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Grand Gaspe Tour, T Minus 2!

Sunday morning Molly (my wife) and I head East by car to the starting point of our Grand Gaspe Tour. This 2,000+ mile bike ride (self-supported) is already looking like it will get longer as I think we will add the islands of Grand Manan and Nova Scotia. Posts via NorthStarNerd (this blog) will become rare. You may find my trip diary on Crazy Guy on a Bike (view diary). The starting point for our bike ride will be my old high school, Phillips Exeter Academy.

Here is our planned driving point ... North then East then South!

(click upon map to view at full size)

Lake Superior Waves ... now via your browser!

If you enjoy travel magazines like Arizona Highways, or photo/journalism magazines like National Geographic, you will like Lake Superior Waves. This Flipboard magazine is focused upon what makes the Lake Superior region great, and is free via your iOS or Android device, and now also via your computer's browser.

Just yesterday your curator, the NorthStar Nerd, attended the Duluth Tall Ships festival and took the photograph feature below, the Pride of Baltimore.

Learn more; Read the current issue: Lake Superior Waves.

ISO and Night Time Photography

Here are some photographs which demonstrate the effect of changing your ISO settings during night time photography while everything else is held constant. These photos were taken a few weeks ago on the shores of Lake Superior around midnight.

• Exposure Length: 32 seconds
• Aperture: 2.7

Click upon any photo to view at it's full resolution.

200 ISO

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400 ISO

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800 ISO

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1600 ISO
 

Firestorm Over Beaver Bay

Sometimes it's worth missing sleep! I took this photo a few nights ago at 3 am while bike touring around northern Minnesota. You are looking out over the Beaver Bay Headlands and Lake Superior.

Click to view at full resolution.

 

Fresh Coast ... A Stunning Book of Photographs of the Great Lakes (and free)

I just downloaded my free pdf copy of Fresh Coast. Given I live on the Northshore of Lake Superior, it's understandable how I would love this book. However, even if you are not lucky enough to live in the Northland, you should grab the book. Perhaps this will convince you to make a trip to Lake Superior!

This is just one example of the content you will find in Lake Superior Waves ... an iOS and Android Flipboard magazine curated by me, the NorthStar Nerd. Subscribe without charge to Lake Superior Waves.