Past and Present, photo by O Caritas.
Patrick writes From Michigan Avenue, looking north… the idle Board of Water & Light building is on the left and Lansing Center is on the right. The walk bridge connects the Lansing Center with the Radisson Hotel.
This photo is part of a huge set of panoramas including shots of Spartan Stadium, the Red Cedar River, Magdalena’s Tea House and an amazing 72 shot Autostitched shot of the US-127 overpass.
This photo from Kirk Park, Grand Haven, is part of a set of photos of Michigan beaches & shoreline dunes. In addition to the fact that it’s a great photo, we’re featuring it because we have an in-depth article on Absolute Michigan today titled Protecting Lake Michigan’s Sand Dunes that explores the threats facing Lake Michigan’s geologically unique sand dunes.
A Little Lomo, photo by docksidepress.
Well, this isn’t actually from a Lomo camera, but it certainly has a Lomo vibe.
What the heck is this Lomo, anyway? The best place to find out is at the Lomographic Society International where you can learn about the Lomo’s birth in the LOMO Russian Arms and Optical factory (where the Lomo Compact Automat was born) and subsequent rise to world domination. Almost at least.
Be sure to click on the 10 Golden Rules, where you learn to Take your camera everywhere you go, to shoot from the hip and generally chuck everything you know about photography out the window.
Reading about lomography really made me smile … maybe it will make you smile too.
Fall at Grand Ledge, photo by nomm de photo.
Rein says this photo best viewed large.
You can see more of his work at The Photography of Rein Nomm and learn more about the 300 million-year-old ledges at Grand Ledge, Michigan from Michigan in Pictures.
Untitled, photo by Joey Harrison.
Joey Harrison has put together an amazing set of photos called Mom’s World wherein he shares photos taken in the 40s and 50s by his mother (a serious amateur photographer) along with her entertaining comments. Here’s an excerpt:
Shopping can be tiring, and stores wisely provided very nice lunchrooms to keep their customers under their roof to take off down the aisles again after a respite, purses in hand. Those purses didn’t contain plastic, which came later. But we could charge to our store account, and the salesperson would always ask “Charge and send?” One simply did not carry packages.
The result is a unique look back on the post-war era that is well done and well worth your time. Click below to view the set! You may also want to check out Joey’s photoblog Eye Control.
Flaming Red Oak, photo by CaptPiper.
Julie aka Piper asks: Did you know oaks could get this bright? I know I’ve never seen an oak that brilliantly red. Not even sure that I had seen that shade of red before seeing this photo!
One of the things I really like about the photo sharing site Flickr (where I find most of the photos seen on Michigan in Pictures) is the ability to search for photos based upon what Flickr calls “interestingness”. Interestingness is based on how many people have viewed (7,906), marked as a “favorite” (302) and commented (a bunch). This pic (taken October 26, 2005) is the most interesting ever on a search for “Michigan + Fall“.
Anyway, probably more than you want to know, but I think that the collective wisdom of the crowd nailed it with this one. Hope you get outside the next few weekends and see a lot of gorgeous fall color!
Despite the risk of becoming “that Michigan baseball photo blog”, we have to give a “way to go” to the West Michigan Whitecaps who captured their 4th Midwest League Championship on Saturday at Comstock Park in Grand Rapids. According to the Whitecaps web site, the 89-48 Caps jumped out to an early 8-0 lead and cruised to an 8-4 win over Kane County to win their 4th championship in their 13 year history.
Today’s photo is part of a great set of celebration photos by Emily Smith. Emily photographs the Whitecaps for Major League Baseball and you can (and should) see more of her baseball and non-baseball work on her photography site.
The Whitecaps are the Class A minor league affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, and the Freep says the AAA Toledo Mudhens joined the Whitecaps in winning a championship this weekend. (click the photo below for pics from the Mudhens game!) The Tigers farm system notched the the second-best combined winning percentage this year.
Early Morning in Ludington, photo by mandj98.
The car ferry Badger (left) gets ready to make a trip across Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. The other ship is the Spartan. The 420′ Badger is the largest car ferry ever to sail Lake Michigan. When I was young, there were people who’d just ride back and forth and play cribbage. At today’s rates, I’m guessing the recreational rider may be a thing of the past.
Visit the website to learn more about the S.S. Badger car ferry from Ludington to Manitowoc. (including a cool tour of the ship)
Paw Paw, Mi., photo by Jeff Lamb
I’m guessing that you can’t buy a barn like this at Home Depot…
Jeff has a ton more photos at his Jeff Lamb Photo web site.
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