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  1. Bob Israel

    Northern Lights, Southern Minnesota

    It's rare for the northern light to be this good this far south. Of course iI'm not complaining!
  2. Bob Israel

    Autumn in Minnesota

    I just returned home from a visit with mom. I thought the leaves would be past peak but I was wrong. Everything is bathed in a yellow glow! #1 #2 #3 #4
  3. Bob Israel

    Best Image Stabilization Ever!

    I'm in the process of migrating to the Hasselblad X2D II. I have only one lens at the moment, a 55/2.5. The image stablization of this camera is incredible. This shot was taken handheld with a shutter speed of 0.6s. I think I could go longer. Besides this feature, the camera is a joy to...
  4. Bob Israel

    Sagrada Familia

    First, I must apologize for my absence and my wife and I are in the midst of a move. But that's another story for another time. While that's going on, we are in Barcelona followed by Provence, France and end with a couple of days in Paris. Today, we visited the Sagrada Familia. While I've...
  5. Bob Israel

    Backpacking along the PCT near Snoqualmie

    I'm just back from a 5-day backpacking trip with my son and daughter. My camera for this trip was the diminutive Leica D-Lux 8. It turned out be a great backpacking camera.
  6. Bob Israel

    Storms Rolling In

    I've been trying to capture lightning from the many storms we've had of late. Usually, the rain comes in early and then the lightning. Tonight, was different and I was able to capture lightning coming towards me.
  7. Bob Israel

    Storm over Badlands

    We watched as this clouds moved in. Didn't amount to much in the way of rain but the winds picked up and the sky was dramatic.
  8. Bob Israel

    Badlands, SD

    Just back from a quick trip to Badlands National Park. Last time I was there was in 2014. I love the unique landscape features here. The weather was decent but not spectacular for photography. I did catch this sunrise with some glow in the clouds.
  9. Bob Israel

    Little Waterfall

    Found this little waterfall on a stream in Keystone, CO. It was almost right next door to my friends place so it was easy to get to.
  10. Bob Israel

    Driftwood

    I found this piece of driftwood washed up on shore. It had some interesting texture. Threw a polarizer and 10-stop ND on the GF 23/4.
  11. Bob Israel

    Canadian Wildfire Influenced Sunset

    The wildfires in Canada are extending down to the Twin Cities. Our air quality is been very poor over the last several days. Kind of reminds me of LA in the late 60s/70s. The only benefit has been sunset
  12. Bob Israel

    NGC 2403

    It's been quite some time since I imaged anything with my scope but last night I fired up the Celestron Origin and imaged NGC 2403. The resulting image needed to be cropped and then resized in Topaz Gigapixel. Otherwise, my normal workflow of stacking and processing in Pixinsight followed by...
  13. Bob Israel

    Hidden Falls

    Well, hidden in name only. This little waterfall is in the Big Woods State Park in Nerstrand, MN. Even though it was morning, the light was a bit harsh since the trees have not fully leafed out yet. In any case, it was a great opportunity for me to test out my new Freewell M2 magnetic filters...
  14. Bob Israel

    Two from Tonight

    After some overcast and cloudy days and nights, the skies cleared enough to light up the skies. Both are 4-image panos.
  15. Bob Israel

    Another night, another sunset

    We're on a sunset roll the past couple of weeks. Like snowflakes, everyone is different. Decided to shoot at water's edge tonight.
  16. Bob Israel

    It's Sunset Season on Minnetonka

    Last night's sky showed lots of potential . . . and then it didn't. And then for a brief minute after the sunset had set, this.
  17. Bob Israel

    Thank you mother nature, may I have another . . .

    Sunset that is!
  18. Bob Israel

    Dogwood over the Merced

    Rummaging through some past photos and came to one of my favorites from a 1 on 1 workshop with William Neill. It was a wonderful 3 days with an incredible photographer and really nice guy. Great memories of this workshop which was gifted to me.
  19. Bob Israel

    Speedy Clouds

    Wind gusts at 30-35 mph this afternoon and the clouds were moving fast. So, loaded a 10-stop ND and polarizer on the 32-64/4 and exposed for 2 minutes.
  20. Bob Israel

    Another Day, Another Sunset

    This is the time of year to take advantage of my view. I thought this sunset would develop into something more but this was as good as it got. Love the rays coming through the clouds. Cropped the sky up top as it did nothing for the image.
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