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I've noticed a lot of energy and interest around birds and birding in the camera cub posts. Perhaps others might be interested in this.opportunity to explore and even contribute this citizen science initiative (via expert data collection system developed by the <span style="color: #660099; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; white-space: nowrap;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.birds.cornell.edu/&source=gmail&ust=1522855808655000&usg=AFQjCNFAQrNf7pNJWoTeH_HuW_d9ZLYsfg" href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/" style="color: #660099;" target="_blank">Cornell Lab of Ornithology</a>). </span> I helped work on the Minnesota breeding bird atlas and found the experience invaluable in expanding both habitat knowledge and identification skills.<div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II is looking for Minnesota birders to help us out in our final two field seasons! Our most crucial need is for volunteers to deliberately bird in priority blocks that have not yet been covered, including many that either straddle or are just a short drive across the border. We know Minnesota has some great birders, and many who are probably missing the fun of atlasing since MNBBA field work wrapped up in 2013. Join us!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #606060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 20px;">· Join us at our 2018 regional kickoff on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 20px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://wsobirds.org/atlas-2018-regional-kickoff-workshops&source=gmail&ust=1522855808656000&usg=AFQjCNGKquc-cPQAXZbPMkEonarGCYPPDA" href="https://wsobirds.org/atlas-2018-regional-kickoff-workshops" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">April 14 at the National Eagle Center</a><span style="color: #606060;"> in Wabasha to get the basics.</span></span><u></u><u></u></div>
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<span style="color: #606060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 20px;">· Check out our </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 20px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://wsobirds.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D6ee6b510dfbc0ccbb26624263%26id%3Dd62d92e694%26e%3Dfd50a71cec&source=gmail&ust=1522855808656000&usg=AFQjCNHhBR2CDseIhmcl00ByJIvcAgYH5Q" href="https://wsobirds.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ee6b510dfbc0ccbb26624263&id=d62d92e694&e=fd50a71cec" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">323 blocks needing most help</a><span style="color: #606060;">. You can even </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://wsobirds.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D6ee6b510dfbc0ccbb26624263%26id%3D90ac4e7372%26e%3Dfd50a71cec&source=gmail&ust=1522855808656000&usg=AFQjCNGV8IOJ_fGf8e2w1OhkkJiJOlA1_g" href="https://wsobirds.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ee6b510dfbc0ccbb26624263&id=90ac4e7372&e=fd50a71cec" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">sign up today</a><span style="color: #606060;"> to become the principal atlaser for one (or more!) of them.</span></span><u></u><u></u></div>
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At yesterday's FSSP Camera Club meeting, the kind and generous, Dave Johnson from National Camera did a presentation on portrait photography. As you can see, with the the right lighting and pose, you can make anyone look good. Doug and I thank you Dave.</div>
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Besides all the lighting and posing techniques, I did learn something about most nature photographers - they don't like to have photos taken of themselves. Here are so of the brave people that were willing to pose. </div>
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There is another way to get shots of camera shy people, have them pose with a group. Too bad so many people had left by the time we got around to taking this one. I also need to thank Leon for taking the photos, that's him and his camera shy Ruth wife, in the front row left.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday some members got together for one this summer's Flash meetings at Running Aces race track.</span></div>
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Here's Rose studying the racing form. Not that it helped much. Any of us.</div>
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G. L. Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235360854924818507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784218938127939046.post-78884006963290846352017-06-04T19:43:00.001-05:002017-06-04T19:43:43.060-05:00Abandoned Buildings - Ellis IslandThis blog post reminded me of our own Historic Fort Snelling field trip.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://blog.jeffcable.com/2017/05/last-weeks-photo-tour-chance-to-explore.html&source=gmail&ust=1496708698167000&usg=AFQjCNEC5eRMvYHaPHMMtlO88hGSDwAhkw" href="http://blog.jeffcable.com/2017/05/last-weeks-photo-tour-chance-to-explore.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Last week's Photo Tour - A chance to explore the abandoned areas of Ellis Island</a></b><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">// </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://blog.jeffcable.com/2017/05/last-weeks-photo-tour-chance-to-explore.html&source=gmail&ust=1496708698167000&usg=AFQjCNEC5eRMvYHaPHMMtlO88hGSDwAhkw" href="http://blog.jeffcable.com/2017/05/last-weeks-photo-tour-chance-to-explore.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Jeff Cable's Blog</a></b><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Last week I was in New York for two presentations at B&H Photo (which should be posted on YouTube sometime in the next 2-3 weeks), and for a one-day photo tour of Ellis Island (in conjunction with Udesign photo tours). But this wasn't just any old photo tour of this historic location. We were wearing hard hats and going into the old abandoned areas that are not open to the general public. Come along and join me as I take you along on the journey. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i165UKu20Lk/WQpSDj2wKjI/AAAAAAAAhps/fTh4oYOESvA6V36cpN3WJf4B9CdyEE3LQCLcB/s1600/Edit_NY_Ellis_Island_and_Botanical_0338.JPG&source=gmail&ust=1496708698167000&usg=AFQjCNGCjSzpABhII_4i7agKXzgmA8cbjw" href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i165UKu20Lk/WQpSDj2wKjI/AAAAAAAAhps/fTh4oYOESvA6V36cpN3WJf4B9CdyEE3LQCLcB/s1600/Edit_NY_Ellis_Island_and_Botanical_0338.JPG" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank"><img border="0" class="CToWUd" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i165UKu20Lk/WQpSDj2wKjI/AAAAAAAAhps/fTh4oYOESvA6V36cpN3WJf4B9CdyEE3LQCLcB/s640/Edit_NY_Ellis_Island_and_Botanical_0338.JPG" width="640" /></a><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Here is a photo of the main building on Ellis Island. This is where most people go when they are on the island. This building houses the museum and has the information on the 12 million people who passed through Ellis Island as they entered the country.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After we got off the boat, we met up with our guide who instructed us on the do's and don'ts for the tour. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">(Photographer's note: As you can see, we had overcast weather. I was very happy about this, because it meant that we would not have to deal with harsh light on the exterior of the buildings and coming through the windows.)</i><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></i><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The abandoned area of Ellis Island is located on the South side of the island. The New Ferry Building, which you see here, actually connects the North and South sides. What is interesting about this building is, there was supposed to be a clock at the top of the Art Deco clock tower, but there was no budget for the clock, so it was never installed.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We were going to spend the bulk of our time in the old hospitals, pictured here. At this point, we all had our hard hats on, and we were ready to roll. For this photo tour, I decided to keep it simple and rely strictly on my </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Canon_5D_Mark_IV/Ntt/Canon%252B5D%252BMark%252BIV/N/0/kw/search/BI/19250/KBID/11129/DFF/d10-v1-t12&source=gmail&ust=1496708698167000&usg=AFQjCNEAkUVtRJr12o4UfIAW0bnhxtuRGg" href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Canon_5D_Mark_IV/Ntt/Canon%2B5D%2BMark%2BIV/N/0/kw/search/BI/19250/KBID/11129/DFF/d10-v1-t12" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Canon 5D Mark IV</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> and </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Canon_28_300mm_lens/Ntt/Canon%252B28-300mm%252Blens/N/0/kw/search/BI/19250/KBID/11129/DFF/d10-v1-t12&source=gmail&ust=1496708698167000&usg=AFQjCNExKhj3t-n3m-1PCjh8R4jJlbp2Pg" href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Canon_28_300mm_lens/Ntt/Canon%2B28-300mm%2Blens/N/0/kw/search/BI/19250/KBID/11129/DFF/d10-v1-t12" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Canon 28-300mm lens</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After walking down a long straight hallway, we came to the "Y". This is where each immigrant was inspected by the doctors. If they were deemed healthy, or only having minor injuries, they would turn to the right and head down this curved hallway to be cleared for entry.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zobgtucqZ5M/WQpSAvigCKI/AAAAAAAAhoE/KR5A48tzHaw0jdNmNT2Zwujd8-4uvA7gQCLcB/s1600/Edit_NY_Ellis_Island_and_Botanical_0072.JPG&source=gmail&ust=1496708698167000&usg=AFQjCNGdt-HaRIB3XdLJ6wdaB2vyYM_tJQ" href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zobgtucqZ5M/WQpSAvigCKI/AAAAAAAAhoE/KR5A48tzHaw0jdNmNT2Zwujd8-4uvA7gQCLcB/s1600/Edit_NY_Ellis_Island_and_Botanical_0072.JPG" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank"><img border="0" class="CToWUd" height="426" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zobgtucqZ5M/WQpSAvigCKI/AAAAAAAAhoE/KR5A48tzHaw0jdNmNT2Zwujd8-4uvA7gQCLcB/s640/Edit_NY_Ellis_Island_and_Botanical_0072.JPG" width="640" /></a><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">If the doctors saw any signs of disease, the patient would be directed to the left to the Contagious and Infectious Diseases Hospital, where they could be treated for all kinds of bad stuff. Some people were even sent back on the boat they came in on. Can you imagine?</span><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">One of the first rooms we entered was the laundry room where we saw old washers and driers. We all walked around this room and captured photos of the old artifacts. There was just a ton of character between these old decaying walls.</span><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I saw this old fire hydrant surrounded by grass and flowers and loved the scene.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This is the insane asylum of the hospital, made more obvious by the wire cage surrounding the facility. You will notice the artwork in the background. This is part of the UNFRAMED Ellis Island project by JR, with numerous art installations throughout the unrestored areas of the hospital. You will see more in this blog post.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As a photographer, I love seeing shapes and patterns through my lens. I was walking by this exterior wall, when I saw this window and old covering. I just love the shapes working together, and even included the broken ledge as part of the image.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This was one of my favorite images from the day. I think that this room strikes the perfect combination of disrepair and artwork. And we had just the right amount of sunlight entering the room through the windows. Not too harsh, but enough to give us some shadows from the old chairs. Love it!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It was fun to walk through the long hallways and peer into the individual hospital rooms, where patients were isolated from each other. Each room had it's own story to tell.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Much of the South side of Ellis Island was heavily damaged during Hurricane Sandy. I saw all of these broken windows and decided to shoot them through a nearby glassless window and JR's artwork. I took this photo at f/5 to have the distant windows in focus and blur the artwork. I think that this effect adds to the mystery of the scene.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We came upon this room and I could not figure out what I was seeing. It turns out that this is a sterilization chamber for the hospital mattresses. (Photographer's note: For this shot, I cranked up the ISO of my </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Canon_5D_Mark_IV/Ntt/Canon%252B5D%252BMark%252BIV/N/0/kw/search/BI/19250/KBID/11129/DFF/d10-v1-t12&source=gmail&ust=1496708698168000&usg=AFQjCNGumsHBY04yETsU0mEChWzD_on_4w" href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Canon_5D_Mark_IV/Ntt/Canon%2B5D%2BMark%2BIV/N/0/kw/search/BI/19250/KBID/11129/DFF/d10-v1-t12" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Canon 5D Mark IV</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> to 3200 and turned down the exposure compensation to -0.7. You might wonder why I would darken an already dark scene. Well...I did this for two reasons. 1. I wanted to make sure not to blow out the bright area in the background of the image. 2. It helps buy me a faster shutter speed, since I am effectively telling the camera to let in less light. I am then able to pull out some of the shadows when I retouch the photo in </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Adobe_Photoshop/Ntt/Adobe%252BPhotoshop/N/0/kw/search/BI/19250/KBID/11129/DFF/d10-v1-t12&source=gmail&ust=1496708698168000&usg=AFQjCNEkq69j9NuXOOWtEHoQtDzbZsbnJw" href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Adobe_Photoshop/Ntt/Adobe%2BPhotoshop/N/0/kw/search/BI/19250/KBID/11129/DFF/d10-v1-t12" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Adobe Photoshop</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It was really surreal to walk into the old morgue. You can still see the overhead light, sink and vaults for the coffins. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We were all walking around this room and shooting different details. I turned and saw many of the workshop attendees taking photos, and grabbed this frame. But I also thought that, since there were different levels, this would make a good place for a group shot.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We got everyone together and did a group shot here. What a good looking group, huh? :)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Anna was in the morgue, shooting through a window, and all I saw was the perfect light hitting her face. I took one shot and noticed that her face was being overexposed. I quickly rolled the exposure compensation of the camera to -1 and took this photo.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For another hour, we continued investigating different rooms of the hospital. There was so much about this room that spoke to me. I love the patterns of the old paint on the walls combined with the peeling wallboard. The old hanging lights, pipes and artifacts just added to the scene. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I kept reminding the workshop attendees to look at, and photograph, the details.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">At one point, I was all alone in this hallway and was transfixed by the light. I turned up the ISO to 4000, since it was pretty dark in this hallway, and took this shot at 1/100 sec. I really liked this shot as is, but thought that it would be even stronger converted to black and white using SilverEfex Pro (free software).</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After converting the image to B&W, I definitely like it even better than the original color version.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Another room with the UNFRAMED artwork.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This room was a favorite for many of the workshop attendees. We all liked the sunlight entering the small opening of the window and hitting this one chair.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We entered the hospital kitchen and the first thing we noticed was the large stove hood. At first I was confused about the artwork, until I took this shot and turned the camera upside down. The artist, rightfully so, thought that the hood looked like the upside-down hull of a ship. So he created artwork to play off of that. Do you see that?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This was another favorite photo of mine from the day. I saw this light entering the room and washing across this old sink. Once again, I turned down the exposure compensation of my camera (-0.7) to accentuate the dark shadows in the image. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It was towards the end of our photo tour and we walked away from the hospital building. As we crossed the grass, heading back towards the North part of the island, I turned and saw the Statue of Liberty just off to the left of the hospital. I took this photo since it shows the proximity of Ellis Island to Lady Liberty.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After eating lunch, we all walked around the public area of Ellis Island and explored some more. Unlike the </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://blog.jeffcable.com/2014/08/new-york-city-and-visit-to-ellis-island.html&source=gmail&ust=1496708698169000&usg=AFQjCNGj52kVkeZfCdcX_NcR1Ej0rmtzyQ" href="http://blog.jeffcable.com/2014/08/new-york-city-and-visit-to-ellis-island.html" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">last time I was at Ellis Island</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> (with my wife and daughter), we did not have clear day for photographing the skyline of New York City. But, I still liked the scene with NY draped in clouds.</span><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We were just getting ready to get back on the ferry and head back to the city when I saw this one lady looking for a name on the wall of immigrants. I was drawn to the single person and her repeating reflections on the metal wall. I thought it made a perfect ending shot to our awesome day.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17637733125567322058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784218938127939046.post-33153937654460547602017-04-12T20:09:00.000-05:002017-04-12T20:09:18.440-05:00Save the Date - Norris Camp Outing to Photograph Spring Flowers<strong>When:</strong> June 3rd - 4th <br />
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<strong>Where:</strong> Norris Camp <br />
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<strong>What:</strong> Photographing Spring Orchids<br />
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<strong>Who:</strong> Interested intrepid travelers and photographers<br />
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We have tentatively scheduled accommodations at the Norris Camp for up to 10 individuals (and as many tenters and campers who want to go). Saturday, we will travel 300 miles north (six hours) and probably arrive in time for a late afternoon shoot. If the weather cooperates we might try some night time photography, star trails, light painting etc. The next morning, we will be out early to capture the golden hour light. Our primary goal will be to photograph wild spring orchids such as: <br />
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPMoS6MYqJc/WO7M9ZErUoI/AAAAAAAACrA/_a-5u-5fQ00qWUjTUUbs7GNWvhGtTXh7gCLcB/s1600/untitled-1062-Edit-Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPMoS6MYqJc/WO7M9ZErUoI/AAAAAAAACrA/_a-5u-5fQ00qWUjTUUbs7GNWvhGtTXh7gCLcB/s400/untitled-1062-Edit-Edit.jpg" width="266" /></a>Showy Lady's Slipper (MN State Flower)<br />
Greater and Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper<br />
Pink Lady's Slipper (Moccasin Flower, Stemless Lady's Slipper)<br />
Picture Plants<br />
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It might be too late to capture Calypsos and Ram's Head Orchids but maybe we will luck out. <br />
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Additional details will be discussed at the May 6th meeting. <br />
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<strong>Contact: <a href="mailto:John@powderhorn.us">John</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">@powderhorn.us</a></strong><br />
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<li>macro lens (flowers)</li>
<li>wide angle lens (landscape and night sky)</li>
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<br />J. Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092522455987104457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784218938127939046.post-42485182831329425652017-03-30T19:23:00.001-05:002017-03-30T19:25:47.497-05:00March 2017 Meeting Notes<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">March </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">meeting was chaired by President Geri
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<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="color: #f79646; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Luann </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">– from East Bethel “found” by John
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nature, landscape, birds, etc. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="color: #f79646; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Jane</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">– Mark’s wife. Jane is big help to Mark’s photography
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">March Presenter:</span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Judy’s friend, Steve
Schmalowsky gave a lively, entertaining, and informative presentation and
showed some great local nature images.
Steve tries to MAKE (vs take) pictures, getting it correct in camera
because he’s not a big fan of post-processing.
He got into digital 6-7 years ago and loves that it is so much less
expensive. He relies on the histogram on
the back of the camera to ensure good exposure in camera. He usually shoots alone, and loves nothing
better than a good landscape to photograph, especially if there is mist or fog
present. Steve shoots in jpg on manual settings. For his lovely eagle images, he keeps the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Steve advised us to shoot the photograph we think we want, and
then take a step to the left and then right to get a different perspective,
which means a different image. He also
recommends going back to the same location several times in order to learn the
best time of day for shooting – weather it is to get the best light or get the
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Steve suggested several local sites for nature photos, including Moyer
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<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Juvenile Bald Eagle and crow series with the crow steeling a fish</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Beautiful landscape scenes from Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Waterton,
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such great images, and tries to keep out people or anything that would show a
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Challenge<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">topic for February was “Current
Cityscapes”. Many great photos as well
as several from the Broadway Bridge outing in February. The April topic is “Step Out of your Comfort
Zone” – any subject is fine, but make it something different than what you
usually do. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">To upload your photos to
Google Photos albums, click on the link you received in your email, then
click the box with the plus sign on the upper right side, then click
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<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Saturday, A</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">pril 1<sup>st</sup> – monthly club meeting. Janos will be showing us his photos from PERU!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Saturday, May 6<sup>th</sup> – monthly club meeting. Planning for Dave Anderson from National
Camera to present on Macro.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">South Dakota Trip May 20<sup>th</sup> for 2 nights in Wall, then
to Rapid City until you want to leave.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">TBD – Geri to tally up the next field trip survey responses and
will let us know at the meeting.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">TBD July 2017 – </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Lake Shetek State Park. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">See Geri’s
review of the park on our<span style="color: #e36c0a;"> </span></span><a href="http://fsspcameraclub.blogspot.com/" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">blog</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">.</span></li>
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use our blog!</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> If you weren’t aware, FSSPCC has a blog – see
it </span><a href="http://fsspcameraclub.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">
and take a look at some of the recent posts.
You are all invited to post photos or stories, especially flora, fauna or
events from the park, club events, travelogues, or just nature in general. The blog is easy to use, but you first need
to be granted access by emailing the club (email address below). You can set it so you automatically get
notified whenever there is a new posting.
Meeting notes are posted on the blog, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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below. Once you are approved to join the
group, you are welcome to start posting!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">2017 Executive Committee</span></u></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-Rose
Shea – Twin Cities Area Council of Camera Clubs
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-John
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-Deb
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">János McGhie</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> – IT Guru / Help
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">February </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">meeting was chaired by President Geri
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #f79646; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6;">Tanya </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– who is new to photography so pretty much
likes to shoot everything. She loves
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photos are needed to for social media posts - can be anything from a park or trail
– cute animals, pretty scenery, and people having fun – be sure to include the
name of the park or trail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #f79646; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6;">Minnesota State Parks and Trails</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – submit to </span><a href="mailto:Deborah.Locke@state.mn.us" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Deborah.Locke@state.mn.us</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> or post directly to
their </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mnstateparksandtrails/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Facebook
page</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. Be
sure to include the location.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #f79646; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6;">DNR</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – submit through </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MinnesotaDNR"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Facebook</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. Include specific park/forest/location.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Donations</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> - We are happy to report that our club was able to donate an
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">How
many turkeys did you see on your last visit to Fort Snelling State Park? Could
you tell the difference between the males (adult males are called toms and
juveniles are jakes) and the females (adults females are called hens and
juveniles are jennies). It’s easy to tell which turkeys are male when they’re
displaying (showing off their tail feathers) but when they’re not strutting
around it can be a little more difficult. The males have very colorful pink and
red bald heads while females are a muted greyish blue bald head. You can also
look for a beard on the males! There beard is a plume of feathers hanging from
their chests (it reminds me of a neck tie). So, look for these two
characteristics the next time you’re in the park and you may start to notice some
other differences between males and females too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Send
me an email at</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="mailto:Krista.Jensen@state.mn.us" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Krista.Jensen@state.mn.us</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">if you are interested, or what more information, about any of
these opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #f79646; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6;">Maple syrup training</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">:</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tuesday, February 14, 10 am- 12 pm<br />
March is just around the corner and our attention will turn to the maple trees.
Join us for a morning session and learn more about how you can assist park
naturalists with our maple syrup programs. Tasks include weekend program
assistance, sap collection (weekday and weekend opportunities), and sap cooking
(weekday and weekend opportunities). RSVP to Krista at</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><a href="mailto:krista.jensen@state.mn.us" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">krista.jensen@state.mn.us</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">or by calling
612-725-2731.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Master Naturalist Big Woods Big Rivers course</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> at Fort Snelling State Park<br />
Wednesdays, March 15- April 29 (9 am- 2:30 pm). Starting mid-March I will be co-teaching a
course with National Park Service staff and U of M extension staff at Fort
Snelling State Park. If you’ve ever thought about becoming a </span><a href="http://www.minnesotamasternaturalist.org/about/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Master Naturalist</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> here’s an opportunity to check out </span><a href="http://www.minnesotamasternaturalist.org/courses/register/?courseId=647" target="_blank">http://www.minnesotamasternaturalist.org/courses/register/?courseId=647</a><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">January Presenter: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dave Johnson from National
Camera Exchange gave a comprehensive talk on “What’s New and Photo
Trends”. We will be posting his presentation
on our blog. Dave is very knowledgeable
and willing to answer any question – he even gave us his cell phone number – it
is 612-759-3921. Some tips from Dave
include:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the really expensive items<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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going between shade and sun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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best 3 or 4 to blend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Challenge topic for March):<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bridge Outing</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> - February 18<sup>th</sup>.
Dave Johnson from National Camera Exchange agreed to host a field trip
to the Broadway Bridge to capture the Minneapolis skyline! We'll meet on
the bridge around 5pm. Park at Broadway Pizza (you can see the bridge
from the parking lot) and we'll shoot until about 6:30pm, then have a pizza
dinner. Recommended gear: 35mm/full frame (50mm crop equivalent), tripod,
cable release, flashlight, and warm clothes (it can be windy on the bridge). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Home”. Check out the album to see all
our fun photos. The March topic is “Local
Cityscapes” – city images and skylines from around the Twin Cities. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To upload your photos to Google Photos albums, click on the link
you received in your email, then click the box with the plus sign on the
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This annual photo event put on by the Twin Cities Area Council of Camera Clubs
(TCACCC) will be held March 25 at the Rosemount </span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dakota+County+Technical+College/@44.7373009,-93.0775479,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x8a1367c25cf2eda2!8m2!3d44.7373009!4d-93.0775479"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Dakota County Technical College</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. Cost is just $40 for all day. Registration Includes: A Full Day of
Programs, Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Photo Vendors, Special Events, and the 2017
Interclub Awards. There will be 3-4
sessions to choose from – watch the TCACCC under </span><a href="http://www.cameracouncil.org/589124/upcoming-events/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">upcoming events</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> for updated info. Members present at the January FSSPCC meeting
voted not to submit photos as a group for the Spring Break competition. Individuals are invited and encouraged to
submit – details can be found at the TCACCC website under </span><a href="http://www.cameracouncil.org/376126/competitions/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">competitions</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. Deadline to enter is Feb 5.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">TBD July 2017 – </span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Lake Shetek State Park. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">See Geri’s
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it </span><a href="http://fsspcameraclub.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
and take a look at some of the recent posts.
You are all invited to post photos or stories, especially flora, fauna or
events from the park, club events, travelogues, or just nature in general. The blog is easy to use, but you first need
to be granted access by emailing the club (email address below). You can set it so you automatically get
notified whenever there is a new posting.
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below. Once you are approved to join the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17637733125567322058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784218938127939046.post-13242478638471919872017-01-29T17:07:00.002-06:002017-01-29T17:07:58.896-06:00New Picture Rails in the Visitor Center!See the new picture rails that have been installed in the visitor center theater alcove!<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ovRw3Gfkfpo/WI51jBbLMDI/AAAAAAAADnI/8w9AMya0X4YGlDPl10weHo8-0FDAvb9uQCK4B/s1600/File%2BJan%2B29%252C%2B5%2B05%2B16%2BPM.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ovRw3Gfkfpo/WI51jBbLMDI/AAAAAAAADnI/8w9AMya0X4YGlDPl10weHo8-0FDAvb9uQCK4B/s320/File%2BJan%2B29%252C%2B5%2B05%2B16%2BPM.jpeg" width="320" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17637733125567322058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784218938127939046.post-88250896758324349752016-10-24T19:20:00.000-05:002016-10-24T19:22:14.236-05:00Falloween at William O'Brien State ParkThis past weekend we attended our 6th Falloween Campground party at William O'Brien State Park A fun time was had by all. The campsite decoration competition has really stepped up from 6 years ago so it was a better and more inspiring than in previous years.<br />
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William O'Brien State Park is 10 miles north of Stillwater so convenient for most residents of the Twin Cities. It's usually hard to get into the campgrounds during the summer but it's worth a try. It a great place to camp on the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. Even if you can't get a campsite visit the park any time of the year. There are a number of events throughout most of the year. It is worth the day trip to this park.<br />
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Well, we made it to Glacier National Park and we all lived to talk about it, even John Plut. There were three people not pictured because they chose to drive out, Christa Rittberg and Mary & Dan Dreher. I think many of us were envying them by the time we arrived at East Glacier. But there is the option of 21 hours of being on a train or 2-3 days of driving.</div>
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The train heads west from St. Paul at 10:20pm. Even though we had been up all day most of us were unable to fall asleep except for Mary McKay. I need to find out her secret. The ride was usually smooth and I was surprised by how quiet our car was but, alas, little sleep for me. When the sun finally came up we were in the North Dakota prairie. I thought the prairie with the morning light quite beautiful. Couldn't help but hum about the "amber waves of grain".</div>
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By the time we arrived at East Glacier most of us were operating on 36 hours of very little sleep and were wishing we still had the energy of a 21 year old again. As you can see some of us had a hard time keeping your heads up.</div>
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One good thing about the lack of sleep is that most of us got a excellent rest the first night we were there. The next day some of us took the Red Bus tour while the others did a self-driving tour.</div>
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The first day most of the group were taking the Red Bus tour. Ruth, Leon, Arthur, Mary, Doug and I were on bus 104. I almost wasn't on it, so I have to give a big shout out and THANK YOU to Ruth Kosek. I got in the bus and the seat are benches with doors on only on side of the bus. I immediately felt my chest tighten and started to push Ruth out because I couldn't stay in the confining area for another minute let alone an entire day. Ruth went and asked the driver if I could have the empty seat in the front with the driver and he said yes. So, thank you again Ruth. I would have missed one of my favorite days ever if you hadn't thought to ask. </div>
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I also want to thank Ben (if you liked the tour) /Jake (if you didn't like it). I can only refer to him as Ben. He's a brave man to drive The Road To The Sun everyday with a bus load of people. He told us that he very rarely encountered a bear on his ride but we would know when one was around. BEAR JAM!</div>
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So we got lucky. We arrived towards the end of the sighting. I couldn't believe how many people got out the their cars. They must of all thought they could run faster than at least one other person. We could 'bearly' see it but we did so we could say we saw one. All of a sudden people started running for their cars and no, the bear was not coming towards them, the ranger was. When I saw the jam I thought we would be there for an hour but it cleared out very fast once they were told to leave.</div>
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The park's eastern border is with the Blackfeet Nation reservation. They have an open range policy so there are bovine wandering on the road. They were more of a driving danger than bear, deer etc. This is an issue even among the members of the Blackfeet tribe. Many feel they should not be allowed to traverse the roads. </div>
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When we stopped to take this photo Doug and I were the first out of the car. I see something black down near the lake shore thinking it is a bovine. It wasn't. I quietly get Doug's attention as a bear starts to look at us. Leon is getting out of the car, walks over see's the bear and shouts "BEAR!!!!" It stands on his hind legs, checks us out and runs away from us! No photos but we got to see one fairly close. Needless to say we got back in the car rather quickly.</div>
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Meri was our driver and guide for the day and since it was snowing and we had already been on The Road to the Sun she gave us a very special tour. Browning is the largest city on the reservation and near where Meri grew up. She showed us cliffs that were used for "buffalo jumps", the site of an old BIA school that her grandparents attended and told many tales and histories of the tribe. I was surprised at how similar the traditions are to the Dakota/Ojibwa native traditions with sun dances and sweat lodges. Another good tour and on more comfortable coaches.</div>
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The ride home was much better since we started 9:30 in the morning and more people were able to sleep. The party was over. At one point when a number of people were in the lounge car playing cards I was sitting by myself reading Louise Erdrich's <i>The Plague of Doves. </i> As I was sitting there enjoying being alone for a while, looking at the Montana prairie, I read this passage. </div>
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<i>To run is to revel in a pretend freedom. I spring along slowly, matching my breathing to my stride, passing the usual fence lines, and thinking. Running is like riding on a train after a while, a motion that allows thoughts to drop down clear from a place in your mind that surprises you.</i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Welcome</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> to </span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Patty</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> who is just getting started in photography, </span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Gary</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> who enjoys wildlife photography, and </span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Jim</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> from Vancouver who likes to photograph the area around Lake
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(1/500 or more). Bright light and high
ISO also helps get a faster shutter speed.
To embrace motion, use a slower shutter speed (generally 1/60 or
slower). Adding a ND (neutral density)
filter or even a polarizing filter can help slow down the shutter speed. Another way to embrace motion is to try
panning, where you use a slow shutter speed and track a moving subject – the
result being the moving subject that is in focus with a motion-blurred
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</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">The new
license plate will be available from the DMV this fall as part of the ongoing
celebration of the 125th anniversary of Minnesota state parks and trails. The
cost will start at $60, plus tax. The total includes a one-time $10 fee for the
plate itself and a minimum $50 contribution (renewable annually). Proceeds from license plate sales will help
fund the operations and maintenance of Minnesota state parks and trails. The plate includes park admission. See more details
</span><a href="http://dnr.state.mn.us/parksplate/index.html"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">here</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Mary reported
there are <b><span style="color: #e36c0a;">10 fawns</span></b> on Picnic Island,
but they are hard to see because the grass is so tall (and there are lots of
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Sher reported
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">John C shared
more photos of the <b><span style="color: #e36c0a;">LiIlydale eaglets</span></b>
and also photos from his nephew’s <b><span style="color: #e36c0a;">glider</span></b>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Chris
was published</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> in the
Owatonna town booklet! Chris says to
hashtag your images when posting online – it will help to be found in online
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was our July presenter. She enjoys many
types of photography, and chose to share some of her favorite photos and
stories of birds, barns, and bugs. Sher
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">For
birds, Sher shoots out her windows at home and also makes her way around the
Twin Cities. She showed lovely captures
of Eastern Bluebird, Blue Jay, Indigo Bunting (from Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden),
a Robin bird nest, Northern Flicker, Baltimore Oriole, Red-bellied and Pileated
Woodpecker and more. She always tries to
incorporate an interesting background.
Her images from the Fergus Falls rookery were wonderful and a lot of the
personality of the birds could be seen.
The Green Heron in all its comical poses was especially entertaining. She had images of a Yellow- and Black-crowned
night heron, and a particularly cool image of a Great Blue Heron after having
caught a big northern! My favorite was
the lovely duckling on a lily pad leaf with a blooming white flower. From Sherburne Wildlife Refuge, she captured
a lovely silhouette of the eagle’s nest against a beautiful sunset. And so many more…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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– Sher likes to capture barns in the winter and spends a lot of time working
the scene, oftentimes going back at different times of the year or season. She especially likes it when she can compose her
images so there is some sort of shadow on one of the barn walls – like tree
branches or a windmill. She showed an
amazing assortment of barns from right around the Twin Cities – off 55 near
Rockford, Dearwood Apple Orchard, Rogers (round barn). Sher invites anyone to just ask her for
locations – she is happy to share. Sher
is also a watercolor artist and will sometimes paint her images to remove
backgrounds and create even more works of art. So much talent!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can tell Sher spends a lot of time with her photography because even her bug
collection was full of great close-ups of bees, spiders, damselfly, dragonflies,
turtles, moths – and an actual tagged monarch!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thanks to Sher for sharing her images!
She let us with some photo tips that we can all put into practice next
time we are out shooting birds, barns, or bugs: </span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Use
spot metering when shooting white birds like great or snowy egrets</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Work
the image to find the darkest possible background, especially for flowers or
bugs.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Can also use vignette and burning
in Photoshop – if burning, do it in spots instead of all over so it will look
more natural.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">You can also use black
velvet for a background, but only in shade or at an angle so as not to show the
sheen.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">You
can put bugs in a jar in the refrigerator for 3 minutes to slow them down which
makes them easier to work with – although be warned that this doesn’t work with
frogs!</span></li>
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unusually high number of very fine images this time around. (Our photography skills must be getting
better!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Please
use our blog!</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> If you weren’t aware, FSSPCC has a blog – see
it </span><a href="http://fsspcameraclub.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">
and take a look at some of the recent posts.
You are invited to post photos or stories, especially flora or fauna
from the park, park events, club events, travelogues, or just nature in
general. The blog is easy to use, you
just need to be granted access by emailing the club (email address below). You can set it so you automatically get
notified whenever there is a new posting.
Meeting notes are posted on the blog, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week - Tall Ships </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">are in Hudson, Wisconsin.
More info at </span><a href="http://thenina.com/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">http://thenina.com</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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July 16 </span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">- If you have some extra time this weekend, the National Park
Service would not mind having some photographers following them around to
document the BioBlitz. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Here is what Ranger Gordon
had to say: “</span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">The
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (National Park Service) is
holding our annual BioBlitz at Coldwater Spring starting at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aqj">5:00 pm</span>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aqj">Friday, July 15</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and running through<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aqj">5:00 pm</span>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aqj">Saturday, July 16</span>.
Photographers are always welcome to tag along with rangers and other staff to
photograph the proceedings. We'll be using the iNaturalist app to upload
species found to a national database. You can help by downloading app and help
to catalog what we find. See </span><span style="color: #365899; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/miss/planyourvisit/2016-bioblitz.htm" target="_blank">https://www.nps.gov/miss/planyourvisit/2016-bioblitz.htm</a> </span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">for
more information.”</span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Thursday, July 21 – Canterbury Downs Buck Night - </span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Thursdays
are Buck Night at the races. It costs a dollar to get in and there are
some deals on food. Here is the link that tells you about Buck Night: </span><a href="http://www.canterburypark.com/LiveRacing/Promotions/Thursday/tabid/229/Default.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">http://www.canterburypark.com/LiveRacing/Promotions/Thursday/tabid/229/Default.aspx</span></a>.
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We will meet at the paddock which is right inside
the main gate at 6pm. The first race is at 6:30pm. The gates
open at 5:15 and the horses at the paddock about 6:10 for the first
race. Photos are allowed at all public
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August 6 – Next Club Meeting. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">The </span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">August Challenge is “non-human
critters”.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">
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club might want to look into a </span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">mini train trip</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> between Osceola, WI and William O’Brien State Park area. Cost is $17 for a senior (no food) and we
would get to practice taking photos of a moving train. This would also be a good chance to practice
riding a train for those going to Glacier! </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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7-12 Train Trip to Glacier National Park</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">– Planning meetings continue.
Please contact John Plut at the club email if you are interested in
going or have any questions. <span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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September 24 - The St. Croix Valley Camera Club</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> will be hosting their own PIP (photos
in the park). Word has it they are
patterning it after our PIP - watch for details!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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TBD</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> –
FSSP Camera Club Annual </span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Photo Contest</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> – The committee this year will be Rose, Deb, and Judy. Watch for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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July 2017 – </span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Lake
Shetek State Park. </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">See Geri’s
review of the park on our<span style="color: #e36c0a;"> </span></span><a href="http://fsspcameraclub.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">blog</span></a><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">PICASA
ALBUM HOW-TO</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ensure easy uploading to Picasa, re-size files to 500kb or smaller, and keep
the long edge to 2048 or less so the photos don’t count against our storage
limit. In order to upload photos to the Picasa albums, you must be signed
into your Google account otherwise it seems you may not be able to
upload. You can also email your photo to the </span><a href="mailto:fsspcameralclub@gmail.com"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">club email</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> and we will upload it for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Click on your
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Click “Actions”
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-Submitted
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-Geri
Fenton – President<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-Endel
Kallas – Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-Rose
Shea – Twin Cities Area Council of Camera Clubs
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-John
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">-Deb
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17637733125567322058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784218938127939046.post-39835886525146385092016-07-07T11:38:00.001-05:002016-07-07T11:38:57.756-05:00A Quick Trip to Southwest State Parks<u>First the bad news</u><br />
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We decided to make a quick trip to Blue Mound State Park but since it was so hot and humid we tried to get a camper cabin in the area. There were a couple available in Lake Shetek State Park.<br />
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There is one thing to note for those of you that want to do same day reservation on line or by phone, it is not possible for camper cabins. Being retired and attempting to spend my money wisely I waited until Tuesday morning to reserve for that night. Logged on to the site and guess what!?!? You can't do same day reservations for camper cabins. No where on the website does it say this. I called the reservation line and was again told I couldn't reserve. I filed a calm complaint with the nice person that was helping me and asked to talked to the supervisor. <br />
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My job BR (before retirement) was customer service it's always better to take a complaint up a level. Supervisors seem to note and maybe act on a complaint more than when you pass it on to them. <br />
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If you get to your destination and the park office is open you can get a camper cabin. Since there were 3 available at Lake Shetek we were fairly sure there would be one open by the time we got there. And there was!<br />
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<u>Now the good news and it's all good</u><br />
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I fell in love with another park! What a beautiful park in the middle of the prairie. It's parks like this that make me so proud of Minnesota's park system. <br />
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This a a large park on Lake Shetek. Shetek is the Ojibwe word for pelican. Around the lake it is wooded and of course Oak savannas. I could spend a day doing nothing but look at oak trees. I love the designs and shapes of a single tree or an entire grove. July is good month to visit the prairie since it is awash with color!<br />
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There was a severe weather watch out for the area so we decided to stay in the area and not travel down to Blue Mound SP until the next day. We lucked out with only a 10 minute downpour and tiny hail. When it passed we decided to do a drive through of the park. The camping area on the lake is shaded but they do have the Sunrise campground and there you can get all the sun you would desire.<br />
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We ran across this deer which I have taken the liberty of naming this deer Long Neck. She was very friendly and we thought she was going to come up to the car but she decided to stay away. I wondered if Mary and Dan make regular trips down to this park.<br />
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The Prairie has such interesting weather. After the short storm it basically clear out maybe about 30 - 40 minutes after the above shot I took this one. These clouds never made it to where we were. They disappeared as fast as they appeared.<br />
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On the way down we saw numerous dead raccoons on the highway. Doug commented that if they weren't careful they may become an endangered species. We saw this live family in a soy bean field near the park. There were actually 4 young ones. The 2 in the photo are waiting for them to catch up before they really took off.</div>
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In the morning we went to Blue Mound State Park. We went to see the bison and some of the blooming cactus. We were incredibly lucky here too, the bison were at the viewing stand. Right at the stand they put out some sort of powder that the Bison like to roll in so these are not white bison but bison all powdered up. We were able to watch them for about 30 minutes before they all wandered off.</div>
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Unfortunately, Doug found no blooming cactus. There seemed to be fewer cacti than Doug remembers.<br />
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I had to keep telling myself that this is a rocky prairie but if it weren't for this bison it is not a park I want to go back to. The park currently has an ecoli issue with the water so there is no water available for the campers. The DNR recently decided not a replace a dam that formed the only lake in Rock County.<br />
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I'll rate this one 2-1/2 stars out of five. *<br />
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This is a small park between Pipestone and Blue Mounds. It is a quiet park and the campground is fairly shaded. Not much to do but relax. Who doesn't need a get away just to relax.<br />
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I'm rating this a 3.*<br />
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Because of a detour we took a different way home and found Camden State Park near Marshall, MN.<br />
We did a quick drive through and would diffidently go back to the lower campground. I think this would be a good place to go for fall colors. We saw a couple more baby raccoons in a tree. I doubt if they will be on the endangered list any time soon!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We extend a hearty FSSPCC </span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">welcome</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> to special guest, Gordon, from the National Park Service. The National Parks will team up with FSSP to celebrate jointly the 100<sup>th</sup>anniversary of the national parks and the 125<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the state parks.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Kao update</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> – 125<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Minnesota State Parks (based on the date Itasca State Park was established). There will be a celebration on June 11 at the beach, which has been open and closed as needed because of bacteria in the water. Check out the Naturalist Programs and Activities webpage for </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/fort_snelling/calendar.html&source=gmail&ust=1467998587719000&usg=AFQjCNEmYBKMdEBl5ooR0d3Lv1tNqMOImA" href="http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/fort_snelling/calendar.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">upcoming naturalist events</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> at FSSP. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Additional information from the Fort Snelling State Park website:</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Highway 5 Bridge Deck Reconstruction: Traffic on the Hwy 5 bridge remains single lane for both directions. There will continue to be occasional ramp closures that may impact your visit to the park. For current information about this project: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type%3Dclick%26enid%3DZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNDA3LjU3NDg0NzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDQwNy41NzQ4NDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDIzMTU2JmVtYWlsaWQ9a2ltLmJhbGZlQHN0YXRlLm1uLnVzJnVzZXJpZD1raW0uYmFsZmVAc3RhdGUubW4udXMmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg%3D%3D%26%26%26101%26%26%26http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/hwy5/?utm_content%3D%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_name%3D%26utm_source%3Dgovdelivery%26utm_term%3D&source=gmail&ust=1467998587719000&usg=AFQjCNF98hhUEK7AhmxL0BqQcAyQ2eH_JA" href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNDA3LjU3NDg0NzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDQwNy41NzQ4NDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDIzMTU2JmVtYWlsaWQ9a2ltLmJhbGZlQHN0YXRlLm1uLnVzJnVzZXJpZD1raW0uYmFsZmVAc3RhdGUubW4udXMmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&101&&&http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/hwy5/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">mndot.gov/metro/<wbr></wbr>projects/hwy5/</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol";">·<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The Parks and Trails division of the Minnesota DNR is looking for input from both current and potential visitors to help shape the future of the state park and trail system. Share your feedback and ideas by visiting our website: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/patfeedback/index.html&source=gmail&ust=1467998587720000&usg=AFQjCNHxZbiRHzxBPIKKNyxuWbL7k_IKMg" href="http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/patfeedback/index.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">mndnr.gov/patfeedback</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Doug brought along a480GB SSD, a <span style="color: #e36c0a;">portable hard drive</span> that connects to your laptop or computer with a standard USB port. These are on sale at B&H for $150. Smaller drives also available. The drive was about the size of a square deck of playing cards and half as thin – very convenient for travelers (like maybe anyone going on a long train ride </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings";">J</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">) or even great for saving space at home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">John shared a great sale item – MicroCenter has the <span style="color: #e36c0a;">Canon EOS Rebel T5</span> on sale for $300 with a free bag and two lenses. This normally sells for $750.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Owl update</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> from Dan - All 4 of the owls have been on the ground at dusk looking for night crawlers. The owls have split up, but start screeching/screaming around dusk time which is how you can find them. Bring a flash for your camera as it gets very dark in the woods at dusk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The <span style="color: #e36c0a;">Afton bison</span> are back! More info </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.belwin.org/bison/&source=gmail&ust=1467998587720000&usg=AFQjCNGdrHYhQcvnQ5AefeLbmiWz-nblxw" href="http://www.belwin.org/bison/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Harlan – continuing to work on the <span style="color: #e36c0a;">Dakota language project</span>. He has also created a game, similar to concentration, where students pick cards with animal photos and say the Dakota words that describe the photos. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Please use our blog!</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> If you weren’t aware, FSSPCC has a blog – see it here and take a look at some of the recent posts. You are invited to post interesting photos or stories, especially flora or fauna from the park, park events, club events, travelogues, or just nature in general. The blog is easy to use, you just need to be granted permission by emailing the club (email address below). You can set it so you automatically get notified whenever there is a new posting. We will start posting meeting notes on the blog, too.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The St. Croix Valley Camera Club</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> will be hosting their own PIP (photos in the park) on Saturday, September 24<sup>th</sup>. Word has it they are patterning it after our PIP! Watch for details.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">John’s print process is called “off-set” because the plate cylinders spread ink to the blanket cylinders which then spread it to the paper. John can control the color of a photo while it’s being printed. He showed samples of how the different colors of ink look when printed by themselves, and then how they look with all the colors together. As you can imagine, color can really affect the final look of an image so it is very important to get it right. John brought along a line tester which magnifies the ink so you can actually see the individual ink dots – very cool. John prints mostly in CMYK – yellow, magenta, cyan, blue and black – and the inks must be printed in that exact order. The sheet feeders that John works on can process can run 9-10,000 sheets/hour! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Plates are 100% aluminum with a chemical coating. Water is spread on the aluminum plates and everywhere the water goes, ink won’t go (ink and water don’t mix, kind of like oil and vinegar). To adjust color, John adjusts how much ink is laid down during the printing process. All the printings are in dots and the density of dots determines the color. Ink is always laid down in the same order – see above. Skin tones and gray are the hardest to print because they contain just a tiny bit of all the colors. Then there is a very fine almost invisible spray powder that goes on each printed sheet to allow the ink to dry without sticking or smearing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">John showed us photos of his work space and workbench. Nowadays, the inks and chemicals are hazard-free and John’s shop is a non-hazardous shop, but when he first started in the industry there were quite a few nasty chemicals on his workbench. John’s shop generates a lot of waste; paper, ink, aluminum, chemicals - all of which is recycled. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">But the biggest change has been in technology with the adoption of computers and Photoshop. John now gets print jobs on a computer and he has to match final colors to a customer-approved proof sheet. For single colors, sometimes John will have to mix his own colors and do what is called spot printing, or sometimes he has to purchase a ready-mixed color (mainly used for logos or copyrighted colors like John Deere green or Target red).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">35 people work at John’s shop, located in Eagan. John showed some marketing videos from his shop where we could see the presses in action – they sure are fast! John’s presentation was an interesting peak into the complex world of off-set printing – so much detail and precision goes into every little dot to get the perfect print (who knew?!) Many thanks to John for sharing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">John offered to set up a tour of his workspace and will let us know more details. A copy of his photo-packed presentation will be posted on the </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://fsspcameraclub.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1467998587720000&usg=AFQjCNF3Lkzg3TVnsPxTsNdCrzrrUBd9oA" href="http://fsspcameraclub.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">FSSP Camera Club Blog</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">July meeting moved to the 9<sup>th</sup> </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">– Moved from the first <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_898906288" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span> because of the July 4th holiday weekend. </span><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Sher Freebird will be sharing some of her favorite photos. </span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">July Challenge is flowers/flora.</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> This is also our summer potluck meeting - p</span><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">lease bring your own drink and eating utensils and of course your favorite potluck dish! (Paper plates will be provided.)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">September 7-12 Train Trip to Glacier National Park</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">– Planning meetings continue. Please contact John Plut at the club email if you are interested in going or have any questions. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">PICASA ALBUM HOW-TO</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">To ensure easy uploading to Picasa, re-size files to 500kb or smaller, and keep the long edge to 2048 or less so the photos don’t count against our storage limit. In order to upload photos to the Picasa albums, you must be signed into your Google account otherwise it seems you may not be able to upload. You can also email your photo to the </span><a href="mailto:fsspcameralclub@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">club email</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> and we will upload it for you.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">-Submitted by Patti Deters, FSSP Camera Club 2016 Secretary</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">2016 Executive Committee</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">-Geri Fenton – President</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">-Endel Kallas – Vice President</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">-Judy Collopy – Treasurer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">-Rose Shea – Twin Cities Area Council of Camera Clubs (TCACCC) Representative</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">-Patti Deters – Secretary</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">-John Plut – Event Planner</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">-Deb Johnson – Webmaster</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">-</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">János McGhie</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> – IT Guru / Help Desk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">EMAIL: </span><a href="mailto:fsspcameralclub@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">fsspcameralclub@gmail.<wbr></wbr>com</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">WEB: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://sites.google.com/site/fsspcameraclub/home&source=gmail&ust=1467998587720000&usg=AFQjCNH6Qtc4hfeYGcxw1eyHH9vcywQCLg" href="https://sites.google.com/site/fsspcameraclub/home" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">https://sites.google.com/<wbr></wbr>site/fsspcameraclub/home</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">BLOG: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://fsspcameraclub.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1467998587720000&usg=AFQjCNF3Lkzg3TVnsPxTsNdCrzrrUBd9oA" href="http://fsspcameraclub.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">http://fsspcameraclub.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17637733125567322058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784218938127939046.post-80607065721753876332016-06-06T10:32:00.001-05:002016-06-06T10:32:38.153-05:00Meeting Notes from April/May 2016<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">April<span class="apple-converted-space"> and
May </span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">meetings
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April 23rd was</span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
park clean-up day. </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Thank you to those that
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May 15</span><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">
Upper Fort Tour </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">was wonderful! The
weather cooperated and about 10 members from the club were allowed access
behind the gate where it is not open to the general public. Watch for the Picasa album and take a
look. If you have any other Upper Fort
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Plut shared a 1945 photograph of his wife, mom, and grandma at Minnehaha Falls
before the bridge at the top of the falls was built. John C shared some fun(ny) photos of animals
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South Dakota Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt NP, Yellowstone NP, and Glacier
NP. Coming from Minnesota, the South
Dakota grasslands start just after Chamberlain where you might start to see
animals such as antelope. Then the
Badlands begin which is where you see the interesting land formations. You can leave the Twin Cities around morning
rush hour and arrive at the Badlands in time for an evening sunset. The big draw for Dan and Mary, though, are
the “critters” such as big horn sheep.
The 40 mile loop at exit 131 goes through the park and if you stay in
Wall, it is only 9 miles to the park entrance.
(And the Murdo car museum is also worth a stop.) If you go in November you can expect to see
the second rut of the big horns. (The
first rut is a month earlier, but it draws more crowds.) You can walk right up to groups of sheep and
if you get close enough, you can see growth rings in their horns. Mary captured some beautiful shots of the
sheep and the sunsets. The Badlands are
home to a variety of other animals such as short-eared owls which can be seen
along the road at sundown, or sometimes on a fence post. There are porcupines along the road, prairie
dogs, burrowing owl, elk, coyote, Pronghorn antelope, and even white-tailed
deer! Dan and Mary suggest talking to
the local rangers for good places to see wildlife. Mary shared a very cool image of a jumping
coyote that must have been amazing to see in action. In North Dakota there is Theodore Roosevelt
NP where Dan and Mary wanted to see the herd of wild horses and planned their
trip to coincide with winter snows. Dan
says that if you go, beware it is 220 miles between the north and south parks on
a long lonely road! Note: There was much more that Dan and Mary shared but
I had to leave the meeting early and missed the stories about Yellowstone and
Glacier. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> But many thanks to them both for sharing
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the May presenter and shared her adventures to New Zealand. Deb’s nephew and wife moved to New Zealand in
2009 and Deb was lucky enough to visit.
She showed beautiful landscape photos of Christchurch, including a
lovely scene with white and blue flowers with the hills in the background. There was amazing diversity in the photos –
sheep, botanical gardens with massive trees, unique flowers, car door art, and
even a pink person hugging a tree! We
saw an old church and the snow-capped peaks of Aorai/Mount Cook (the tallest
peak in NZ). Deb visited the Tasman Glacier,
by Terminal Lake which had just calved a huge chunk of ice. Queenstown offered photos of parasailing,
more flowers, gondola rides, bungee jumping, and narrow canyon tours. Milford Sound had Kea parrots, edible ferns, mountains
in the mist, and amazing waterfalls including one where the wind is so strong
it blows the water back up to the top of the falls! On Stewart Island Deb found a massive
Hydrangea with pink, red, purple, pink, and burgundy blooms – all on one
bush. In Dunedin there were Molaki Penguins,
sheep, beaches, seals, and the “Hoiho” or yellowed-eyed penguin which is the
rarest in the world. There were pictures
of some strange round alien-looking beach boulders, called Moeraki Boulders. Also black swans, baby fur seals, blue-eyed
penguins – and so much more including Baldwin Street in Dunedin which is the
steepest street in the world at a 38.5% grade.
Thank you, Deb, for sharing your trip and photographs of this incredible
land.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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little ones, which led to an informative discussion on where people were
finding babies this time of year. The
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16-17</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> –
History Center in Rochester is looking for photo booth volunteers to photograph
people dressed up in period costumes.
Volunteers get their mileage reimbursed. Contact John Anderson at the club email for details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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7-12 Train Trip to Glacier National Park</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">– Planning meetings continue.
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Since this area is so closed to Canada (about 30 Miles as the crow flies) I wrote and asked what is the best time to see the orchids blooming and was told late May to the middle of June. When we arrived at Big Bog on May 30th it was 78 degrees. I had booked a camper cabin because I have many fond memories of my families summer trips 'Up North' and having to go buy sweatshirts/jackets because it was so cold. 78 at the end of May, who would have thought.</div>
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Eagle-eyed Doug saw this one. It was the only one we saw and grows very closed to the ground.</div>
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Just as we were walking off the end of the boardwalk Doug spotted the Small Yellow Lady Slipper. It is about half the size of a normal lady slipper.<br />
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The bog is about 9 miles from the campground. The campground area is just a narrow strip between the road and the Tamarack River. Although it is called a 'recreation area' there is very little to do there except fish. They do have a few short trails to walk. If you think about it you can't walk in a bog without sinking up to your knees. When we arrived on Memorial Day the place was full and I think every camp site and camper cabin had a boat trailer. Did I mention that campground is across the road from Upper Red Lake. The campsites on the Tamarack River have a dock. If you want to fish Upper Red Lake this is a great place to stay.</div>
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Because it was raining the next day we decided to check out Zippel Bay State Park on Lake of the Woods. There were a few fisher-people there but basically the park was empty. All campsites are without electricity and it would be hard to get a large RV in some of the spots. <br />
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This is a very nice park. You can feel like you are on Lake Superior without all the people.<br />
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Our next stop was Franz Jevne State Park on Rainy River. This is Minnesota's smallest state park. <br />
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On the way there you are traveling along the Rainy river and Doug made a comment at how well taken care of the Canadian side of the river looks. It turns out that there is a large Canadian Monument area that has had a lot of Native history but we could only look across the river and try to sing "O Canada".<br />
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Well I think that is about enough for this travelogue with just a couple more stops. We stopped at Lake Bemidji State Park and they also have a mile long bog walk and Crow Wing State Park. Crow Wing has a beautiful view of the Mississippi from the boat launch.</div>
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G. L. Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235360854924818507noreply@blogger.com0Big Bog State Recreation Area, 55716 MN-72, Waskish, MN 56685, USA48.1705086 -94.51185279999998622.648474099999998 -135.82044679999998 73.6925431 -53.203258799999986tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784218938127939046.post-34709846663401191022016-05-17T09:30:00.001-05:002016-05-17T09:30:05.556-05:00Upper Post Field Trip - Sunday 5/15/16We had a great time behind the fence at the Upper Post this past Sunday. About 10 people attended, and a huge thanks to Krista for being our tour guide.<br />
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Yesterday we had a good turn out for the Earth Day clean up at the new National Treasure, Ft. Snelling State Park. This photo is missing a few other people that turned up from the camera club,</div>
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One team was thinking how remarkably clean their path was until they figured out that they were a little ways behind another group of volunteers. But it was decided that all in all, Ft. Snelling State Park must be loved by many because there is not a lot of litter. Although alcohol is not allowed in the park, beer bottles seem to be the most popular to throw out the window.</div>
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I want to thank all that came. As Deb Johnson said that all the park does for us, personally and the camera club, she felt this was one thing we could do for the park. </div>
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I don't know if you have noticed but photos of Kao Thao, one of the park naturalists, are everywhere in the DNR system. It must be because he so photogenic and has a wonderful smile. I just thought I would add to his catalog of portraits. Thanks for everything you do Kao!</div>
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The FSSPCamera Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228676800293401828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784218938127939046.post-67564241087769193062016-04-15T09:51:00.001-05:002016-04-15T09:51:51.063-05:00Doug and I went down and picked up my Mom in Mankato and went over to Jackpot Junction to win some big bucks. Doug was the only one that came out ahead. He didn't win BIG bucks so he will not be opening an account in the Caymans.<br />
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We did have a flock of yellow-headed black birds fly across the road on our way to Morton. I saw a hillside that I thought still had a lot of snow on it but it turned out be trillium. We were excited to see a pheasant and blue skies with warm temperatures. On the way back to St. Paul we saw a number of lakes with pelicans. We did not take any pictures but I just want to send another message that spring is here.<br />
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<a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-headed_Blackbird/id" target="_blank">https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-headed_Blackbird/id</a><br />
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Lost one of the swans to?jachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15422725901794974318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784218938127939046.post-14313068008539826452016-02-08T16:03:00.001-06:002016-02-08T16:03:39.991-06:00Photo and sighting of the day.<br />
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Winners of the 2015 FSSPCC Photo Contest!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17637733125567322058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7784218938127939046.post-91766061720300834312016-01-18T08:17:00.001-06:002016-01-18T08:17:10.466-06:00<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here we are at West Photo! It looks even better in person and you are invited to stop by. West is at <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 12.896px;">21 NE University Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55413. A HUGE thank you to John Anderson for all his work in arranging this gallery showing.</span></span><br />
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