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19-SEP-2011 Cindy Flood

Lake Fanny Hooe

Copper Harbor, Michigan

Fort Wilkins was established in 1843. It is located in Copper Harbor, Michigan on the tip of the Keewenaw Peninsula. The US was worried about possible conflicts between Indians and unruly Copper miners who had come to the Upper for the Copper rush. The fort was only used for a few years as eventually the copper mines were taken over by the big Copper companies. Fort Wilkins was used briefly after the Civil war and then closed. The Fort is still standing on the shores of Lake Fanny Hooe and is being lovingly kept and restored.

Contax 645 ,Super Rotator 45mm,Kodak Portra 160

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Guest 20-Sep-2011 14:42
what a great name for a lake .....Beautiful work. color and pov..
Cindy Flood20-Sep-2011 04:06
Thanks, Frank, Terry and Hal. Terry, I wish I knew more about the cannon. I didn't look that close at the wheels to be able to tell you if they were wood or not. Hal, Sometimes the colors from film are a little too much. I even reduced the saturation some. There is some funky stuff going on in the sky. What really pleases me is that by using the super rotator lens movement, I was able to tilt the lens down and get sharpness from the far shore to the near cannon.
hal 20-Sep-2011 02:19
l love this shot Cindy. Most intriguing colors and fine setting.
Again, your story adds so much to the wonderful image. Thank you.
Terry_O20-Sep-2011 00:14
Beautifully composed, Cindy! I wonder if the same canon restoration shop
we visited in Gettysburg might have done this one too. They have quite
a setup there. The restoration wheels are actually cast aluminum rather
than wood. Just wondering.
Frank Kavanagh Photography19-Sep-2011 20:06
Lovely composition, colour and reflection.
A peach of a shot.
Michael Edwards19-Sep-2011 18:19
No question about it, Cindy..
Cindy Flood19-Sep-2011 17:08
Michael, glad that you like the cannon. It seems to be from the same period as those at Shiloh.
Cindy Flood19-Sep-2011 17:07
I share your sentiment about the gun, Lennart and Bob, but I made the same exposure without the gun and it is a lot less interesting. :-)
Cindy Flood19-Sep-2011 17:05
Lennart, Michael and Bob, thanks. This is not a sad place. They were lucky and never had any battles here, but life was tough for the soldiers. They get anywhere from 150-390 inches of snow in a winter. One year while the fort was manned, the supply ship wrecked on its way with provisions and they were on strict rations. Boredom in the long winter led to gambling and drinking in excess. The good news is that the spring, summers and fall were spent in an idyllic setting.
Guest 19-Sep-2011 16:41
Beautiful shot with the gorgeous reflections and forest... I share Lennart's sentiment about the gun, but it is what it is.
Michael Edwards19-Sep-2011 16:40
Why, Mrs. Flood...
Why do I get the impression I might have made a similar composition?
But it's not about ME...and this is beautifully composed. The stillness of the water and the beautiful reflections are great. But, the cannon does it for me.
Lennart Waara19-Sep-2011 15:27
Cindy, you have presented us with a very fine colored landscape with that gun as a sinister - though historical - foreground and memory of hard times!