Honeymoon Bluff

Fall 2013 MN North Shore series

There is a very picturesque place not so far away from Grand Marais, MN; just up the Gunflint Trail approximately 30 miles on MN North Shore. Honeymoon Bluff overlooks Hungry Jack lake; if you are lucky you will witness a beautiful sunset. This site is easily accessible by a well-mark and maintained trail. Steep as it was, it is over very soon. A quick 1/2 mile and you are looking out over pristine wilderness.

Our first attempt during our stay in Grand Marais/Grand Portage was met with cloudy conditions – not optimal for a sunset. You come all this way and you sometimes make do with what is available. I took the opportunity to shoot some time-lapse photography. Since we were relatively close the second day we decided to have another go at it.

Time-lapse is interesting to play around with; clearly I need to perfect the process more. The output is a bit crude as I had some dust and dirt issues and I still have the trial version of the software. Sunset I think is easiest as you just end up with a black frame eventually. Sunrise is a whole different thing; more on that in a future post.

Cloudy version

Sunset version

Here are my shots from both days – clouds and sunset. Cyndie and I really enjoyed this spot. It is easy enough to reach if you are in the area and it looks like there may be a good sunset.