Fargo, North Dakota.

The Red River is often a muddy brown because wind and water flow stir up the river bed as the river flows north into Canada and its mouth at Lake Winnipeg. In future weeks, I’ll be focusing on Orchard Glen Nature Park, a small but beautiful area complete with an apple tree orchard. I’ve been stopping by every two weeks or so documenting the changes since last Spring, and I hope to be able to capture some Winter images before we head to Arizona.

In late July, upon our arrival at the park, I was surprised to find the river with calm water and a beautiful blue reflection of the sky. There is a small path from the main trail to the river’s edge where there is often a fisherman trying to catch a catfish. Today, on this beautiful late afternoon, the spot happened to be empty and it became a platform for catching a shot of the river with my cell phone camera.

About the photo: Using my Samsung S20U, I chose automatic exposure, the camera, in turn, selecting f/1.8, 1/320 sec., ISO-16 to complete the exposure. Home again at my computer, I used Adobe Lightroom and Skylum’s latest version of Luminar (4.3) to complete the post-processing details. In most browsers, clicking on the image will give you an enlarged image on a darker background for a better view.

John Steiner