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End of autumn in Uppsala.

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Apple tree and fence.

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The forest.

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Autumn in Uppsala.

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Graffiti on a water tower in Uppsala, Sweden.

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A walk in the forest.

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Autumn in Uppsala, Sweden.

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 Autumn in Uppsala, Sweden. This leaf was stuck in a tree.

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Cranes coming in for a landing at the crane party.

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Cranes up close!

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Cranes! A huge gathering of them!

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They hay bales at a slightly different angle.

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The perfect field of hay bales.

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The lighthouse again, this time even closer.

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The lighthouse from a different point of view.

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It is a spiderweb!

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Lake Michigan again. This time with the Manitowoc lighthouse.

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some crazy flowers

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This is not necessarily one of my most favorite photos, but I just love how clear some of those drops of water came out!

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koi fish

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Some more flowers at the gardens.

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I think this is a new addition to my top favorite photos.

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The previous three photos, as well as this one, were all taken at the West of the Lake Gardens, which was an incredibly beautiful place. I can't believe I had never been there!

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As I was taking these photos, I was referring to it as the "caribbean of the north". This, my friends, is WI. Lake Michigan, in particular. Who would have guessed?! If I had not taken this photo, I would be convinced it was taken in a tropical paradise.

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And just guess where this photo was taken! I'll post another view tomorrow!

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vibrant flowers! This image is not photoshopped (or gimped)!

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A wonderful trip to the Hamilton wood type museum!

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beautiful hollyhocks

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Very brand new baby cow! Momma was not happy that we were so close to her baby.

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We saw so many fields with hay bales!

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WI seagulls!

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weeds in the backyard

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blueberries in our backyard

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Greg and I took advantage of having an asparagus patch in our back yard this year. Combine that with chickens, and there are many mornings with asparagus omelets for breakfast. yumm

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A little pink weed I found in the yard.

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Basil!
This year we were moving right in the middle of the growing season, which meant no garden for us. Luckily we have a mighty basil plant growing in a pot outside our front door.

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Blossoms in front of the observatory

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I love the smell of the lilacs!

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Under the canopy of blossoms.

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After I had given my thesis to my committee for the first time, I went on a little walk to take flowers of all the tree blossoms. They smelled really quite good.

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Several trees were cut down near the observatory in exchange for the college being able to put a tower up, which will block some of the sky for the telescopes.

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A dandelion behind Wilder. I guess three dandelions, really.

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This is the staircase in Wilder. 

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The observatory at twilight, HDR style.

It took a few tries to get the layering right on this one, but I am really pleased with the outcome. Yay science. Yay photography.

239 - inverted color

Part of the process of creating the HDR images from yesterday involves making "masks". This one is from (and for) the lightest of the three images I combined, which was used to show the proper colors for the branches and blossoms. I actually really liked this image on its own, which was made by first desaturating it and then inverted the colors.

238 - a sad attempt at HDR

This is what happens when you try to make an HDR (high dynamic range) photo on a windy day without using a tripod.

Two photos in one post as well! I figure two sad photos makes it worth blogging about? I did learn from this that the Gimp edits for combining photos in this way is really not terribly time consuming or challenging. So at least now I have the motivation of knowing I'll be able to do that part of it, in order to take the time to take the photos properly. Unfortunately, now is not the time for carefully taking photos, so until then, you get this. Oh and one cool photo that I'll post tomorrow.

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Different view of the flowers from yesterday.

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I think these little flowers are called Paperwhites? They were Kristina's, but she put them in my office while she was in Alaska.

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Matt vs. slanted ceiling