NOT a happy beaver!

[Steve Foss]

Ken and I were scouting along the North Shore for the upcoming workshop, and were poking around the Cascade River. When lo and behold I catch out of the corner of my eye a brown furry catapult rolling down the 45-degree bedrock embankment and into the river!

Someone on the trail above had startled said beaver, and down it tumbled into the sharp current of the cascades above the falls.

We spent a few minutes with it, then left so it could find its way back out of the current. I also added a few images from the rest of the day. Photography per se was not our goal, but when you venture out into the great outdoors with cameras, who knows what will happen?

Please pardon the hot light in some of the images. Many of these amounted to grab shots to document the day, rather than rendering subjects as art.

As an aside, I have two favorites among these images. Anyone care to guess which two?

[finnbay]

Cameras in hand, but more looking than shooting for sure. If I remember correctly, we located 27 or 28 plant species for the workshop, as well as a couple of MAJOR photo locations along the North Shore. As Steve mentioned, our purpose was scouting, so these are incidental shots that came along.

The beaver was not happy!

Horsetail maze:

Steve overlooking and fighting the wind on top of Palisade Head:

Butterflies "puddling" along a rock wall:

Pretty flowers:

And one landscape of the "Shore":

[Steve Foss]

Hey, what are a few 30 mph gusts in the face among friends? Baaaaaaad place to take a pee!

Nice work, pard.

[pushbutton]

Please pardon the hot light in some of the images. Many of these amounted to grab shots to document the day, rather than rendering subjects as art.

You are excused. I only have a cell phone camera and do not know what hot light even is, so did enjoy looking at your "subpar" work anyway. Thanks to both of you for sharing the beauty of your area....except Finnbay's shot of Steve's backside.

[dockothebay]

can't wait

[Steve Foss]

Jackie, bring warm clothing. It's colder by the lake, doncha know!

Pushbutton, hot light is harsh direct overhead sunlight that casts strong shadows. Can't help that when it happens, because we can't control the weather, but in most cases (with a few exceptions) we photograph nature with a nice light overcast sky to difuse the sunlight, or shoot our photos just after sunrise and before sunset on sunny days, when the light is very warm and mellow.

That being said, when wild things happen right in front of you on a sunny midday, ya gotta take the shots!

[finnbay]

70 inland, 52 by the lake today. Sorry about the south end of Steve goin' north, but it was a straight drop to Lake Superior of about 300 feet on the other side, so did what I had to do!

[captainshane]

Steve, what do you call the green plants in #6?

[Steve Foss]

Steve, what do you call the green plants in #6?

[Dave S]

As an aside, I have two favorites among these images. Anyone care to guess which two?

Hot light or not, the pose here appears that someone told this fella (or girl) a good ole "knee slapper".

Woodchuck's chuck wood??? YEAH RIGHT!!!

Don't know about you Steve but this is my favorite of them all.

[Finns]

Same ones I picked.

[hulapopper]

I like the first butterfly and the horsetail! You guys definitely take photographs, not just pictures!!!!

[Steve Foss]

Thanks again.

It's No. 1 and No. 6, BTW.

[Dave S]

I also liked #1 based on how the beaver is hidden in the shot but as you could tell, I was leaning towards the humorous side of things that evening .

GO TO BED!!!!!!!

[JayinMN]

Looks like another great road trip! I am a fan of the little purtple flower shots and the horsetail maze.