Pic of the Week (December 12, 2014): Day 50 Nuthatch Tail

"In this photo I can feel all the differences in textures that make up this little guy, a favorite at my bird feeders."

 ~Marcia

Brandenburg Gallery

Ravenwood Studios

Pic of the Week (December 12, 2014): Day 50 Nuthatch Tail
Pic of the Week features the images of Jim Brandenburg, as selected weekly by his staff. With each selection, we hope to highlight the depth, breadth, and splendor of his work. 

Pic of the Week Special Pricing
Purchase this week's Pic (print, matted, or framed - 8x12" or larger) and receive 30% off during the week it is featured (Dec. 12 - Dec. 18)! Contact the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely, Minnesota (877) 493-8017 to take advantage of this special pricing.

Pic of the Week (Dec. 5, 2014): M473 White Weasel

"Not only is this first color image of Jim's fun, to me it mirrors the playful and inquisitive nature of both teenagers."

 ~Diane

Brandenburg Gallery

Ravenwood Studios

Pic of the Week (December 5, 2014): M473 White Weasel
Pic of the Week features the images of Jim Brandenburg, as selected weekly by his staff. With each selection, we hope to highlight the depth, breadth, and splendor of his work. 

Pic of the Week Special Pricing
Purchase this week's Pic (print, matted, or framed - 8x12" or larger) and receive 30% off during the week it is featured (Dec. 5 - Dec. 11)! Contact the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely, Minnesota (877) 493-8017 to take advantage of this special pricing.

Pic of the Week (August 29, 2014): NW694 Loon Close-Up

"I have been intrigued by loons for many, many years. My license plate was even "Loon 1" for awhile! And I absolutely am entranced by this photo. I mean, look at the water droplets, the bubbles on his back, the feather detail and the muted colors are incredible. "

~ Marcia

Ravenwood Studios
Brandenburg Gallery

Pic of the Week (August 29, 2014): NW694 Loon Close-Up
Pic of the Week features the images of Jim Brandenburg, as selected weekly by his staff. With each selection, we hope to highlight the depth, breadth, and splendor of his work. 

Pic of the Week Special Pricing
Purchase this week's Pic (print, matted, or framed - 8x12" or larger) and receive 30% off during the week it is featured (Aug. 29 - Sep. 04)! Contact the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely, Minnesota (877) 493-8017 to take advantage of this special pricing.

Pic of the Week: Hummingbird Dance

"How delicate, the world's tiniest bird that can flash its bright colors, as well as hide them if needed. The bright radiant color on humming birds comes from iridescent coloring like on a soap bubble or prism. There it is, holding its body perfectly still while wings are beating 70–200 times per second. They are the only birds that can fly both forward and backwards, hover in mid-air, fly sideways and even upside down. This lovely image is captured with a ghostly reflective background."

~ Milli

Ravenwood Studios
Brandenburg Gallery

Pic of the Week (August 22, 2014): NW815 Hummingbird Dance
Pic of the Week features the images of Jim Brandenburg, as selected weekly by his staff. With each selection, we hope to highlight the depth, breadth, and splendor of his work. 

Pic of the Week Special Pricing
Purchase this week's Pic (print, matted, or framed - 8x8" or larger) and receive 30% off during the week it is featured (August 22-28)! Contact the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely, Minnesota (877) 493-8017 to take advantage of this special pricing.

Pic of the Week: Wolf Pup on Log

"Can you even imagine coming upon this inquisitive pup, following his nose down this cedar log? Huge feet, new smells, a great, 

big, curious world."

~ Marcia

Ravenwood Studios
Brandenburg Gallery

Pic of the Week (August 8, 2014): BW141 Wolf Pup on Log
Pic of the Week features the images of Jim Brandenburg, as selected weekly by his staff. With each selection, we hope to highlight the depth, breadth, and splendor of his work. 

Pic of the Week Special Pricing
Purchase this week's Pic (print, matted, or framed - 8x12" or larger) and receive 30% off during the week it is featured (August 8-14)! Contact the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely, Minnesota (877) 493-8017 to take advantage of this special pricing.

Pic of the Week: Aurora Borealis, Lake Superior

"Aurora Borealis is one of the most spectacular natural displays of color- this is a spectacular aurora display shown from one of my favorite spots on the north shore of Lake Superior."

~ Alex

Ravenwood Studios

Pic of the Week (August 1, 2014): NW814 Aurora Borealis- Lake Superior
Pic of the Week features the images of Jim Brandenburg, as selected weekly by his staff. With each selection, we hope to highlight the depth, breadth, and splendor of his work. 

Pic of the Week Special Pricing
Purchase this week's Pic (print, matted, or framed - 8x12" or larger) and receive 30% off during the week it is featured (August 1-7)! Contact the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely, Minnesota (877) 493-8017 to take advantage of this special pricing.

Pic of the Week: Heron, Pine, Fog

"There is so much to love about this image. The beautiful composition, the unexpectedness of the heron atop the spruce, the stately leaning white pine, the softening fog - simply elegant."

~Diane

Brandenburg Gallery
Ravenwood Studios

Notes on Heron, Pine, Fog from Jim Brandenburg:

"Most people put their camera away in the fog or bad weather. I see it as an opportunity to create an emotional atmosphere. In this case, the fog brought a simplifying effect - acting like a seamless studio backdrop, allowing the subject to stand out from its surroundings.

I was shooting the 90 days of summer (which became the Looking for the Summer book) when I came upon this scene at Section 12 Lake near my home. I had shot from this place many times, but on this day everything looked better than usual. The forest is visually complex if not chaotic. I often find it difficult to represent the simpler elements, the ones I most respond to. On this day, the fog acted as a filter.

In June, 2003, National Geographic Magazine published selections from this 90 day journal in a story called 'Boundary Waters'. It was the first non-film (digital) photography story in the magazine's history. 

The letters to the editor in the NG Magazine were quite critical of the use of digital cameras in the next month's issue. Being the first 'digital' story ever, it raised a lot of eyebrows.  

I remember well the mistrust I had of my digital camera's ability to properly record the scenes, especially the important ones.  I actually carried an extra film camera body with me to 'back-up' the digital version. 

Today, with the extremely rare exception, all of the National Geographic's stories are shot digitally."

Pic of the Week (July 18, 2014): DOS17 Heron, Pine, Fog
Pic of the Week features the images of Jim Brandenburg, as selected weekly by his staff. With each selection, we hope to highlight the depth, breadth, and splendor of his work. 

Pic of the Week Special Pricing
Purchase this week's Pic (print, matted, or framed - 8x12" or larger) and receive 30% off during the week it is featured (July 18-24)! Contact the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely, Minnesota (877) 493-8017 to take advantage of this special pricing.

Pic of the Week: Lilies and Minnows

" The Quiet Place"

~Milli

Brandenburg Gallery

Fun Fact: To create this image, Jim used a special underwater housing that he constructed. A cable connected the camera to the computer, transforming his monitor into a viewfinder.

Pic of the Week (June 20, 2014): NW695 Lilies and Minnows

Pic of the Week features the images of Jim Brandenburg, as selected weekly by his staff. With each selection, we hope to highlight the depth, breadth, and splendor of his work. For information on purchasing this, or any Brandenburg image, please visit jimbrandenburg.com, the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely, Minnesota (877) 493-8017, or the Brandenburg Gallery in Luverne, Minnesota (888) 283-4061.

Pic of the Week: Black Duck Family

 
" A proud and protective mama leads her brood through summer's evening light. I love the rippled gold water; it reminds me of the rich texture of watered silk.."

~Diane

Brandenburg Gallery

Pic of the Week (June 13, 2014): DOS28 Black Duck Family

Pic of the Week features the images of Jim Brandenburg, as selected weekly by his staff. With each selection, we hope to highlight the depth, breadth, and splendor of his work. For information on purchasing this, or any Brandenburg image, please visit jimbrandenburg.com, the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely, Minnesota (877) 493-8017, or the Brandenburg Gallery in Luverne, Minnesota (888) 283-4061.

Pic of the Week: New Birch Leaves

"This is what I wait for each spring. 
Here, rain and sunlight dance together, 
and little wings burst from branches to catch the wind.  
All this, captured in a moment."

~Milli

Brandenburg Gallery 

Pic of the Week (May 16, 2014): NW738 New Birch Leaves

Pic of the Week features the images of Jim Brandenburg, as selected weekly by his staff. With each selection, we hope to highlight the depth, breadth, and splendor of his work. For information on purchasing this, or any Brandenburg image, please visit jimbrandenburg.com, the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely, Minnesota (877) 493-8017, or the Brandenburg Gallery in Luverne, Minnesota (888) 283-4061.

Introducing: Pic of the Week

"You were only waiting for this moment to arise..." 

"This photo is my top favorite of Jim's.  When spring finally arrives, and it hasn't yet, imagine the joy of happening upon this secret nest, 
seeing the promise of fragile, new life."

~Marcia

Brandenburg Gallery 
and Ravenwood Studios

Pic of the Week (April 25, 2014): NW760 Red-winged Blackbird Nest
 

Pic of the Week features the images of Jim Brandenburg, as selected weekly by his staff. With each selection, we hope to highlight the depth, breadth, and splendor of his work. For information on purchasing this, or any Brandenburg image, please visit jimbrandenburg.com, the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely, Minnesota (877) 493-8017, or the Brandenburg Gallery in Luverne, Minnesota (888) 283-8017.

 

 

Bog Beauties

If you haven't received a copy of the March-April issue of the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, here's a view of our "Bog Beauties" feature.  It's hard to imagine, after this long winter in northern Minnesota, that several of these orchid gems could be blooming within 6 weeks. 

In Jim’s public speaking, he often makes an analogy between this photograph of him blowing the seeds from the orchid seed pod and his photographs and writings.  Out of his thousands of words and images that have been published (or the 10,000 orchid seeds contained in the seed pod), he knows full well that most will drift out into the universe. Conditions are usually right for only one or two seeds to finally take root and bloom 17 years later. Like the delicate and fragile seeds of this Showy Lady’s-slipper (our state flower), he hopes one of his 'seeds'  will also take hold in someone’s mind and spirit and will in turn 'bloom' and make a difference in helping to heighten respect for our fragile environment.

Photograph of Jim in the orchid bog at Ravenwood by Trisha Flaherty 

 
An excellent book that has helped us learn about our  Minnesota orchids is "Native Orchids of Minnesota" by Welby R. Smith.  Copies of the book and the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer with our "Bog Beauties" feature are available at our Brandenburg Gallery in Ely.  Call 218-365-6563 for information.

Black Spruce Forest

Black Spruce Forest, Northern Minnesota

Autumnal Equinox

Autumn Mist

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. . ~ Henry David Thoreau

Goodbye Summer, welcome Autumn.  The leaves are changing at Ravenwood and we are preparing for the arrival of the Ravenwood Workshop I attendees from the Netherlands.  Here is a little peek at one of their activities.  

The First Week of Summer at Ravenwood

The first hour of the first day of summer (above).

Jim's first few days of summer have been very exciting.  
Yesterday, he discovered these newly hatched Common Loon chicks at Ravenwood (below).

"In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them."  -- Aldo Leopold

Meet Jim at the Ely gallery

Jim will be in the Brandenburg Gallery in Ely on Saturday, August 15th, from noon - 3pm. Stop by, say hello and check out what he's been shooting this week!

Mn Conservation Volunteer Feature - Summer Textures: Summer through the lens of Jim Brandenburg

These images are a small selection of the images featured in the May/June issue of Mn Conservation Volunteer celebrating summer. To view a slideshow of the entire piece, please click on the images above or the link below.
Summer Textures: Summer through the lens of Jim Brandenburg