Freighter and Fall Colors
I love mornings during the fall, the cool crisp air, and the coverage of overcast skies make for great backdrops. This morning did not disappoint from starting the day at Mile Long Pier in Lorain and then heading to my old stomping grounds at Berea Falls.
Through a group I am a part of on Facebook, “Lorain, OH by Photos” - I was tipped off that the Algoma Compass was coming into the Port of Lorain to unload her cargo of limestone. After packing my camera gear into the car, I headed out for the Mile Long Pier. I got there in just the nik of time to catch the freighter passing by the “Jewel of the Port” - Lorain West Breakwater Light.
After taking photos from the Pier I headed down to the marina near “The Shipyards” to capture this beauty coming through the drawbridge. The leading lines of the open bridge made a perfect frame for this massive ship. The complementary colors of the blue hull of the freighter and the yellow lines of the roadway on the bridge (even though they are the colors of the state up North…) help add to the beauty of the photograph.
A little history on the Algoma Compass - she was built in 1973 by the American Steamship Company up in Toledo, OH. She is a unique ship being powered by a pair of 2-stroke diesel engines. The Algoma Compass was originally christened as the Roger M. Kyes, after the CEO of American Steamship Company. Later in 1989, she was renamed the Adam Edward Cornelius (4th ship to carry the name of one of the co-founders of American Steamship Company). In 2015, she was setup in dry dock in Huron, OH until being sold to Algoma Central Corp. in 2017. The ship began sailing again under her current name, Algoma Compass, hailing out of St. Catharines, Ontario in May of 2018.
I remember seeing her tied up in Huron for those couple years in her old American Steamship livery wondering what her fate was going to be. Glad to see that she is back running the Great Lakes. After my fun in Lorain at Mile Long Pier with the Algoma Compass, I headed back to my old stomping grounds of Berea, OH. Heading to Berea Falls after a good rain storm makes for great photos with the water running high and fast.
Berea Falls has a special place in my heart since my college apartment was right on the other side of the train tracks, and many of the skills I utilize when I go out and photograph waterfalls. Today I utilized my tripod, a ultra-wide angle lens, as well as a neutral density filter to capture these super long exposure photos. The minimum shutter speed of these photographs was around 2 seconds, and the average shutter speed was around 8 seconds. Fall/Autumn is probably my favorite time to go and photograph down in the valley because of these kind of conditions mother nature creates.
Stay tuned for more blog posts coming out from recent photo projects, as well as information about upcoming Holiday Mini-Sessions in the month of November!