pond, a six-mile flooding of the Muskegon River (view on the Absolute Michigan map). The park caters primarily to campers, anglers and recreational boaters. There are several picnic sites overlooking the reservoir for day users. The campground is nestled in oak and poplar forests and is noted for its large, private sites and scenic beauty. There is a 20-30 foot forested buffer between sites, and each site is provided with a picnic table and a fire ring.
This TTV (through the viewfinder – more TTV on Michigan in Pictures) photo is part of Karri’s Nature set – definitely view it as a slideshow.
View more of Karri’s photos at RedBubble and see more from Newaygo County in the Newaygo County group on Flickr.
bridge lights
bridge lights, photo by neubauerphotography.
Sometimes, it’s just a photo.
(OK, here’s Mike’s Flickriver too)
Michigan Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents & Serendipity
at Mackinac :: a composite from -3 and -43 by Emery Co Photo
Last night I was looking for Creative Commons photos* with the appropriate license of the Mackinac Bridge so I could photoshop up a little something for Weird Wednesday: Michigan Sea Monsters (be sure to go back and read this!). I love it when the last Wednesday of the month rolls around as I get a chance to indulge my love of fooling with Photoshop. I was especially fired up as this month’s feature from Weird Michigan by Linda S. Godfrey because it was the feature that I had hoped to run last year as the debut of Weird Wednesdays on Absolute Michigan.
In my search, I saw this photo of the Bridge and thought “Now that looks cool & misty.” Then I came upon this photo of a rock and said “Sea serpent ahoy!” The coolest part was that both photos were taken by Emery Co Photo (emerycophoto.com). I contacted her and she graciously allowed me to use them.
Hope you all get some time on the water this weekend and that everyone remembers that on the list of things we should be worrying about, sea serpents in Michigan come in somewhere around #23,432,555. ;)
*That would be the Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons license. There are also a number of people in the Absolute Michigan pool who have told me that they are OK with me manipulating their photos for features on Absolute Michigan.
51st Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk
While this year’s annual Labor Day walk across the Mackinac Bridge isn’t getting nearly the fanfare of last year’s 50th anniversary walk across the Mighty Mac, it’s still the one day each year that you can walk across Michigan’s engineering wonder.
The photo above is from the Opening Ceremony gallery at the Mackinac Bridge Authority web site where you can also find a Bridge Walk gallery and more information about the bridge. For a ton more photos and stories about the Mackinac Bridge, click the button below!
Saginaw Waterfront, 1912 in the Panoramic Photograph Collection
Saginaw Michigan Waterfront, c1912, photo Courtesy Library of Congress.
Needs to be seen bigger.
This photo is part of the Panoramic Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress, which:
…contains approximately four thousand images featuring American cityscapes, landscapes, and group portraits. These panoramas offer an overview of the nation, its enterprises and its interests, with a focus on the start of the twentieth century when the panoramic photo format was at the height of its popularity. Subject strengths include: agricultural life; beauty contests; disasters; engineering work such as bridges, canals and dams; fairs and expositions; military and naval activities, especially during World War I; the oil industry; schools and college campuses, sports, and transportation… The images date from 1851 to 1991 and depict scenes in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. More than twenty foreign countries and a few U.S. territories are also represented. These panoramas average between twenty-eight inches and six feet in length, with an average width of ten inches.
If you click through and search for “Michigan” you can see a lot of cool panoramas like Camp Grayling, 1921, downtown Bay City and the workers of the Michigan Tanning and Extract Co. of Boyne City.
Check the comments below for a guide to what you’re looking at in the photo!
Zero Image Pinhole Camera: Bridge over Escanaba river
img090, photo by Sean Depuydt.
Zero Image cameras are handmade pinhole cameras that range from 35mm format to 4×5 format. The cameras are manufactured in Hong Kong by the Zero Image Company who say:
All our cameras are made of selected high-quality teak wood. More than 15 layers of coating are applied by hand to each camera, to insure maximum protection of the wood. The metal parts are hand-turned solid brass with a coating applied to prevent them from oxidizing. The mechanism and the structure of the camera make it work like an ordinary camera, but it is capable of taking extraordinary pictures!
…All the pinholes and zone plates are installed by our camera designer Mr. Zernike Au. Every camera is checked and tested by him to ensure the highest quality.
I’m pretty sure than in addition to the 4×5 model used for this photo, Sean has the Zero Image 2000.
There’s a Zero Image group on Flickr that has a few pics from Michigan.
There just might be time to get one of these by Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day on April 27th.
Michigan in Pictures 