Birgit Zipser » water

Stone People

Birgit — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:09:33 +0000

Stone People at Old Mission Peninsula, fully submerged in the Great Lake a decade or so ago, are now exposed,

surrounded by flora,

singing to flora

and on almost dry land, viewed from different angles.

How soon will they be submerged again? The water has risen slightly since last year.

Inexhaustible motifs for Great Lake photography with slow rhythms of changing water levels and malleable sand dunes, newly sculpted each winter.

In your work, do you follow any changes, indoors or outdoors?

turquoise water

Birgit — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:06:20 +0000

late afternoon in the middle of may at Lake Michigan. Heavy winds churned the sand near the shore, turning the water turquoise.

boiling water, freezing air

Birgit — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:31:09 +0000

Lake Michigan, January 18, 2008

Boiling water! Frigid air blowing over warmer waves.

North Sea Bay

Birgit — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:24:44 +0000

Jadebusen, December 2007

Empire Bluff with Snow

Birgit — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:04:47 +0000

Lake Michigan, January 20, 2008

Still very cold at the Empire bluff. Had to drive downstate today.

Dusk at Lake Michigan

Birgit — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:35:18 +0000

Lake Michigan, January 19, 2008

Six degrees Fahrenheit at the beach today. Dim light! I manually adjusted the settings based on the histogram of the camera. My fingers were almost frost bitten.

summer day in the dunes

Birgit — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:15:33 +0000

luminous wave

Birgit — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:21:34 +0000

Small waves breaking on the sand are turquoise green.