http://www.topstoriesminneapolis.com Bringing you the best in news and gossip from Minneapolis Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:42:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://uptownmpls.blogspot.com/2009/02/puddle-jumping.html http://uptownmpls.blogspot.com/2009/02/puddle-jumping.html#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:39:00 +0000 Bl@ck Coffee tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10371316.post-360743242196631103


Reflection of a man and his dog running past a puddle...



A woman walks by a tree. Her silhouette is frozen in time...

]]> http://uptownmpls.blogspot.com/2009/02/puddle-jumping.html/feed/ 0 http://uptownmpls.blogspot.com/2009/02/penn-ice-cycle-loppet-2009.html http://uptownmpls.blogspot.com/2009/02/penn-ice-cycle-loppet-2009.html#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:23:00 +0000 Bl@ck Coffee tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10371316.post-4795182760858257329 City of Lakes Loppet. The photos below are from the Penn Ice-Cycle Loppet (a series of bike races on ice with studded tires). I photographed the final heat which took place in the lagoon between Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles. The race was a half hour long...



After a while I started shooting into the sun which made exposure challenging but I was able to catch the flying snow this way...



Same thing here but kind of blurry...



This one is blurry too but check out the size of the lens in the background...



A couple of the racers lost their position do to a flat tire. Poor guy...



You wouldn't know it by looking at these photos but there were a lot of spectators around enjoying the race. It seemed like a good turnout this year. Lots of fun.

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Getting the skier and the dog in the same frame was a challenge...



because sometimes they were moving at different speeds...



My personal favorite. These two were going the same speed, FAST...



Slow and steady wins the race...

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