In the Garden #22

Fall Back

In the Garden: Seedhead (Clematis x jackmanii) Fall Back. Nikon N80, Sigma 150MM F/2.8 MACRO, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 400 developed in Diafine.

 

We’ve had a long autumn. It has kept us out in the garden for a few extra weeks but now the clocks have turned back and it is dark and it is getting cold.

 

-Troy

Skyway City #23

Around the Clock

Skyway City: On 5th Street (1) Around the Clock. Canon AE-1p, Canon FD 100mm f/2.8 S.S.C., #8 (K2) yellow filter. Kentmere Pan 400 developed in D-76 1+1.

 

This is a good corner for photographs. It has skyways, office towers, old buildings turned into apartments and hotels, trains and cars and pedestrians on the same street. A lot going on around the clock.

 

-Troy

In the Garden #21

Looking Back Again

  

In the Garden: Elephant Ears (2) (Colocasia esculenta) Looking Back Again. Nikon N80, Sigma 150mm f/2.8 MACRO, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 100 developed in Diafine.

 

I saw another photo while making “Looking Back”. Twenty frames later, and after changing from a 17mm lens to a 150mm lens, I came back to that spot in the garden and made this one.

 

-Troy

In the Garden #20

Looking Back

In the Garden: Hostas, Elephant Ears, Rue and Others Looking Back. Nikon N80, Tokina AT-X Pro 17mm f/3.5, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 100 developed in Diafine.

 

We have reached the end of the garden season in Minneapolis. It was a good one. The frost came late. I am looking back at old garden photographs and like this one. The photo is full of light and energy.

-Troy

Skyway City #22

Bridge into Morning

Skyway City: Over Third Avenue (1) Bridge into Morning. Nikon F80, Tokina AT-X Pro 17mm f/3.5, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 100 developed in Pyrocat HD.

 

Continuing the inside views. Over Third Avenue, a few steps through the skyway doors, I have stopped to make a photograph. A fellow early morning walker approaches from the other side.

 

-Troy

In the Garden #19

Autumn Rain

In the Garden: Canna Lily (2) (Canna) Autumn Rain. Canon AE-1p, Vivitar 2X Macro Focusing Teleconverter, Canon FDn 50mm f/1.8, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Kentmere Pan 400 developed in D-76 1+1.

 

The end of summer is hectic here. Putting the garden to bed and bringing the potted plants inside for the winter is a race against cold weather and frost. Rainstorms force breaks from the work and those are welcome times to stop and enjoy the autumn garden.

 

-Troy

Skyway City #21

Bringing the Books

Skyway City: Library Lobby (3) Bringing the Books. Nikon N80, Sigma 85MM f/1.4 DG HSM, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Kentmere Pan 400 developed in D-76 1+1.

 

I am in a skyway window, across Nicollet Mall from the library, looking through the lens to compose this photograph. The figure at the bottom rolls a cart of books across the frame.

 

-Troy

Skyway City #20

Over Minneapolis

Skyway City: Over 7th Street (4) Over Minneapolis. Nikon F80, Tokina AT-X Pro 17mm f/3.5, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 100 developed in Pyrocat HD.

 

Heading toward Third Avenue where the city loosens up around a couple of green spaces. There are trees, vistas.

 

-Troy

Travels #4

Cliff Dwellers, Saint Louis River

Travels: Jay Cooke State Park Cliff Dwellers, Saint Louis River. Mamiya M645 1000S, Mamiya-Sekor 150mm f/3.5 N, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 400 developed in Diafine.

 

The midday light wasn’t working for photography at the bottom of the river gorge. I turned around to hike back up and found it to be perfect for the trees at the top.

 

-Troy

In the Garden #18

First Bloom, Queen of the Night

In the Garden: Night-Blooming Cereus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) First Bloom, Queen of the Night. Mamiya M645 1000S, Mamiya-Sekor 150mm f/3.5 N, +1 close-up filter, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 400 developed in Diafine.

 

I have read that a Night-Blooming Cereus takes seven years to mature and bloom. Erin and I were trying to remember how old this one is and 7 seems about right. Another name for these plants is Queen of the Night. That seems about right too.

 

-Troy

Skyway City #19

Turned Around

Skyway City: Over Sixth Street (3) Turned Around. Nikon F80, Tokina AT-X Pro 17mm f/3.5, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 100 developed in Pyrocat HD.

 

This is the view through the skyway bridge in #18 after walking to the other side, the sunny side on that day, and turning around.

 

-Troy

Skyway City #18

In the System

Skyway City: Over Sixth Street (2) In the System. Nikon F80, Tokina AT-X Pro 17mm f/3.5, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 100 developed in Pyrocat HD.

 

We call it the Minneapolis Skyway System. Nine and a half miles of enclosed walkways. Heated in the winter, cooled in the summer. Let’s step inside.

 

-Troy

In the Garden #17

Prairie to Garden

In the Garden: Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) Prairie to Garden. Nikon N80, Sigma 150MM f/2.8 MACRO, X1 green filter. Fomapan 200 developed in Diafine.

 

A spectacular native of Minnesota’s prairies. This plant has the best common name in the garden.

 

-Troy

In the Garden #16

Mysterious Veil

In the Garden: Asiatic Lily (Lilium Hybrid) Mysterious Veil. Nikon N80, Sigma 150MM F/2.8 MACRO, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 200 developed in Diafine.

 

The lens is down in the garden with flowers and leaves standing between the front element and the Lily blossom. The light just bends around and goes through those as the lens directs it onto the film.

 

-Troy

Skyway City #17

In the Propylaeum

Skyway City: Over LaSalle Avenue (1) In the Propylaeum. Nikon N80, Nikon Nikkor 45mm f/2.8 P, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 200 developed in Diafine.

 

I had to look that word up, propylaeum. Here is another kind of downtown Minneapolis response to weather. Cover the sidewalk from the tower to the street. It keeps the snow and ice and rain away from the front entrance. This one has a skyway going through it. A nice perch for making a photograph.

 

-Troy

Skyway City #16

Light on Three

Skyway City: Library Lobby (2) Light on Three. Nikon N80, Sigma 85MM F/1.4, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Kentmere Pan 400 developed in D-76 1+1.

 

You never know how you will catch light moving through this magnificent lobby. On this day, I arrived before the library opened. The electric lights were turned off. The sun was shining primarily on the third floor but had begun to sneak down the stairs toward the second.

 

-Troy

Skyway City #15

Summer Sun

Skyway City: Pillsbury Tower Lobby (1) Summer Sun. Mamiya M645 1000S, Mamiya-Sekor 45mm f/2.8 N, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Fomapan 100 developed in Pyrocat HD.

 

The downtown street grid in Minneapolis is oriented to the Mississippi River, not the compass. As the sun moves through the seasons it turns the street corners and photographs appear and disappear as the months go by.

 

-Troy

Skyway City #14

Three Alone

Skyway City: Over 7th Street (3) Three Alone. Canon A-1, Vivitar (Komine) 35mm f/2.8, #8 (K2) yellow filter. Kentmere Pan 400 developed in D-76 1+1.

 

Alright, let’s get back to Skyway City. 

 

-Troy