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Michigan’s Copper Country Photography Tour – Bold & Beautiful in Autumn

Posted by admin - October 23, 2013 - Autumn, Eco-photo tour, Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Upper Peninsula, Waterfalls
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Copper Country Eco-Photo Tour | Great Lakes Photo Tours

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for “all thing Autumn” Michigan’s Copper Country Color Tour: Copper country is a destination for all things autumn in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. From the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula to the rolling terrain of Porcupine Mountains State Park, the northwest territory of Michigan offers some of the most scenic beauty in this [...]

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Moments in Nature: Paper-Birch Tree

Posted by admin - September 30, 2013 - Mark S. Carlson, Moments in Nature, Seasonal Photography, Trees
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Paper Birch trees mixed with red maples and evergreens in autumn; ©markscarlson.com | Great Lakes Photo Tours

Celebration of the Paper Birch Tree Moments in Nature: Paper Birch Tree. Today’s post didn’t start out to be a celebration of paper birch trees, but that’s exactly what’s happening. As you’ve probably surmised by now, I love paper birch trees. If you like them too, here’s more information you may appreciate. Paper Birch (Betula [...]

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Great Lakes in Autumn

Posted by admin - September 18, 2013 - Autumn, Eco-Photo Excursion, Eco-photo tour, Seasonal Photography
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stair case falls along the East Branch of the Huron River, Baraga Co., MI; ©markscarlson.com | Great Lakes Photo Tours

Colorful, Peaceful, Dramatic Autumn, the most colorful time of the year, offers photographers some of the best photo opportunities of all four seasons. Crisp, clear skies fill the viewfinder. Brilliant color surrounds you on all sites. Billowing clouds blanket the skies with dramatic shapes. This Autumn, Great Lakes Photo Tours invites you to venture to [...]

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Nature Photography Tips: Autumn Sunlight Provides Drama

Posted by admin - August 28, 2013 - Autumn, Mark S. Carlson, Photography-tips, Seasonal Photography, Uncategorized
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Old farmstead at sunrise beneath a heavy clouds ©Mark S. Carlson | Great Lakes Photo Tours

Autumn sun provides for dramatic photos. Nature Photography Tips: Autumn often yields dramatic lighting situations for photography. When the sun is at it’s very lowest angle, like just after sunrise or just before sunset, a heavily clouded day can become special. The light seems to be more intense coming across the landscape beneath an otherwise [...]

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Michigan’s Copper Country, Bold & Beautiful in Autumn

Posted by admin - July 20, 2013 - Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Upcoming Tours & Excursions, Upper Peninsula, Waterfalls
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Upper Peninsula waterfalls, Huron River, Baraga, MI, ©Mark S. Carlson | Great Lakes Photo Tours

…From falling waters to falling color. Michigan’s Copper Country, Bold & Beautiful in Autumn Copper country is a destination for all things autumn in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula From the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula to the rolling terrain of Porcupine Mountains State Park, the northwest territory of Michigan offers some of the most scenic beauty [...]

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Blooms of Sleeping Bear Dunes: Smooth Rose

Posted by admin - June 24, 2013 - Leelanau Peninsula, Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Wildflowers
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Smooth Rose at Sleeping Bear Dunes Empire Bluffs, ©Mark S. Carlson | Great Lakes Photo Tours

The wild, but not Irish, rose. Blooms of Sleeping Bear Dunes – Smooth Rose: The scenic views at Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore speak for themselves in majesty and drama, but the Smooth Rose provides stunning compliments to the landscape with its colorful blooms. The plant is called “Smooth Rose” because, unlike their thorny cousin, [...]

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Featured Alumni Photo: Green-Tinted Trillium

Posted by admin - June 17, 2013 - Featured Alumni Photo, Mark S. Carlson, Photography-tips, Seasonal Photography, Spring, Wildflowers
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Green Trillium, ©Craig Stoehre | Great Lakes Photo Tours

Featured alumni photo of a green-tinted trillium. Featured Alumni Photo: This past May 11th, we conducted our Ephemeral Spring Eco~Photo Excursion at Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The trillium were magnificent! One of our participants, Craig Stoehre, captured a photo of a Green-tinted trillium (T. grandiflorum). The green coloration is caused by a virus [...]

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Michigan’s Nodding Trillium

Posted by admin - May 21, 2013 - Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Wildflowers
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Trillium, Nodding, blossom against tree trunk, ©Mark S. Carlson | Great Lakes Photo Tours

Nodding Trillium of Michigan – a shy but beautiful wildflower. Michigan Nodding Trillum. Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum) could be considered the shyest trillium of our eight species native to the Great Lakes region because it hides its blossom beneath a tight whorl of broad, ovate leaves. Its habitat varies from mixed coniferous-hardwoods in the north, [...]

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Michigan’s Bent Trillium

Posted by admin - April 25, 2013 - Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Spring, Wildflowers
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Bent Trillium, ©Mark S. Carlson | Great Lakes Photo Tours

Bent Trillium (Trillium flexipes) is perhaps the most confusing of the eight-trillium species native to the Great Lakes region. Also known as ‘Drooping’ or ‘White’ trillium, it often hybridizes with Red Trillium (T. erectum) and Nodding Trillium (T. cernuum), creating even more confusion for the armature botanist. It occurs in 20 Michigan counties, down the [...]

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Michigan’s Trillium of the Snow

Posted by admin - April 10, 2013 - Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Spring, Uncategorized, Wildflowers
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Snow Trillium in snow, ©Mark S. Carlson | Great Lakes Photo Tours

Trilliums of Michigan – Snow Trillium, a threatened species. Michigan Snow Trillium: Snow Trillium (Trillium nivale) is the true harbinger of spring of the eight Great Lakes trillium species. Blooming as early as mid-March, it often wakes up under a blanket of snow, hence it’s name, nivale, meaning “of the snow.” In fact, snow trillium [...]

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Featured Alumni Photo: Birch Trees in Black & White

Posted by admin - April 5, 2013 - Eco-Photo Excursion, Featured Alumni Photo, Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Winter
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Birch in Black & White, ©Shane Wyatt | Great Lakes Photo Tours

Featured alumni photo of quiet birch trees and falling snow…in black & white. Our Featured Alumni Photo: Birch Trees in Black & White by Shane Wyatt. Shane joined us on the Leelanau White Eco-Photo Weekend to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and Leelanau County in February 2013. Sometimes photography really can be ‘Point and Shoot’. [...]

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Red Trillium – Harbinger of a Michigan Spring

Posted by admin - March 21, 2013 - Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Wildflowers
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Red Trillium pair beside birch tree ©Mark S. Carlson | Great Lakes Photo Tours

Trilliums of Michigan – Red Trillium Red Trillium of Michigan: After Snow Trillium (T. nivale), “Red Trillium” (T. erectum) is the next trillium species in the Great Lakes region to begin its bloom period. As a result, it’s sometimes referred to as “Wake-robin”. From mid to late April into June, this striking flower of the [...]

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