Some Holiday snaps

So here are a few more pictures from last weeks jaunt up to the North Shore of Lake Superior. On the Monday we headed up to Grand Marais and the scenic Artists Point.

above: Nice pile of stones with some bright orange lichen growing on it caught my eye immediately we stepped onto Artists Point.
above: We are clambering over Artists Point making our way down to the lighthouse there in the distance. What this picture dosen't show is the fact that 10' to my right is Grand Marais harbour and 15 yards to my left is Lake Superior
above: More Rock, Lichen and a clear blue sky at Artists point. Artists Point is a beautiful place to explore . You'd never run out of thgings to photograph.
above: The very scenic Cascade River falls. Cascade is a very appropriate name as you can see from this picture

Pictures!

OK. Enough waffling about buying a camera lets get out there and take some photographs with it!
I said I needed the camera for the weekend because we were headed up to Duluth and the North Shore of Lake Superior for my Birthday. Plenty of opportunities to take pictures. For the most part I just messed around with it, getting used to the layout and features and seeing what it would do.
Above: With this one I think I was subconciously chanelling my favourite photographer Craig Blacklock also from the Duluth area.
Above: Perhaps another famed Minnesota photographer Jim Brandenburg was in my mind when I took this. This shot was taken on the 16:9 setting on the camera
Above: This one is a crop to get rid of a lot of sky. I never thought about changing the sensor setting to 16:9 - still learning...
Above and below: A couple of touristy "snaps" from Gooseberry Falls State Park. The camera performed really well just pointing and shooting.
I'll write more about my impressions of the camera later but for now we'll just enjoy the pictures