Twin Cities Walking Blog: Innsbruck Nature Center

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Innsbruck Nature Center in the evening

New set of steps put in by Twin Cities Tree Trust. They did a great job with improvements in the center. This shot leaves me thinking something wonderful is waiting up there at the top of the steps.

I just like tree branches against the sky - they look happy.

Spring hasn't quite arrived at the pond with the island yet. The water level is very low - I probably won't get this angle again. There are already two Canadian geese and a couple pairs of ducks calling this home, so I may be able to get some little fuzzies swimming around in a few months.

Here are a few more from the Nature Center. These were taken about 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. I was too tired to head to a park - I love having a wooded are within walking distance.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Innsbruck in Spring

I didn't get out until 6:00 in the evening for these. I knew the light would be a challenge, but went for it anyway. Out of about 200 shots, I had trouble finding any to post. The disadvantage to a point and shoot is that you can't alter the "film speed", and low light shots are hard to keep in focus without a tripod.

I'm considering this for a microstock submission. I think it would make a great background or header image.

The evening light was not quite enough to keep the film speed level to where I didn't get blurry shots, but I do love the color of the new leaves.

I had to shoot this guy about 10 times to get anything usable. Wind is not your friend when shooting plants.

I just kept messing around in the image editor I use. This is a negative effect along with adjusting the noise level. I think it's my favorite of that particular walk.

I don't believe any of these are of high enough focus for microstock submission, but if you view them at less than 100 percent, they still work on the computer screen.