Ludington State Park
Brad Reed's Day 359 of 365
I took a Christmas Day drive to the southern region of Ludington State Park today to find my photo of the day. I feel this is a photo I would not have been able to make a year earlier because I didn't really see the world in photographs as well as I do now. The 365 Project has made me a much better photographer.
F10.0 at 1/100, ISO 100, 18-50 mm lens at 18 mm
Home
There is a lot of truth in the saying, "There is no place like home." As I was photographing this beautiful sunset at the First Curve in the Ludington State Park, I was feeling very fortunate to live in Ludington my entire life. Thousands of people visit here every year and dream about the day they can retire to Ludington. I hope to forever call Ludington my home.
F6.3 at 1/40, ISO 100, 18-50mm lens at 44mm
Northern Lights Over the Beach House
This is the second major Northern Lights show on a Tuesday this year. Thanks to a 9:00 p.m. text message from Don Klemm informing me of the light show, I drove to the Ludington State Park and made this image over the Beach House.
F2.8 at 151 seconds, ISO 400, 18-50mm lens at 20mm
Turquoise Morning - Panoramic
The sunrise in the east was casting a turquoise light to the west over Lake Michigan this morning. Luckily, I was ready with my camera and found a strong foreground of dune grass to build my photograph.
F4.5 at 1/80, ISO 100, 18-50mm lens at 18mm
Dune Country
The dunes further inland at Ludington State Park don't get explored nearly as much as those along the shoreline. A whole new world awaits those who head into the dunes less traveled.
F5 at 1/200, ISO 100, 24-70mm lens at 24mm
Golden Hour
Those last few minutes of sunlight along Lake Michigan often turn everything a brilliant golden color. That is my favorite time of day to photograph the dune grass along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
F5 at 1/160, ISO 100, 18-50mm lens at 18mm
Sunset Over the Jetties
The golden sunlight says goodbye to us tonight as we photograph along the shores of Lake Michigan at the Ludington State Park. It is always fun making images of the jetties at the First Curve along M116.
F9 at 1/40, ISO 100, 18-50mm lens at 27mm
Dunetop Vantage Point
My son Brad and I know even before climbing high atop this dune along the shoreline at Ludington State Park that the bird's eye view of the fresh snowfall on the dunes and Lake Michigan beach is going to be good. When the sunlight breaks through the clouds the view goes from good to great.
F22 at 1/50, ISO 100, 24-70mm lens at 65mm
