An Expression Is That Love and Joy Are Free to Share (Voyageurs National Park)

            An Expression Is That Love and Joy Are Free to Share
So as I go or travel about
I’ll smile and look into the eyes of others
Say hi, hello, or a passing nod
I’ll capture images and share the beauty around 
Let others know it can be an amazing life
No matter what life’s station
Share the free hello and smile with as many one can

Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon around the Rainy Lake Visitor Center in Voyageurs National Park. The setting is extending to the north across the shoreline of Black Bay. As I composed this image, I liked the balance of the image between the lake waters on the right side and trees with a grassy meadow on the left. This is one of many images I captured using different focal lengths and perspectives. 

The biggest adjustment I had to make was with the exposure on this overcast day. I chose to work with the Camera RAW HDR merge tool to better bring that complete color setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 9 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.
   

Taken in: United States / Minnesota / Unorganized Territory of Rainy Lake / Island View (show map)

Taken on: September 5, 2025

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Along Lakeshore

Azimuth 5

Camera RAW HDR Merge

Canvas

Cloud - Sky

Cloudy

Color Efex Pro

Day 3

DxO PhotoLab 9 Edited

Forest

Forest Landscape

Free Verse Poetry

Grassy Area

Grassy Field

Grassy Marsh

Grassy Meadow

HDR

Island

Lake

Lakeshore

Landscape

Landscape - Scenery

Looking North

Meadows

Midwest-Great Lakes Area

Mississippi Headwaters

Mostly Cloudy

Nature

Nikon Z8

No People

North America Plains

Outside

Overcast

Poems Used

Poetry and Prose

Portfolio

Project365

Rainy Lake Visitor Center

Scenics - Nature

Shoreline

Single Image HDR

Single Image HDR TIFF Image

Sky

SnapBridge

Travel

Trees

Upper Mississippi Area

Voyageurs National Park

Voyageurs National Park UP Michigan

Water

Woodland

Minnesota

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Camera: Nikon Z 8, f/5.6, 1/200 sec, 28mm, ISO 64 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 8
Lens:	NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	64
Exposure Bias:	-0.302 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	DxO PhotoLab 9.1.1
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