Photos by Big V

One of my favorite little lakes in the UP begins to tell me it was fall. Sign in to see full entry.

This is a small, quiet lake in the southern area of the Upper Peninsula where we stopped to picnic one day. I love reflective photos! Sign in to see full entry.

This lighthouse is on an inlet bay on Grand Island, just northwest of Munising. The only way to get a good shot of it is by charter boat. This was about this time of the year in 2020 when Lisa and I were taking little trips to show her the UP. It was a heavily overcast day, with lots of snow that... Sign in to see full entry.

I've literally taken millions of photos in the past twenty years. This is one of my favorite top five. Sign in to see full entry.

I stumbled across this little one in the spring of 2020. We didn't disturb it and stepped back to watch. A few minutes later, mom wandered out of the trees and took her little one to a new hiding spot. Sign in to see full entry.

I took this photo long ago and stumbled across it again the other day. My in-laws lived in the Traverse City Bay area, and when we would go up to visit, I would slip over to the bay to take photos. I had a 32"x24" photo of this for a long time but lost it in a minor house fire in 2006. I think I'll... Sign in to see full entry.

As some of you might recall, I re-developed an aortic heart valve in 2012 after the initial surgery to fix it in 2001 began to fail. I was scheduled to have surgery to repair it in July 2013. Unfortunately, Obama was messing with the insurance programs and I lost my BCBS after they had agreed to pay... Sign in to see full entry.

This is a shot you don't often catch. I think this is a young male who has recently been separated from his pack. I've heard for several months in the summer and early fall when a male is about a year old, he splits away from the pack to establish himself. Many go on to return to the pack, but some... Sign in to see full entry.

This pair of eagles were new to the neighborhood, and they weren't really sure about the dogs and I get too close to them. Sign in to see full entry.

I took this shot on one of the lakes in the Seney National Wildlife Preserves, some twenty miles west of Newberry. Rare and unusual breeds of birds are given a place that is protected from all types of predators, including humans. Sign in to see full entry.