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spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 31 Jul 2009, 16:10

Posted this 'elsewhere' but thought I'd share it here as well, since this forum seems to have a little more traffic.

A man gets to enjoy 80 summers if he's lucky, so go see what I did to ensure enjoyment of one of mine.

See what a spacekdet does on his summer vacation.

Grab the free textures at the end of the gallery if they appeal to you.
Hit the somewhat hidden links to the largest, un-watermarked size.

Thanks for watching!

Prodigy · Post by **Prodigy** » 31 Jul 2009, 19:33

Great place, thank for share..

Musikman · Post by **Musikman** » 03 Aug 2009, 18:33

Hi Spacekdet,

80 summers.....is that all we get??

Nice pix, that looks like a beautiful place to relax! That lake is so big it looks like the ocean out there!

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 26 Sep 2009, 02:04

A grab-bag of a gallery, haven't done much shooting since I came back from up north.
The summer that barely was is now officially over.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 26 Sep 2009, 02:30

Nice pics.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 01 Oct 2009, 19:44

The stix are starting to change colors.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 05 Oct 2009, 23:02

It's progressing quickly.
Includes a couple free skymaps (hit 'zoom' for 1024X768 version)

edit: whoops, excuse the watermark on the zoom version, feel free to clone it out.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 06 Oct 2009, 11:30

Really nice pics there spacekdet. My favorite time of year
for backpacking. Love all the colors in your photos.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 08 Oct 2009, 00:52

Some night time shots this time.
Out on the dock, about 2 am, windy as hell, moon playing peekaboo as the clouds race by.
Followed by experiments in post-processing... for some reason things looked good on the camera LCD preview but once inside PS...eh, not so much.

Some pushed, some pulled, and a couple that come pretty close to what it actually looked like.

Feel free to snag anything that you might use for an IBL or sky map.
(hit zoom for largest size.)

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 22 Oct 2009, 18:38

Been busy here getting the ranch ready for a long Michigan winter.
One of the chores is bringing in the boats, dock and swimming raft.
We let the season run a little longer than usual hoping for a length of warrn fall weather... it never happened.
Yesterday it flirted with 60 F (15.5 C) so we figured that was as good as it was going to get.
Here's a fun character I found happily swimming in the rainwater that collected in the sailboat. More info at Google.
There's nothing to show scale, but trust me when I say he was at least finger-length.
PS: the water was cold. There was shrinkage.
The only thing big in that lake was the bug and some fish.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 22 Oct 2009, 19:22

I get 404 on the picture but Google shows the bug. Big!

Y'all rent boats or something?

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 08 Nov 2009, 02:51

Brother is wrapping up his latest project.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 08 Nov 2009, 03:46

Nice.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 08 Nov 2009, 13:12

I love these old cars, and this one looks like fun. The colors are nice too.
Was it originally a delivery truck or has it been modified?

I can tell the "project" is the car, look at all those leaves...

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 18 Nov 2009, 18:56

Yes it was a fairly rare (only 1500 produced) model.
Not sure what it's history of use was (1936 was a long time ago) but now it's once again looking and driving nice.
Finally got caught up to the leaves...with maple trees you sometimes have to just let them do their thing for a while. About the only thing still holding leaves are the weeping willows, which are golden yellow. First to sprout, last to fall.

Now that winter is coming I like to plan next year's backpacking trips and recall previous ones.
Here is a great trip report and photos from a couple who visited one of my favorite places.
It's the kind of place that when I first visited I knew it would haunt me for the rest of my life...calling me back again and again. Sometimes you just have to live vicariously until circumstances allow you to actually return.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » 19 Nov 2009, 14:37

Your homepage and the sceneries of your place are great. I have got very inspired of your great web site with very nice pictures. I have to redo mine not copying yours but redo it.

My son are chatting with a boy in Michigan and have a wish to go to there. We have serious thinking of sending him for an student exchange to US and he want's to go to the northern parts. The landscape has resemblance with how it looks here in Sweden. What I know there were lots of swedish immigrants who went to Michigan and I can understand them.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 24 Nov 2009, 00:45

Thank you, Tommy, I'm pleased that you like my 'stuff'.

The northern parts of Michigan- or anywhere along the shore of the Lakes- are indeed the more scenic parts. Once you stand on the shore of a freshwater lake that is so big you can't see the other side you'll understand why they are called Great Lakes. If your son is brave enough to visit Michigan in the winter then nothing will scare him! Naturally, it's usually better to visit during the summer, but as an exchange student I guess you have to be here while school is in session.

The Midwest did attract a lot of Scandanavian immigrants - the Upper Peninsula Finns especially are still going strong up there...Sisu!

Closer to home, here is a smorgasbord of photos from around the 'Space Place'.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » 26 Nov 2009, 18:27

I'm impressed that the swedish traditions are exercised in the US.

Thank you a lot for your links. It will be a great help to us. I shall contact the people who are in charge of the swedish organisations and see if they can help us with a student exchange.

The pictures you linked to resembles a lot to the nature in Sweden.
I had have the same scenery out of hte windows of the train to my work last year, 65km away.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 11 Jan 2010, 20:09

Some great shots of the Enchanted Mitten by a whole bunch of photographers.
I especially liked this slideshow from one of my favorite spots along the Lake Superior shoreline.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 11 Jan 2010, 22:33

All good photos and great places. I like that lighthouse with the ice and turnip rock.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 14 Jan 2010, 17:58

Pleasant winter weather this week.

(as usual, hit 'zoom' for larger sizes)

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » 14 Jan 2010, 18:43

There have you got your very nice slideshows of your pictures at the website? I would like to have a similar at my side.

Very nice pictures. We have the same weather here. It's cold beetween -4 to -15 degres Celsius. The good thing is that it's clear and sunny days instead of rain, rain and more rain.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 19 Jan 2010, 00:18

Fog can freeze, just ask the trees.

Dragneye · Post by **Dragneye** » 19 Jan 2010, 08:20

Hey spacekdet
Just wanted to say thanx for the pics.
Here outside NYC, just had one real snow so far. Been having a hope for the last, oh maybe at least 10 years; to have enough snow to build an igloo. Just one of those things I want to do before I die; want to build/sit in a igloo I (and my boy) have built... with a campfire around somewhere. Still waiting
Maybe I should take a drive up your way huh?

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 19 Jan 2010, 17:30

Good pics. Cooold.

Dragneye: I want to build Snowhenge. A small scale replica or representation of Stonehenge. One year there was a lot of snow, maybe enough, in a city park but others got there before me.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 19 Jan 2010, 17:56

Dragneye wrote:...want to build/sit in a igloo I (and my boy) have built... with a campfire around somewhere. Still waiting
Maybe I should take a drive up your way huh? :)

No need to drive this far, the Buffalo Snow Belt ought to do nicely.

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 19 Jan 2010, 19:29

Finis wrote:Good pics. Cooold.

Dragneye: I want to build Snowhenge. A small scale replica or representation of Stonehenge. One year there was a lot of snow, maybe enough, in a city park but others got there before me.

How to do Snowhenge in 28 seconds. I do that some years ago.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 02 Feb 2010, 08:02

Sharpened up the skates and took myself for a spin.
I forgot how much fun that is.
Took some pictures in the fading light while I tried to catch my breath.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 05 Feb 2010, 04:22

Brrrrr. How thick is the ice?

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 05 Feb 2010, 04:59

I should have stuck my foot in the frame for scale.
I'm guessing 6 to 10 inches of ice, from the look of the cracks.
Parts of the lake were mirror smooth due to last week's warm up- the meltwater refroze beautifully when the temps dropped again.
It froze hard followed by big winds which pushed most of the snow away.
Other areas where snowmobiles had driven through the slush were very rough.
Naturally, it snowed the day after I took these pix so all that smooth clear ice is once again covered in white.
Still skate-able, but slower and not nearly as photogenic.
Wish I'd gotten the skates sharpened earlier- it's rare to have that much clear, snow-free ice.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 07 Feb 2010, 04:11

More big wind overnight as the storm that walloped Steinie and Washington DC just skirted us.
Blew some of the ice clear of snow.
While they dug out or shivered with the power off, I laced up the ice skates again.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 09 Feb 2010, 04:17

Ok, this ice skating thing is getting addicting.
Made the rounds (and around and around) on the smoothest section I could find.
Snow drifts make for nice obstacles that formed a figure 8 track.
Took an occasional break and tried not to pant hard enough to shake the camera.
Refraction, transparencies, reflections, textures, bump mapping, lighting, depth of field...everything can be 3D fodder if you just look at it funny.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 27 Feb 2010, 05:56

Skating is done; way too much snow, so I walk around instead.
Some more pix, some of stix.
And another set from a walk in the park.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 17 Mar 2010, 16:45

Winter's back is broken as temps climb above the freezing mark.
Take a hike around the park on an early March day.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 17 Mar 2010, 17:29

Nice pics. Collllld.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 20 Mar 2010, 04:00

Not really... it hit 57 F / 13.8 C. on the day of the hike.
Didn't really need the coat, it ended up stuffed in the backpack.

Today's high? 67 F ! / 19.4 C ... for the last day of winter, that aint bad!
Naturally, tomorrow being the first day of Spring ...yep, they're forecasting snow.
Aint out of the woods yet, but the end is in sight.

Finished about 80% of the spring yardwork / cleanup so no time for pictures.
If I was one of your lawn care customers you'd have had to bring the full crew.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 12 Apr 2010, 17:00

Things have been slow and uneventful.
Spring continues to advance.
A couple sick family members have kept me close to home the last few weeks.
They are on the mend now, so onward and upward.

Like Finis, I'm looking for work and not finding it, hooray for clueless politicians who enjoy demonizing corporations and businesses and paralyzing them with harebrained regulations and unfunded decrees!

But, I digress...oh look, a duck!

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 12 Apr 2010, 17:23

Good luck with your job search Spacekdet.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 04 May 2010, 04:15

April showers, May flowers, blah blah blah.
They forgot to mention the clogged gutters and bee stings.

bitkar · Post by **bitkar** » 04 May 2010, 06:23

i was looking for a job half a year few months back. Just send you cv to everyone and check for job everyday. Keep it under pressure and you will be fine.

btw: making your CV visually interesting and original scores big points, as I find out!

good luck

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 02 Jun 2010, 16:10

The heat is on, and June is bustin' out all over.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 10 Jun 2010, 01:41

A Scratch-N-Sniff kind of thing.
Lucky shots; an LCD viewfinder in bright sun only leaves you guessing.

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 10 Jun 2010, 20:49

Your pictures have a lot of poetry. They are soothing and your site is fun to watch.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 11 Jun 2010, 00:42

Great pics. Yours usually are. I like how you used black and white for one.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 11 Jul 2010, 15:17

Thanks fellas.

Here's a 'one-off', it doesn't say a lot about my housekeeping skills but I like it anyway.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 16 Jul 2010, 16:51

Another mixed media set from mid-summer in Michigan.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 16 Jul 2010, 16:58

You have great gardens at your house.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 17 Jul 2010, 02:19

All the stuff that needs weed-whippin', and there's a lot of it, is just off camera!
Careful framing hides many flaws.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 24 Jul 2010, 17:31

Let's go for a walk and look at the sunset.
Boobie clouds!

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 04 Aug 2010, 16:00

I voted, then I voted with my feet and took a hike.
Bugs weren't too bad until the breeze died down.
Made it out alive.
Also, boobie mushrooms!

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » 06 Aug 2010, 23:37

It's really nice to see your pictures. I would like to go to Michigan and travel around with a RV. Keep on posting!!!!

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 10 Aug 2010, 01:45

Cross-Post to 'Reporting Back'

My photos from the Thunder Over Michigan 2010 Airshow.

As usual, 'Zoom' link gets you a 2048 sized version; the panoramic shots have a link to multi-megabyte giant versions.

Edit: Fixed incorrect links to Giant Size panos; clear your browser cache & review if desired.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 10 Aug 2010, 02:47

Those big panoramas are great. It's like being there.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 28 Aug 2010, 04:42

The year has swung on it's hingepin, there's a nip in the night air and the sunlight stretches out.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 07 Sep 2010, 05:38

A couple research photos for my overdue 'coffee machine', and some of the hummingbird bait.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 16 Sep 2010, 22:26

Hit the Wayback Machine for this one.
Up in the attic and ran across some art school slides circa 1983.
Remember when everyone was afraid of Ronald Reagan?

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 16 Sep 2010, 22:49

That explains everything!!!

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 27 Oct 2010, 23:33

There's a lesson here...

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 28 Oct 2010, 06:45

Self Portrait

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 09 Nov 2010, 05:11

It was calm this morning.

(As usual, more @ the link; 'zoom' for large size)

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 31 Dec 2010, 16:26

All right. The photoblog is back in business.
(which means I finally remembered my ftp setup/password)

Going to have to work backwards to catch up to where I left off in September, but here is the latest batch of Mix Pix.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 12 Feb 2011, 06:20

A flashback to September.
Let's go to the Cabin!

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 12 Feb 2011, 11:22

Do you trout fish behind your cabin in the Manistee?

Is that a plaster guard dog head I see in one of the pictures. (the one with your mom on the porch)
p.s. your Mom sticking her tongue out at you speaks volumes
about the photographer...

Great pictures! Great place!!

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 12 Feb 2011, 17:41

I'm not at liberty to confirm nor deny the existence of trout that may or may not be available by fishing in aforementioned river.

However, I can tell you that the water is cold, clean, and runs consistently over gravelly bottoms and beneath shady pines.

No plaster guard dog, I think that's a bag of peanuts sitting on the picnic table bench that dad was doling out to the squirrels.

Thanks for virtually visiting.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 12 Feb 2011, 20:05

Looks nice but cooold.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 02 Mar 2011, 21:49

Here's one from 106 years ago for you steampunk fans.
Don't miss the High-Def version.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 05 Mar 2011, 23:53

Getting the photoblog caught up, flashback to October or to November.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 07 Mar 2011, 00:27

I like the ones with trees and fog on the water. Some look the same but aren't. They have slightly different moods.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 12 Mar 2011, 02:25

Always wanted to do this; now maybe I won't have to.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 12 Mar 2011, 11:47

At 3:49 in the movie the location is called the "Knife Edge" in Pennsylvania. You walk with a foot on both
sides of the mountain. Scary with a full backpack on.
I know some of the trail goes along or through private property...I love the cow!!!

Dragneye · Post by **Dragneye** » 12 Mar 2011, 19:34

Some Beautiful pics spacekdet!
Thanx for sharing. Nice way to start the day

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 30 Mar 2011, 15:52

How about a little fun with Bing Maps?

Sometimes you find maps within maps.

First example is in Sarnia Ontario Centennial Park.

If your geography is a little rusty, it's a map/model of the Great Lakes.
(Fun Fact: Now try zooming out with your mouse wheel until you see the larger picture!)

Now let's fly downriver to downtown Detroit, where the map within a map gets a wider focus.

Do you have any more examples from your area?

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 05 Apr 2011, 16:48

Crappy time of year when it's not Winter but not Spring either.
Managed to shirk my duties long enough to take a little hike.
Also managed to bring a full memory card for the camera and so only took a few new pics after deleting some old ones.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 17 Apr 2011, 21:23

Really nice set (not by me) from a place I'm dying to return to.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 21 Apr 2011, 18:04

Better than Bird's Eye.

From the Lake Superior Region Blog.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 30 Apr 2011, 06:18

Sneaked out for a hike.
Lots of rain has the swamps and ponds full of water; the frogs seemed happy about it.
Heavy winds have taken their toll on many large trees. Paced off one fallen beech that was an easy 100 feet long... used to be tall.
Life is returning, it's good to see green stuff and things blooming.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 13 May 2011, 05:22

This guy went out to the sticks and took a lot of pics.
Don't miss the 360 view.
All the fun with no bugs or stiff neck.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 13 May 2011, 19:52

Some highlights from the Lake Superior Shoreviewer site.
Have a nice flight!

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 15 May 2011, 04:41

Ho Hum, some more from around the house.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » 16 May 2011, 13:58

I like the range of colors of the pictures. Red and the other colors of green and grey. I have never had thought of matching the colors of the garden with the car. Or is it othervise?????

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