<previous June 02 2005 - 01 In Flight Over Minnesotanext>
I flew home to Minnesota this past weekend. I say home despite the fact I haven't lived there for a few years now and I didn't grow up there. But it is the midwest.. and its the place I remember feeling the most comfortable. I miss the lushness of early summer. I like northern California, but the amount of life and green in Minneapolis when I was there is overwhelming.

This is another cloud shot, everybody takes these, I know. I was taking them mostly for work reference (you never know when you are going to be asked to make clouds), but thought this one turned out really pretty. The combination of sunset colors outside and the polarizer on my lens reacting with the polarized air plane glass made for a nice range of color.

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<previous June 03 2005 - 01 Minneapolis, Minnesotanext>
Another picture from the past weekend in Minnesota. Everytime I go there I am drawn to take pictures around the river. I say "around" because it isn't really about taking picture of the river itself, but rather the atmosphere and life surrounding it. In a lot of ways the Mississippi reminds me of walking down railroad tracks. You see the backyards and hidden things of places, not the pristine front that faces the road. Here's where weeds grow, fallen trees remain and ducks are free to go about their business.
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