{"id":20633,"date":"2018-08-13T23:07:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T04:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=20633"},"modified":"2019-05-29T23:34:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T04:34:15","slug":"favorite-photo-august-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=20633","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Photo, August 14"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue-headed green frog, Northern Michigan. August 14, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

My favorite photos for August 14 all came from the same year, 2016. I was leading a photography workshop in Northern Michigan and we were out on an evening field trip. It turned out to be a great evening for photography, so it was hard to pick THE favorite photo for the day.<\/p>\n

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I decided on an image of the incredibly rare blue-headed green frog. The blue color is caused by a genetic mutation. Only one in two million green frogs has a blue head. It was a huge treat for all of us. The frog was in a pond at the Thorne Swift Nature Preserve north of Harbor Springs Michigan.<\/p>\n

But that wasn’t the only prize photo opportunity of the evening.<\/p>\n

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Sunset, Lake Michigan. Thorne-Swift Nature Preserve.<\/p><\/div>\n

After taking pictures of the frog we headed for the beach in time to catch a beautiful sunset over Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n

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The rare green flash over Lake Michigan.<\/p><\/div>\n

But Mother Nature wasn’t done with the surprises. As the sun dropped out of sight we had a glimpse of the rare “green flash” just above the cloud layer. I have been at hundreds of sunsets and have only seen the green flash three times and captured it in a photo only twice. The short moment of green light is caused by a special bending of the light rays from the sun.<\/p>\n

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Photo field trip at Lake Michigan Shores Roadside Park.<\/p><\/div>\n

We moved to a new location (the nature preserve closes after sunset) to do some night sky photography over Lake Michigan. We used red headlamps so our eyes would stay dark adapted.<\/p>\n

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Milky Way over Lake Charlevoix from Park of the Pines campground, Michigan.<\/p><\/div>\n

We ended up back at home base for the workshop, Park of the Pines on Lake Charlevoix.\u00c2\u00a0 The Milky Way was visible right before a thunderstorm rolled in and hid the sky.<\/p>\n

It was a great evening for photography!<\/p>\n

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