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
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 [...]
Read More autumn, birch tree, Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, treesGreat Lakes in Autumn
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 [...]
Read More autumn, fall photographyNature Photography Tips: Autumn Sunlight Provides Drama
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 [...]
Read More autumn, light, Mark S. Carlson, nature photography tipsMichigan’s Copper Country, Bold & Beautiful in Autumn
…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 [...]
Read More autumn, Eco-Photo Tours, Mark S. Carlson, Upper Peninsula, Waterfalls, wildflowers, WildlifeBlooms of Sleeping Bear Dunes: Smooth Rose
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, [...]
Read More Eco-Photo Excursions, Leelanau Peninsula, Mark S. Carlson, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, smooth rose, wildflowersFeatured Alumni Photo: Green-Tinted Trillium
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 [...]
Read More alumni, Craig Stoehre, featured alumni photo, Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Spring, trillium, wildflowersMichigan’s Nodding Trillium
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, [...]
Read More Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Spring, trillium, wildflowersMichigan’s Bent Trillium
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 [...]
Read More bent trillium, Mark S. Carlson, Spring, trillium, wildflowersMichigan’s Trillium of the Snow
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 [...]
Read More Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, snow trillium, Spring, trillium, wildflowersFeatured Alumni Photo: Birch Trees in Black & White
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’. [...]
Read More featured alumni photo, Mark S. Carlson, Seasonal Photography, Shane Wyatt, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, winter photographyRed Trillium – Harbinger of a Michigan Spring
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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