My Northern Landscapes 2012 – a Lake Superior Calendar features pictures from Grand Marais area of Lake Superior. Four of the images come from the surrounding area; they represent George Washington Pines, the Flute Reed River, flowers near my house and the northern lights over Northern Lights Lake. The rest are from Lake Superior. The
The Minnesota northern lights were out tonight, so we drove up the Gunflint looking for a good location to view them. It turned out that Northern Lights Lake provided the best view. We watched them dance above our heads for hours. For about a half hour, they were so bright that the almost full moon
The Lake Superior shoreline along Minnesota’s north shore and the Boundary Waters are among the most scenic locations in North America for landscape photography. The granite and basalt cliffs offer natural leading lines and interesting jagged breaks and cracks that work well for picture’s foregrounds. The Sawtooth Mountains work as great backgrounds. The lake is
This small creek near Cutface Creek rarely runs in the summer, so if you want to photograph it, you must get there in the spring. This is the biggest waterfall on the creek. It’s about 8 feet high. The USGS topo maps call this Rosebush Creek, but long-time Grand Marais and north shore residents call
Nine photographers joined me for a Spring Waterfall Photography Workshop this last weekend. In a busy schedule we photographed many of the major falls along the north shore of Lake Superior during a oddly cold and blizzard like spring storm. During the workshop, we experienced weather down to 19F and up to 40F. It snowed
Northern Lights over Northern Lights Lake, originally uploaded by Bryan Hansel. On March 10, 2011, a coronal mass ejection hit Earth and sparked northern lights that reached as far south as Madison, Wis. Here’s the northern lights dance over Northern Lights Lake. Grand Marais, MN. (110311-120) This was a really cool event. About 11pm, I
In the winter, the combination of all day golden-hour light, sea fog, ice and open water make Lake Superior’s shoreline and tributaries the premier winter photo destination in the Midwest. The best month to photograph the area is February, because the sun sets and rises over Lake Superior and the rivers are solid ice which
Calm, originally uploaded by Bryan Hansel. Compass and Navigation Skill Workshop Min: 4 Max: 20 Price: $10 Date: Monday, November 8th Time: 6:30 – 8:00 Location: Cook County Community Education Don’t get lost in the woods. When you learn navigation, you’ll know where you are and where you have been and how to find the
I wanted a calendar of my favorite images from, mainly, the last year, so I put one together. It’s available for purchase. You should check it out and buy my Northern Landscapes 2010 Calendar here. – You should follow me on Twitter Here.
Nusfjord Norway Pano, originally uploaded by Bryan Hansel. Stitched Panorama of 17 images shot from a hand-held Canon G9. I used Autopano Pro with just a little tweaking the control points to fix a broken waterline on the fjord’s inlet. Taken in 2008 in Nusfjord, Norway.
