Small cameras are easy to carry and can produce excellent photographs. The 35mm film camera on top, an Olympus XA2, was produced from 1980 to 1986. The digital camera on the bottom, an Olympus TG-5, was made from 2017 to 2020.
Pocket cameras
Squirrel munches on finch food
Most wildlife isn’t fussy about what kind of food it eats. This squirrel is perfectly happy eating seeds marketed as appropriate for finches.
Roofline shadows
Tree shadows decorate the side of a house.
Delicate fringe
The rising sun kisses the delicate fringe of frost outlines a stray maple leaf on a cold northern Michigan morning.
Ice out
The ice thins out in the Leland Harbor marina.
Reflection of Autumn
The waters of Indian Lake in East Bay Township reflect some autumn colors at sunrise.
All images on this website are copyright Daniel C. Nielsen, tclocal@gmail.com.
Fishtown Winter
Leland’s Fishtown historic district still floats in winter. A fishing tug is tied up to the south dock near the mouth of the river. Lake Michigan lurks off the boat’s bow. Leland just last week announced it will purchase a dredge so it can reopen the harbor this spring. Sand has been drifting in, and federal funding that previously helped pay for dredging dried up. The harbormaster said a midwinter storm brought in enough sand to close the harbor. Dredging should reopen it this spring and allow ferries to run to the Manitou Islands in 2017.
All images on this website are copyright Daniel C. Nielsen, tclocal@gmail.com.
Last to leave the office
When you’re the last one to leave the office on a winter evening in Traverse City, the parking lot can hold surprising beauty created by drifting snow.
Heavy traffic at Sleeping Bear Point
A paddleboarder cruises slowly north along the beach at Sleeping Bear Point in Leelanau County in September 2016 as a powerboat speeds south.
Warehouse window
I shot this image inside a building that housed a dry cleaning business for years but is slated to become a small shopping collective with 10 vendor booths and a common area. The warm glow from a couple of light in an adjacent building caught my eye. I like the way they contrast with the cold blue tones reflected from the snow outside.
All images on this website are copyright Daniel C. Nielsen, tclocal@gmail.com.
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