Moonrise over Lake Harriet

The moon rising over sailboats on Lake Harriet, a few blocks from my house in Southwest Minneapolis.


This was a 30 second exposure, which is the longest exposure that you can shoot on a Nikon D200 without using the manual "bulb" setting (which requires you to use a stopwatch and a shutter release cable).

My basic approach for night shots like this is to set the shutter speed to 30 seconds, ISO 800, and then adjust the aperture to get the image I want.

Yum Chocolate!

Haley's dad Dan, keeps the messy chocolate girl at arms length.

Making the play

Derrick White of the St Paul Saints minor league baseball team slides for a catch under the lights at Midway Stadium in St Paul.

The tree of hearts

An aspen tree near Frisco, Colorado.

Happy smile

Sylvia was actually in midair jumping in the inflatable "jumpy house" at the moment that this picture was taken. Normally I would delete an image with closed eyes, but I something about this one caught my attention...