Beautiful dogs

My favorite lake in the Twin Cities area is White Bear Lake.  There are fun activities held at many times of the year at this lake and yesterday I attended a dogsledding show on the lake.  The Huskies are some of the most beautiful dogs there are, here are two from yesterday waiting their turn to run.

2012 Project

At the end of this year my photographs will be hanging on the art gallery walls in the visitor center at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Bloomington, which is right down by the Mall of America.  I a very excited because this is the perfect place to display my passion for nature and wildlife.  I will have the space for December 2012 and January 2013.

With the help of my friend Brenda, I have entitled the show, "Secret Moments in Nature".  (I have to give her credit because she came up with the awesome title).  I know how quickly a year goes so I have started to finalize my plans for the show and will start ordering prints and framing them up.  The trickiest part is deciding which photographs I want to use and I will have to save some space for photographs I haven't taken yet.  It's just All So Fun!

Here are 3 photos of the wall space that I took a few weeks ago so I could envision which photos I want where.  I especially like the low curved wall for some reason.

White Egret Landing

This is one of my favorite bird to photograph, the White Egret.  I have found it very challenging to photograph this bird as they are more skittish than your average bird.  I just think the White Egret is so beautiful and with patience and perseverance sometimes I get lucky!

I was on my way to the gas station the other night and was in awe of the beautiful full moon in front of me.  I kept driving and headed to my favorite local lake (White Bear Lake) and ended up having a full moon photo shoot for an hour.  This ended up being my favorite photo.  It is near a small family owned business called Tally's Dockside where I often go in the summer to read and watch the boats come and go.  It was fun to be there in the dead of winter in the dark all by myself.

Water Droplets

I am pretty sure I will never get tired of photographing water drips and droplets.  Whenever I come across a drip scene, I forget all time and become completely absorbed in the moment of photographing.   And that my dear friend, is a good thing.

Swan Reflection

This trumpeter swan seems to be checking out his reflection.