The Doug & Maria DeVos Building on the corner of Lyon St. & Monroe Ave. is a huge improvement from the vintage 70s MichCon Gas HQ.

@grandrapidsshooter 
#dougandmariadevosfoundation 
#grandrapids 
#lyonstreet
#monroeavenue 
#puremichigan 
#grandaction 
#oldkentbankbuilding 
#universityclubgr 
#calderbuilding 
#freyfoundation 
#nikond5 
#nikonprofessionalservices 
#thompsonphotos 
#beercity 
#experiencegr
#realseafood

All roads lead to Campau Square.  I was scouting a photograph for a client and this vehicle went by me very fast. I don’t remember if it was a fire engine, a police car, a bus, or a superhero, but I liked it.

@grandrapidsshooter 
#grandrapidsmi 
#monroestreet
#windquestbuilding 
#reserverestaurant 
#amwaygrandplaza 
#pantlindhotel 
#calderbuilding 
#devosplace 
#mckaytower 
#happystpatricksday 
#nikond5 
#nikonprofessionalservices

The planetary alignment this week requires a very good imagination.  I found Venus and Jupiter.  Maybe you can see Venus at 12:00 high.  Jupiter is at 12:00 low, just above the starboard light on the north pier.  Mars & Uranus were tucked in close to them.  Mercury got lost in the sunset (I think). Oh well.  Pretty sunset.  Pretty and very, very cold!

@grandrapidsshooter
#grandhavenpier 
#grandhavenstatepark 
#lakemichigan 
#puremichigan 
#nikond5 

#nikon2470vr 
#nikon2470 
#nikonprofessional

The Windquest Building, home to Reserve and gets my vote for some of the coolest lighting.

@grandrapidsshooter
#windquestbuilding
#windquest⚓️ 
#grandrapids
#lyonstreet 
#monroestreet 
#nikond5
#nikkorpc-e24mm
#tiltshift 
#architecture 
#reserverestaurant 
#devosplace 
#thompsonphotos 
#architecturalphotography
#starsouttonight
#gillettbridge

Cold, drizzle, fog, and yet out city on the Grand still looks great!
@grandrapidsshooter 
#grandrapids
#grandrapidsmi 
#grpm 
#grandrapidspublicmuseum 
#grandvalleystateuniversity 
#grandriver 
#nikonprofessional 
#nikond5 
#bluebridge 
#jwmarriott
#amwaygrand 
#pearlstreetbridge

One of the proud Scottish Highlands steer of Cascade, looking tough and grazing in 18 inches of snow.

So I went out tonight to shoot comet C/2022 E3, because tonight it is nearest to the Earth and brightest.  Unfortunately, on top of  p/c to m/c skies and -10 windchill, the full moon is tomorrow, conveniently rendering anything dimmer than Venus practically invisible. 

I'm told this weekend the comet will begin to fade as it heads out towards Pluto and beyond for the next 50,000 years.  But with a full moon tomorrow, and the new moon not until February 20, tonight might have been the last best chance.  Crap. 

But hey, when all else fails, shoot the moon!  It's so much easier to find. 
(Nikon D5 w/ Nikkor 500mm @ 1/1600s @ f/10 @ ISO 400)

@grandrapidsshooter
#moon
#luna
#NikonD5
#nikonprofessional

Autumn colors and clouds over Ada, MI near the Grand Rapids Polo Club.

@grandrapidsshooter 
#fallcolors 
#adamichigan 
#vergennes 
#grandrapids 
#grandrapidsmi 
#grandrapidsmichigan
#puremichigan 
#sayyestomichigan 
#kentcountymichigan 
#westmichigan 
#westmi
#nikond850 
#nikonprofessional 
#nikkor24-70f/2.8

Looking east over close to two miles worth of Bridge/Michigan Streets at sunset.  I was shooting from the western edge of the Grand River Valley, through the west side, under the US 131 S-curve, over the Grand River, up the east bank of the Grand River Valley, past the Medical Mile to Lafayette Ave.
@grandrapidsshooter 
#grandrapids 
#grandrapidsmichigan 
#bridgestreet 
#medicalmile 
#puremichigan 
#grwestside 
#experiencegr 
#experiencegrandrapids 
#nikonprofessional 
#nikond850 
#500mm
#helendevoschildrenshospital 
#helendevos 
#vanandelinstitute 
#vanandelinstitute❣️ 
#immanuellutheranchurch 
#westsidebusinessassociation 
#cookdevoscenter 
#cookdevos
#steelcat 
#atwaterbrewery 
#therowegr 
#msuresearchcenter 
#msumedicalschool 
#msucollegeofmedicine 
#msucollegeofhumanmedicine 
#spectrumhealth 
#beatchildhoodcancer❤️🎗 
#grandvalleyuniversity

Mallards on the Thornapple River at dusk. 

@grandrapidsshooter
#thornapppleriver
#mallards 
#puremichigan 
#sayyestomichigan 
#westmichigan 
#nikond850 
#nikonprofessional 
#light

August evening above Parks Circle in Grand Rapids, with the McKay Tower on the left and the GRAM on the right.

@grandrapidsshooter
#parkscircle 
#grandrapids #grandrapidsartmuseum #grandrapidsmichigan 
#grandrapidsmi 
#rosaparkscircle 
#mckaytower 
#monroemall
#ledyardbuilding
#nikond850 
#nikonprofessional
#experiencegrandrapids 
#experiencegr 
#grandrapids
#rightplace 
#puremichigan

I came home to find some neighborhood kids on my lawn.

@grandrapidsshooter
#whitetail 
#whitetaildeer 
#whitetailfawns
#puremichigan 
#adamichigan 
#grandrapids 
#nikonprofessional 
#nikond850
#whitetaildeer 
#fawns

A beautiful Saturday night with live jazz at Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids.

@grandrapidsshooter 
#grandrapids 
#parkscircle 
#monroemall 
#rosaparkscircle 
#mckaytower 
#amwaygrand
#puremichigan 
#gram 
#grartmuseum 
#westmichigan 
#nikonprofessional 
#nikond850 
#nikond850prophotographer

It must be July if the Milky Way and Andromeda are directly over my house.
Bonus: no wildfire smoke (so far).
@grandrapidsshooter
#adamichigan 
#grandrapids 
#experiencegr 
#grandrapidsmi 
#puremichigan 
#milkyway 
#andromeda 
#andromedagalaxy 
#chezthompson 
#nikonprofessional 
#nikond850 
#nikond850photography
#nikon14mmf2.8
#campdavidmichigan

Chez Thompson in summer colors.  Or as my friend Mike calls it, “Camp David.” 😄

@grandrapidsshooter 
#adamichigan
#puremichigan 
#experiencegrandrapids 
#experiencegr
#experiencegrandrapids 
#gerberdaisy 
#blackeyedsusan 
#coneflower
#japanesemaple 
#catnip 
#nikonprofessional 
#nikonprofessionalservices 
#nikond850 
#nikond850prophotographer 
#nikkor24-70mm2.8

This year’s Eastern Purple Coneflowers of Camp David are as photogenic as ever. I love a hearty perennial that gets sturdier and bigger every year. 

Purple Coneflower is a member of the Echinacea species used to make a popular herbal tea, said to help strengthen the immune system. 

The genus name is from the Greek “echino,” meaning hedgehog, an allusion to the spiny, brownish central disk. 

@grandrapidsshooter 
#adamichigan #coneflower #coneflowersofinstagram 
#coneflower
#puremichigan 
#experiencegrandrapids 
#experiencegr
#experiencegrandrapids 
#nikonprofessional 
#nikonprofessionalservices 
#nikond850 
#nikond850prophotographer 
#nikkor105mm1.4
#campdavidmichigan

The GR skyline on May 12, 2022.  The city never seemed so purple until now.
@grandrapidsshooter 
#grandrapids 
#westmichigan 
#grandriver 
#grandriverconservationauthority 
#amwaygrand 
#amwaygrandplaza 
#jwmarriottgrandrapids
#gillettbridge
#puremichigan 
#experiencegr 
#experiencegrandrapids 
#nikonpro 
#nikonprofessionalservices 
#nikond850prophotographer 
#nikond850official

A starry, starry night over the Michigan Capitol. 
@grandrapidsshooter 
#michigancapitol 
#elijahemyers 
#michigancapitolcommission
#puremichigan #nikon 
#d850 
#nikonprofessional

The Gillett pedestrian bridge across the Grand River on an evening in mid-May 2022.  Built in 1915 as an interurban railway bridge, it is still one of the four longest concrete bridges in the state.  And looks more like the Ponte Sant’Angelo all the time.

@grandrapidsshooter 
#grandrapids 
#grandrapidsmichigan 
#grandriver 
#gillettbridge 
#puremichigan 
#nikond850 
#d850 
#nikonprofessionalservices 
#nikonprofessional 
#michiganrivers 
#interurbanbridge

Spring has sprung and Woody and the wife are back.  Here's a shot of Mrs. Woody shopping for takeout carpenter ants outside my office window in Ada, MI.
@grandrapidsshooter 
#pileatedwoodpecker 
#pileatedwoodpeckers 
#adamichigan 
#puremichigan 
#nikond850 
#nikonprofessionalservices
#CampDavid-Michigan

Finding new angles every time I visit.  Happy sesquicentennial!

@grandrapidsshooter 
#neoclassicalarchitecture 
#elijahemyers 
#100northcapitolave
#michiganheritagehall
#nikonprofessional 
#D850
#fineartphotography 
#nikkor24mmpce

Just the most beautiful capital rotunda this side of the Roman forum.

@grandrapidsshooter
#michigancapitol 
#nikonprofessionalservices 
#nikonprofessional 
#d850nikon 
#nikkor2470f28 
#mymichigan

Dawn on the Thornapple River - August 2021.

The D.H. Day farm occupies 400 acres of land in the lee of Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore near Glen Arbor, Michigan. 

Built in the 1880s, it has become a landmark and popular photo stop along M-22 and the Lake Michigan Circle Tour.  The popularity of M-22 has spawned decals and bumper stickers, flags, beer mugs, surfboards and a whole line of clothing at M22.com 

Pyramid Point is visible nine miles distant, and Manitou Passage Great Lakes State Bottomland Preserve beyond.

@grandrapidsshooter 
#sleepingbeardunes 
#sleepingbeardunesnationallakeshore 
#glenarbor 
#glenarbormichigan 
#glengaven 
#pyramidpoint
#m22life 
#m22 
#m22challenge 
#sayyestomichigan 
#puremichigan 
#nikond850 
#nikonprofessionalservices 
#m22.com

Even on a dreary overcast day, with  45 mph breeze and a 6-degree windchill, sometimes that four minutes of sun is worth the wait.

@grandrapidsshooter 
#grandhavenpier 
#puremichigan 
#grandhavenbeach 
#lakemichigan
#grandhavenstatepark 
#nikond850prophotographer 
#nikonprofessionalservices 
#sunsetphotography

The Gerald Ford Freeway & US 131 crossing over the Grand River (as well as each other) at Grand Rapids, Michigan.

@grandrapidsshooter 
#grandrapids 
#puremichigan 
#grandriver 
#geraldrfordfreeway
#fordfreeway 
#I196
#us131 
#nikond850 
#nikonprofessionalservices 
#nikonprofessional

I was shooting a fundraiser on a gloomy late afternoon for the amazing peeps at GRCCT a couple of weeks back.  Suddenly the sun popped out of nowhere and BAM!

@grandrapidsshooter 
#GRCCT
#grandrapidscenterfor community transformation
##nikond850 #nikonprofessionalservices 
#chiaroscuro

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