Right: Potholes on the Presque Isle River, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan.
I shot all images on this page with a Canon Powershot G5 digital camera (except where indicated otherwise).
Pictured Rocks
National
Lakeshore (9/27/03)
Above: Waves of Lake Superior cut a hole in the sedimentary rock
of Miners Castle, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Upper Peninsula,
Michigan.
Pretty rocks on Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Lake Superior,
Upper Peninsula, Michigan.
Left: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Lake Superior, Upper
Peninsula,
Michigan.
Below right: A husk of birch bark found on the beach at Pictured
Rocks National Lakeshore, Lake Superior, Upper Peninsula, Michigan.
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Left and below right: Munising Falls, Pictured Rocks National
Lakeshore,
Michigan.
Upon request, I also have images of Sable Falls.
Porcupine
Mountains
Wilderness State Park (9/28/03):
This park was established in 1945 to protect the last large stand of
uncut hardwood-hemlock forest remaining in the Midwest.
Left: Leaves of various tree species change color spectacularly
in late September amid a pattern of tree trunks, in Porcupine Mountains
Wilderness State Park, Michigan.
Below right: This escarpment affords of good view of Lake of the
Clouds, in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan.
Left: The Lake Superior shoreline is a wonderland of geologic
patterns
and fall color, in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan.
The shadow of my self and tripod appear in this sunrise image. [Published
in Milwaukee Magazine, Fall 2005]
Below right: These hardy birch trees grow on the edge of Lake
Superior,
in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan. Lake waves have
splashed the purple rocks to nourish the bright orange-yellow
lichen.
(Photographed very near the previous image.)
Above: One of several beautiful falls on the Presque Isle River,
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan.
Above: The Presque Isle River carves these potholes as it empties
into Lake Superior. Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park,
Michigan.
(Photographed with a Canon Powershot G5 camera.)
My wife and I were tickled with wonderous laughter by this 3-foot
wide "spinning foam cake", dusted with pine needles! This novelty was
one
of the highlights of our trip to this area. Presque Isle River
Potholes,
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan.
Below: Presque Isle River potholes viewed from a foot bridge.
(Photographed
on Fujichrome Velvia film using a Nikon N70 camera.)
Tahquamenon Falls State Park (9/26/03):
Ferns in late September, Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan.
Lower Tahquamenon Falls.
Fallen birch log, Tahquamenon Falls State Park.
White Pine Trail
State
Park:
Riding through a tunnel of trees, on White Pine Trail State Park
(Rails to Trails), near Paris, Michigan
Maple leaf, in Michigan.
Copyright 2003 by Tom Dempsey. Photographs may not be copied without permission. Buy Custom Prints.