I'm on the North Shore of Lake Superior and I'll be here until Monday. Right now the fog is so thick you cant see ten feet in front of you! I've been told that fog is a blessing for photographers, but i don't have very much experience shooting in fog. If someone who has had some experience shooting in fog and on Lake Superior could give me some tips i would definitely appreciate it. Also if someone knows some good spots to shoot landscape photography on the north shore I would love to here them.
I don’t know if you are aware of it or not but they had a severe Ice storm about a month ago along the North Shore above Split Rock. When I was in the area a little over a week ago there were still lots of trees down. The Minnesota DNR site has some pictures and information.
Split Rock Lighthouse might be interesting in the fog.
I was at Gooseberry Falls State Park Last week and there was a lot of water coming over the falls.
Cascade River State Park might be interesting.
If you are in the Duluth area there are lots of waterfalls in Duluth. I would suggest you pick up the Minnesota Waterfalls book for information. you could go over to the Wisconsin Point Lighthouse and Amnicon Falls State Park near Superior. The latter would be easy to shoot in the fog. It had good water last week.
Hey Joe - locations are outlined above....as for shooting in fog, I love doing that. I think it simplifies complicated scenes, especially "deep in the woods" shots that can be very messy. Find a subject you like and let the fog help you isolate it. Just be aware that fog will almost always fool your camera meter into under-exposure - you want to make sure you meter carefully, or use your histogram if shooting digitally to get proper image exposure.
Thanks for the advice! I'm pretty familiar with Split Rock and Gooseberry. We drove over to Split Rock yesterday but they're doing some restoration work on it. After that we headed over to Tettegouche State Park. It took a short hike to get to Two Step Falls. Along the way the lighting was amazing. Streaks of light illuminated the fog and by the time we got to the falls it started to clear up. On the way back I got to try out my new telephoto lens on a curious little rough grouse, and to end the day we headed over to Palisade Head to get some sunset shots. We're staying in Grand Superior Lodge in Castle Danger MN. About 40min from Duluth near Two Harbors. I think this evening we'll head over to Gooseberry and get a hike in. I'll post my shots when i get home on Monday. So far its been a great trip!
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Split Rock Lighthouse might be interesting in the fog.
I was at Gooseberry Falls State Park Last week and there was a lot of water coming over the falls.
Cascade River State Park might be interesting.
If you are in the Duluth area there are lots of waterfalls in Duluth. I would suggest you pick up the Minnesota Waterfalls book for information. you could go over to the Wisconsin Point Lighthouse and Amnicon Falls State Park near Superior. The latter would be easy to shoot in the fog. It had good water last week.
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