I am privileged to have been an amateur photographer for 5 decades. I almost know what I’m doing now. The pictures below are some of my recent stuff. Hope you enjoy!
BONUS: other than the soft focus shots, many of these are fairly high resolution pictures so you can blow them up for more detail by clicking on a picture. Click Return arrow to continue.
Background: for low-light & night shots, I often use time-lapse (slow) shutter speeds for greater light-gathering. I try to keep color as natural as possible. I use only simple techniques like zoom, cropping and minor adjustments to brightness and contrast. Colors may seem surreal but they are NOT Photo-shopped except those described as “edited”.
Newest pictures added at the top, oldest at the bottom.
Last updated August 24, 2018
– Gerold
LIGHTHOUSE REFLECTED IN RISING SUN
Smoke from distant forest fires reddens the light.
August 24, 2018
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ELECTRICAL STORM
(Time lapse) July 8, 2018
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FULL MOON OVER SIBLEY PENINSULA
March 31, 2018
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MORNING SUN RAYS OVER THE SLEEPING GIANT
Feb. 17, 2018
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FALLING LEAVES.
That’s why we call this season ‘Fall.’
October 8, 2017
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ELECTRICAL STORM’S CLOUD-TO-CLOUD LIGHTNING #1
September 22, 2017
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ELECTRICAL STORM’S CLOUD-TO-CLOUD LIGHTNING #2
September 22, 2017
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SHIP AT ANCHOR BY PRE-DAWN SLEEPING GIANT
September 1, 2017
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FOREST FIRE SMOKE TINTS THE SKY AND RISING SUN
Sept. 13, 2017
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INTENSE SUNRISE OVER CITY NORTHEND
August 3, 2017
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CANADA’S LARGEST FIREWORKS DISPLAY #1
Fort William Historical Park
July 21, 2017
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CANADA’S LARGEST FIREWORKS DISPLAY #2
Fort William Historical Park
July 21, 2017
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SAILBOAT ANCHORED BY LIGHTHOUSE
July 15, 2017
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AFTER THE ICE STORM
Boulevard Lake, April 27, 2017
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RARE MOONLIT MIST ANCHOR
Dec. 13, 2016
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DUSK FULL MOON OVER NORTH END
Dec. 13, 2016
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MIST HIDDEN ANCHOR
Dec. 13, 2016
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DUSK LIGHTHOUSE IN FULL MOON REFLECTION
Nov. 14, 2016
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BRIGHT FULL MOON SPARKLING WAVE ANCHOR
Nov. 14, 2016
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SLEEPING GIANT SUNRISE
Oct. 22, 2016
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ORANGE & PURPLE SUNRISE ANCHOR
Sept. 21, 2016
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SPPOOKY CLOUD-HID MOON OVER THE BAY
Sept 17, 2016
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FOG LIFTS AMIDST A CONSPIRACY OF RAVENS
Sept. 17, 2016
It’s unusual for three ships to anchor so closely together for a group shot. Thank Ye, Cap’ns.
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PUFFY ORANGE CLOUDS OVER THE SLEEPING GIANT
Sept. 14, 2016
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NORTH END PURPLE SUNRISE
Aug. 29, 2016
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PURPLE SUNRISE ANCHOR
Aug. 18, 2016
Getting a lot of purple at the end of this summer
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ORANGE SUNRISE ANCHOR (SAME SHIP 2 MINUTES LATER) Aug. 18, 2016
It’s amazing how sunrise color changes so fast!
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RESTORED 4-ENGINE B-17 BOMBER
On display at Thunder Bay Airport Aug. 3, 2016
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RESTORED TWIN-ENGINE B-25 BOMBER
On display at Thunder Bay Airport Aug. 3, 2016
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FOG-ENSHROUDED LAKER ANCHOR
July 7, 2016
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PINK SUNRISE ANCHOR
June 15, 2016
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GOLDEN MOONLIGHT ANCHOR
June 11, 2016
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SUN PEEPING OVER SLEEPING GIANT
May 24, 2016
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NEW MOON OVER SIBLEY PENINSULA
May 4, 2016
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SLEEPING GIANT ON A FOG BED
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BLACK & WHITE HARBOR VIEW
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LIGHTHOUSE PINK PRE-DAWN BLUES
March 2016
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SLEEPING GIANT PRE-DAWN ANCHOR
Nov. 2015
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TWO SHIPS IN MOONLIT GLOW
Oct. 2015
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INTENSE RED SUNRISE
Oct. 2015
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MOONLIT ANCHOR
Sept. 2015
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Great West Timber saw mill ablaze on Thunder Bay’s waterfront June 17, 2015
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LOST SLEEPING GIANT FOG ANCHOR
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PINK SUNRISE FOG BANK ANCHOR
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MULTI-COLOR CLOUD SUNRISE
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FULL MOON with UNUSUAL CORONA
Apr 4, 2015
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SIBLEY SUNRISE
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LIGHTHOUSE IN FULL MOON REFLECTION
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SUNRISE, LAKER, RAVEN & MOTOR BOAT
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LIGHTHOUSE BLUES
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MARINA CONDOS AT DAWN
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PINK PRE-DAWN ANCHOR
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Lunar eclipse October 8, 2014
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SEPTEMBER SIBLEY SUNRISE
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CANADA DAY JULY 1ST 2014 FIREWORKS – 1
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CANADA DAY JULY 1ST 2014 FIREWORKS – 3
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MISTY PICTURES END ONCE ICE FORMS
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FLOATING IN AIR – FOG EFFECT
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NIGHT ORANGE MIST ANCHOR
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BLACK AND WHITE EVENING GRAIN ELEVATORS
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TWO SHIPS IN DAYLIGHT MIST
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SHIP ENGULFED IN EARLY MORNING MIST
Freezing air temperatures colder than lake water causes mist until ice sets in.
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TWO SHIPS MOONLIT ANCHOR
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SLEEPING GIANT SUNRISE AUTUMN
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TWO SHIPS MISTY DAYLIGHT ANCHOR
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DRIZZLY AUTUMN MORNING
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2 SHIPS BLUE DAWN ANCHOR
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2 SHIPS DAWN MISTY ANCHOR
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4 SHIPS MISTY ANCHOR
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SAILBOATS JOSTLE THROUGH BREAKWATER OPENING
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CSL LAKER, SAILBOATS & FLOATPLANE LANDING
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BRIGHT LIT NIGHT ANCHOR
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HWY 6 THOMPSON, MANITOBA
THEY MEAN IT
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1 LOADED, LOW & UNDERWAY. 2 ANCHORED, EMPTY, RIDING HIGH & AWAITING BERTH
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PURPLE SKY ANCHOR 2
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ORANGE SUNRISE LIGHTHOUSE RAVEN
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CLOUDY SUN LIGHTHOUSE
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DAWN BOAT TO LIGHTHOUSE
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MULTI-COLORED DAWN RAVEN
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SUNRISE BAY REFLECTION WITH BOAT
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SUNRISE BEHIND CLOUDS
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SEPIA CHURCHES
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LIGHTHOUSE DAWN
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ORANGE DAWN BAY
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MULTI-COLORED SAILBOATS
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GOLD MORNING CLOUDS
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TUG & SAIL BOAT – THEY MISSED
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GOLD CITY DAWN
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SUNRISE SHIP REFLECTION 1
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SUNRISE SHIP REFLECTION 2
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RISING SUN REFLECTION
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FLOAT PLANE OVER LIGHTHOUSE
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MOONLIT BAY & CITY LIGHTS
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LOADED LAKER LEAVING LAKEHEAD
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LIGHTHOUSE IN THUNDER BAY’S SUNRISE REFLECTION
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WISPY CLOUD MOON
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HAZY AUGUST MORNING
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RISING SUN WITH RAVEN
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STILL WATER REFLECTION ANCHOR
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SAILING ROUND LIGHTHOUSE
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SUNSET GLOW GOLD ELEVATORS
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CAN’T HAVE A RAINBOW WITHOUT RAIN
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FULL MOON OVER SLEEPING GIANT
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SØRLANDET (Norwegian for “southland”)
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PIE ISLAND FOGGY SUMMER
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HARBOR SUNRISE
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SUNRISE REFLECTION
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FOGGY MORNING
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STORM CLOUDS ROLL OVER THE CITY
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AFTER THE STORM
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FRIGATE NCSM VILLE DE QUEBEC
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NORTHERN MANITOBA DECEMBER SUNDOWN
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MIDWINTER THOMPSON
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HORSE STABLE MANITOBA WINTER
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ICE-BREAKING TUG JAMES WHALEN built 1905
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LAKE SUPERIOR N.W. SHORE IN WINTER
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NOVEMBER CHRISTMAS CACTUS BLOOMING
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FOG ENSHROUDED
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PROVENCHER BRIDGE WITH THE CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE BACKGROUND
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THE FORKS, WINNIPEG, VIEW FROM UNDER BRIDGE
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THE FORKS, WINNIPEG, VIEW FROM BRIDGE
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SCULPTURE ON NORWOOD BRIDGE, WINNIPEG
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GRASS RIVER RAPIDS ABOVE PISEW FALLS PROVINCIAL PARK
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13 M / 42.7 FT. DROP, TURNS LEFT AND JETS DOWN A GORGE
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BELOW PISEW FALLS
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PISEW FALLS FROM THE OBSERVATION DECK
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ROBERT BATEMAN WOLF MURAL ON HIGHLAND TOWERS, THOMPSON, MANITOBA.
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SPOOKY SUNRISE
Sept 18, 2012
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High-rise spider web
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From one extreme size to another …
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Usual suspect holding up Cat 795F front wheel
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Fearless Merlin (falcon) aka Pigeon Hawk dining on downed pigeon
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AUGUST SUNRISE SUN
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MOONLIT BAY
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GOLD SUNSET CLOUD
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FULL MOON OVER THE GIANT
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Kakabeka Falls after flooding May 2012 rains
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Morning rainclouds almost cover the soggy Sleeping Giant. So dark that seagulls are flying back to roost
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The Sleeping Giant from Thunder Bay Marina over-look
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View thru the Silver Islet General Store kitchen window.
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The Sea Lion with the ‘other side’ of the Sleeping Giant in the background. This is the ‘Giant’ seen from the side away from Thunder Bay.
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Ship anchored in sunlit bay
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MOON CRASHING & BURNING
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Kakabeka Falls, Mar. 25, 2012. The tea-colored water contains tannin leached from pine and spruce needles on forest floor. After heavy rain it’s a chocolate brown.
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Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker Samuel Risley inspecting the harbor seawall and signalling the start of another shipping season for the Port of Thunder Bay
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Distant fog enshrouded grain elevator seems to float on air
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Lutsens’ Eagle Mountain Bridge lift through condos
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Below is a video from the gondola descending the steep side of Lutsen MN’s Moose Mountain
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Harbor sunrise
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Sailboat emerging from the fog
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Breakwall lighthouse with the Sleeping Giant in the background
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Restored WW II Lancaster bomber
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postcard-like Toronto night skyline captured from Toronto City Island ferry as fog lifts
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Toronto mid-winter dusk light on midtown
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city under fog blanket
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3 anchored sailboats in fog & seagull on lamp post
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Samuel Risley breaking ice for Canada Steamship Line laker
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elevator windows in sunrise glow
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sunset epic cloud rainbow
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Ouimet Canyon, NW Ontario 100 M deep has rare Arctic flora found 1,000 K north
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feathery clouds – more fodder for chemtrail conspirators
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lightning bolt
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lighthouse rainbow
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sailboats outside breakwall
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Guess Who concert Cape Canaveral 50th Anniversary 2008
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alligator Everglades
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first snow night
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ghost ship, floats on air
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green Lake Superior
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fog bottom elevators
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eerie night fog shroud
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“rain, rain, go away”
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fog Marina
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half sun sunrise
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Foggy city lights
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unsettled harbor sunrise
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light house sunrise
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oversize load Cat 795F AC chassis
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harvest moon over elevator – medium edit
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Clelia II departing Thunder Bay
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sailboats blue
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ice racing, studded class
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No, it did not hit the high-rise, but somewhere behind it
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Norwood winter night
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sundog
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gold hoar frost trees morning sun
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Fishin’ in the rain. Buddies further down the channel.
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Sunrise mist on secret lake
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HMS Bounty replica (1/3 larger than original to accommodate large modern actors). Lost at sea during Hurricane Sandy
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July 4 fireworks
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That’s all folks. Hope you enjoyed. New pictures are occasionally added at the top.
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Wooow… less than 100 comments!!… I have to take advantage of this and write my comment on your web site… ok… what should I write??… mmm, I don’t think my criminal history would help me gain your sympathy, uh?? haha… anyway, I would like to say that I think you’re a fabulous blogger and writer… so, thanks for that.. now I know I’m not a robot. well, this post is gettin’ too long to be read, so i’ll stop now…
Thanks for stopping by to leave a comment. Hey, you too could be a blogger…
Gerold : T Bay in your 180 panorama , has a grey Gulag Quality . were you there recently or is it Edmonton in winter Ha
Clyde
Yeah, it’s hard to say what’s what with the unsettled weather everyone is having… it’s somewhere in Canada I think.
Wow, very impressive photos, Gerold. I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite; One of the sunrise photos perhaps….? Well done!
Thanks, Carola. I’m just glad the blog host has so much higher resolution for photos than FB.