Crystal Lake Cave in Dubuque
Jan. 5th, 2015 12:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI'm going to head back to work for the first time this year tomorrow, so I should probably get to bed. But I wanted to finish up another batch of images first.
These are from Crystal Lake Cave in Dubuque, a tourist attraction that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
posicat and I dropped by last Summer. Our guide was wonderful; since traffic was low, she let us set up tripods and take as long as we wanted to with photos. Her patience allowed these to come out as well as they did.
(On a tangent, I've finally figured out, mostly, how to automate a watermark placement; you'll likely see it on most of my images from here on out. And I suppose it's now a lot easier to connect my LJ to my real name, huh? Oh well.)
More photos, as usual,
Come on in!
Probably the most organic-looking photograph of the lot. I think it's a little creepy.
I just loved the numerous, vintage signs identifying various features. I bet they're hand-painted. It's also neat, from a detached perspective, how they provide a little context and narrative for you tell yourself a story about what you're seeing and get yourself more engaged with the cave.
And how could I resist a dog?!
Little Frozen Niagara! (Having been to Niagara Falls in the winter, I'll note that doesn't really look like that at all. But this is nifty.)
They often used some lighting to spice up particular vistas.
The cave ceiling again. I pointed the camera straight up at interesting stalactites and shot.
One more before bed. I hope you enjoyed them!
I told the staff I'd send them a link when I got them posted. It's been a while, but they're finally done! I'll send them an email tomorrow.
These are from Crystal Lake Cave in Dubuque, a tourist attraction that
posicat and I dropped by last Summer. Our guide was wonderful; since traffic was low, she let us set up tripods and take as long as we wanted to with photos. Her patience allowed these to come out as well as they did.(On a tangent, I've finally figured out, mostly, how to automate a watermark placement; you'll likely see it on most of my images from here on out. And I suppose it's now a lot easier to connect my LJ to my real name, huh? Oh well.)
More photos, as usual,
Come on in!
Probably the most organic-looking photograph of the lot. I think it's a little creepy.
I just loved the numerous, vintage signs identifying various features. I bet they're hand-painted. It's also neat, from a detached perspective, how they provide a little context and narrative for you tell yourself a story about what you're seeing and get yourself more engaged with the cave.
And how could I resist a dog?!
Little Frozen Niagara! (Having been to Niagara Falls in the winter, I'll note that doesn't really look like that at all. But this is nifty.)
They often used some lighting to spice up particular vistas.
The cave ceiling again. I pointed the camera straight up at interesting stalactites and shot.
One more before bed. I hope you enjoyed them!
I told the staff I'd send them a link when I got them posted. It's been a while, but they're finally done! I'll send them an email tomorrow.
