The sunlight was refracted and reflected by water droplets in the air creating the slightest bit of a rainbow framed by the Aerial Lift Bridge on Tuesday morning.
Cold Mission
Mornings have been ideal for photography the past several days…well, sort of. The subzero temperatures have made the sea smoke rise from Lake Superior, it has also caused delays in shipping which have left several ships out on the lake making for great photo ops. On Friday, I was pleased to see the tug boat, Helen. H., of Heritage Marine, cutting through the ice in the harbor. She was heading away from me as I grabbed my camera to take photos in the -15 degree temps. I was a little disappointed at first, because I has hoping for a nice close up, but instead I got this.
8:32a.m.
I had a hunch that she wasn’t finished yet and would circle back around to create a larger path for a large ship to come in under the Aerial Lift Bridge, so I went back outside a few minutes later and took this photo which was featured as Capture Minnesota’s Photo of the Day today.
8:40a.m.
After nearly freezing my fingers off, I went back inside, only to hear the bridge’s horn signaling a ship coming through. I headed back out to see the Edgar B. Speer come in under the bridge.
9:01a.m.
9:02a.m.
9:03a.m. – Check out the crewman at the bow of the ship. Brr!
9:06a.m.
I think it was worth numb fingers to catch these images depicting the difficult conditions for the shipping industry on Lake Superior.
Iced
On my way into work on Monday, Mike called and said that he had heard that a ship was about to come in under the Aerial Lift Bridge. It was covered in ice from its days on Lake Superior in subzero temperatures. As I drove, I spotted the Walter J. McCarthy, Jr. still out on the lake just a couple of miles from the bridge. I made it to work, grabbed my company’s point-and-shoot camera and headed back outside just in time to capture a few photos. Seeing the guys out on the deck of the ship made me very thankful for my desk job indoors.
M. Sullivan Photography 