Photography – Page 6

Signs of Spring, 2010

2010-03-05 John Winkelman

Photos taken in the Sixth Street Bridge Park, just north of downtown Grand Rapids, on March 1 and March 4, respectively.

Times are Tough for Everyone

2010-01-09 John Winkelman

Always breaks my heart to see someone throw away a perfectly good squirrel.

Night Photos of the Grand River

2010-01-05 John Winkelman

Ice hanging from a tree stuck on the edge of the Sixth Street Bridge dam, near the fish ladder.
30 second exposure.

Ice on a rock in the middle of the Grand River, near the Sixth Street Bridge dam.
60 second exposure.

Looking East at the medical mile from the fish ladder.
15 second exposure.

Looking East at the medical mile from the fish ladder. The line of lights across the sky is a plane approaching the airport.
30 second exposure.

Looking East at the medical mile from the fish ladder.
15 second exposure.

Pickerel Lake, 22 November, 2009

2009-11-23 John Winkelman

Yes: that is a turtle basking in the sun, in West Michigan, on November 22 – less than a month before the winter solstice.
Click here for a slide show of the rest of the photos in this set.

It isn’t often that you can look straight out – or down, even – at fireworks, but that is exactly what I did this past Friday, thanks to the generosity of the amazing Skip and Sarah. Click here to see the rest of the Celebration on the Grand fireworks photos.

A Tragedy Which Affects Us All

2009-08-13 John Winkelman

Due to budget cutbacks, the City of Grand Rapids has had to remove the lighthouse beacons from the Grand River at the base of the Sixth Street Bridge Dam. This has had disastrous consequences.

TURTLES have been RUNNING AGROUND on the ROCKS!!!! Without beacons marking the deeper channels, turtles can’t avoid the rocks as they build up speed to leap the dam on their annual migrations northward.

Please: Think of the Turtles.