D091-2013  Detail of flow over a small rapids in the Huron River
.
Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
April 1, 2013
D091-2013  Detail of flow over a small rapids in the Huron River
.
Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
April 1, 2013
The copper topped towers of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church are visible behind a screen of yellow-green willow branches.

Seen from the pedestrian bridge at Island Park between the island and the south (right) bank of the Huron River.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
April 18, 2013
Pedestrian guardrail.
With snow on the ground and ice on the river, you can get some nice shadows on rare sunny days in winter.

At Geddes Dam, Gallup Park
Ann Arbor
February 9, 2013
My shadow cast on the ice, with Geddes Dam in the distance.

Gallup Park, Ann Arbor
February 9, 2013
Retaining wall, shadow of safety railing, and reflection of orange warning float.

Huron River, just above Geddes Dam.
Gallup Park, Ann Arbor
February 9, 2013
Planet 02 a) final, framed
Water World #1  (Inspired by John Bennet's faux planets)

The starting point was a strip of a small river rapids which was joined to its mirror image to make a symmetrical basis for 'planetizing'.  I added a strip of color (the reflected sky color picked from the image) at the bottom and resized.  After 'polarizing', I 'spherized'.
Planet 02 b) starting image
A section of river rapids.

Huron River at Nichols Arboretum
April 5, 2013
To quote cyndi lauper:  And girls, / They wanna have fu-un. / Oh,girls, / Just wanna have fun.
(Siblings, BFFs, or both.)
Notice the foot of the girl on the right.  Both girls had taken one shoe and sock off and dipped a bare foot into the cold, cold river  I didn't hear them shriek or exclaim.  You should understand that the air temperature was only in the upper 40s (F) at the time (say ~ 8 C), with a windchill probably in the 30s, if not the 20s.  Kids seem much more tolerant of heat and cold than adults.  FYI, there was an adult who was supervising these kids.

DP096-2013  Posted April 6; processed ditto.

Huron River at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
April 5, 2013
(Thanks to all of you who took the time to leave comments, green thumbs, or just to view yesterday's post of the spiderwort foliage.  It ended up as probably my most viewed (1st day out) DP post so far, and currently stands no. 2 in my personal 'Popular Photos' display.  I always appreciate the time people carve from their busy days to spend it looking at my smugmug pix.)
D091-2013 Detail of flow over a small rapids in the Huron River
.
Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
April 1, 2013
D091-2013  Detail of flow over a small rapids in the Huron River
.
Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
April 1, 2013
D091-2013 Detail of flow over a small rapids in the Huron River
.
Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
April 1, 2013
See photo in original gallery.