I’m not big on self portraits, but I found this rock easy chair irresistible. Someone with some extra time on their hands made this throne on the shore of Green Bay in Door Bluff County Park. It actually was pretty comfortable and I spent a good half hour enjoying the early morning calm on Lake Michigan. Next time I need to bring my canoe, I’ve always been intimidated by big, cold, rough seas of the great lakes, but the whole time I’ve been here it’s been calmer out on Lake Michigan than a hotel swimming pool.

This photo below was a last ditch effort to use some of the last light of the day. I was actually heading back to the hotel when I came across this one. It always pays to shoot one last photo. It’s not a great photo, but it made me feel like the day was more productive.

This photo I’m not thrilled about, but I guess I’ll post it on the blog. I took my chances at sunset to put on the long lens and head down the water where I had been seeing a lot of ducks with the idea that I’d capture some of the wakes behind the ducks on Lake Michigan. (yes it was that calm) But the ducks didn’t cooperate, so I settled for a shot of the sun through some cattails. Not hugely original, but here it is.

I know a lot of nature photographers have a no-manmade-objects policy. Can’t say I’ve made up my mind on that entirely. But with a forecast for fog this morning I set my alarm for 5 am. I thought the Bailey’s Harbor Range Lighthouse might make an interesting shot in fog. Unfortunately the fog never materialized, but here is the photo. I haven’t figured out yet whether I’m attached to the photo because I got up at 5 am to shoot it, or if it’s just a lame mundane photo. I think I’ll take a nap and see how I feel about it after some sleep.

My first day in Door county was fairly successful for having just arrived this afternoon. I headed to Peninsula State Park where I came across this “stump with character” on the bottom side of a bluff wall. I was originally thinking I’d shoot the entire bluff, but as I walked closer through the woods nothing jumped out at me. I kept going closer and heading farther east (and up a pretty steep rocky incline) looking for something. Stubbornness paid off when I found this stump.  I’m happy for the first day of shooting, I honestly didn’t expect to get anything today other than finding some locations for future shooting.