Category Archives: Photography

TRENTON ISLAND – Pucketville, WI #aerialphotography

TRENTON ISLAND

Images of Trenton Island by the Woodshed on Friday March 29th, 2019.

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WISCONSIN BACK CHANNEL – Hager City, WI #aerialphotography

WISCONSIN BACK CHANNEL

Images surrounding Llyod Spriggle Memorial Bridge and Mr. Sippi’s on Friday March 29th, 2019.  The water is high and the current moving strong.

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SUNRISE OVER THE BIG MUDDY – Red Wing, MN #aerialphotography

SUNRISE OVER THE BIG MUDDY

Friday morning, March 29th, 2019 sunrise over the Mississippi River flowing high and wide in Red Wing, MN.  Scenes from the levee and Bay Point Park.

Barn Bluff & Levee

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Pre-sunrise Color
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Levee & Red Wing Grain
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Sunrise peaking over Barn Bluff
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Wider view of Red Wing Riverfront Sunrise

Bay Point Park

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Red Wing Grain

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Harbor Bar

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HIGH WATER, CANNON RIVER – Red Wing, MN #aerialphotography

HIGH WATER, CANNON RIVER

Cannon River at Welch

The Cannon River continues to drop in Welch upstream, but it’s still high and over its banks at Hwy 61 north of Red Wing.  These shots were taken Tuesday March 26th.  I can see little difference today in the level today.

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SETTING SUN – Red Wing, MN #aerialphotography

SETTING SUN

The setting sun last Saturday cooperated nicely.  The clouds and color made a spectacular appearance.  The high and wide Mississippi was smooth as glass and reflected the sky nicely.

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Sun setting on boat house village and Bay Point Park
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Boat houses and Pucketville

 

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Bridge Construction and Barn Bluff
Red Wing Grain, Boat Houses & Bay Point Park

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RISING WATER – Red Wing, MN #aerialphotography

RISING WATER

Last Saturday was a beautiful day to fly and capture the rising water around the Red Wing Levee and bridge construction.  The mighty Mississippi is wide and muddy.  The National Weather Service forecast indicates that the water is going to get a bit higher yet, but nothing close 20.70 ft back on 04/18/1965 thankfully.

RISING WATER
National Weather Service
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Red Wing River Front – Facing Harbor Bar
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Red Wing Levee
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Bridge Construction
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Red Wing Grain, Red Wing Levee

 

 

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RED WING BOAT HOUSES – Red Wing, MN #aerialphotography

RED WING BOAT HOUSES

I Googled the interweb and did not find much information regarding the history of the Red Wing Boat Houses.  The only thing I found was an article from the Winona Daily News from July 4th, 2009 – Book traces history of boathouses on the Mississippi. The book referenced in the article,  The Floating Boathouses on the Upper Mississippi River: Their History, Their Stories is available on Amazon for $99.96.  I probably will not be ordering that any time soon.

I did find some information regarding the Red Wing Yacht Club in an article from Post Bulletin March 13, 2015 regarding the lease to operate in Red Wing Bay.  In the article it said:

Kevin Avery, commodore of the yacht club, explained that the club has been in the harbor for 112 years and has 275 members, about 80 percent of them from Red Wing. Nearly all the boats in the harbor are fishing boats or recreational runabouts housed in modest floating boathouses.

Now 116 years – that is some longevity.  I’ll have to keep digging for more information on the yacht cloud and boat houses.

I did find a copy of Friends and Neighbors All: Brief History of the Red Wing Yacht Club Special Edition for $250 if anyone is interested in that.  Yikes.

If anyone has any information about  the Red Wing boat houses or any others on the Mississippi feel free to leave a link in the comments.

Vertical Panorama

Horizontal Panoramas

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More single shots

 

 

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WHITE WATER RIVER VALLEY – Weaver, MN #aerialphotography

WHITE WATER RIVER VALLEY

This last Friday morning I made my way south from Red Wing to Weaver to shoot the sun rising over the White Water River Valley.  The color was beautiful despite there not being  even a hint of clouds.

I flew from a small pull-off on 26 just to the west of Weaver.

Pre-sunrise color

 

Sunrise lighting up the valley

 

 

 

 

 

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RETURN TO PINE CREEK – Maiden Rock, WI #aerialphotography

RETURN TO PINE CREEK

A return to Pine Creek this last Thursday evening produced some nice light.  I have hoped to capture a decent sunset panorama in the valley – a mix of color and clouds, but no luck yet.  The weekends in March haven’t yielded such a situation.  It was better than total gray like previous visits.  The melt has been on and the water is high again.

Pine Creek meets the Mississippi River

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Panoramas from a previous trip; you can see how high the water was.

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HIGH BRIDGE AND LEVEE, Red Wing, MN #construction

HIGH BRIDGE AND LEVEE

The high bridge and levee are both under construction at the moment.  This will be interesting given the rising water from the Spring snow melt.

Levee Construction

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Levee Construction

Bridge Constructions

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Closing the Gap – Bridge Construction
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Bridge Construction

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