Last weekend of the gallery for the year...

It's the last weekend High Street Gallery in Mineral Point will be open for winter - stop in for those last-minute Christmas gifts!

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2012 Monthly Calendar Now Available!

The Natural Spaces Photography 2012 Monthly Calendar is now available for a limited time! It features 10 images made in 2011 and two older images from the photo vault.

To order, please visit my website (http://www.davemiess.com/)

Photographs now available in Paoli

I'm happy to announce that starting today, I will have my images available at Lovely Days Gallery in Paoli. If you live in southern Dane or northern Rock and green counties, Paoli is a fantastic little burg to visit! It's become home to several fine galleries along with local cheese and food shops. Lovely Days is a terrific gallery, located in an old mill, with a wide variety of art available. To learn more about the gallery, click here.

My work will still be available at High Street Gallery (my main gallery) in Mineral Point. If you want a wonderful taste of Christmas, visit Mineral Point on December 3 - it's the final Gallery Night of the year in town. Mineral Point will be beautifully decorated and the streets will be lit by candelight during the evening.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my various art shows this year. The "road-show" season wrapped up last weekend with the Winter Art Festival in Madison. Planning for 2012 art shows is well underway and the tentative calendar will be on my website soon.

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Winter Art Festival This Weekend!

If you're in the Madison, Wisconsin area this weekend, I hope you can take some time to visit the Winter Art Festival at the Monona Terrace. It's on Saturday, November 12, from 9am-5pm and Sunday, November 13, from 10am-4pm. I'll be there with new images from Alaska and this fall.

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Pewit's Nest - Baraboo Range

I made a quick morning run to the Baraboo Range today to visit one of my favorite spots - Pewit's Nest State Nature Area. I've shot it many times, but it's still fun. Here's some images (please click on them to make them larger).

Autumn Images from the Northwoods

I just returned from a weekend shooting fall colors in Taylor, Price, and Sawyer counties. The state experienced a significant wind storm last week, which played a bit of havoc with the fall colors. Many trees, particularly along riverways, were almost stripped of fall color. Other areas, however, were in great form! Here's some images - as always, click on the image to see a larger version.

Pond, Taylor Co.

Birch, Slough Gundy, Sawyer Co.

Little Falls, Sawyer Co.

Lake, Rustic Road #1, Taylor Co.

Along Bear Ave., Taylor Co.

Bear Ave, Taylor Co.

Morning Frost, Taylor Co.

Boulder Junction Art Show this weekend!

If you happen to find yourself in the Wisconsin Northwoods on Sunday, stop by Boulder Junction for their art fair! I'll be there with some new prints from Alaska - stop in and say hello!

Alaska - Day Eleven

This is my last post from Alaska - catching the red-eye back to Wisconsin tomorrow. I hope you've enjoyed the images over the last eleven days from the Last Frontier. I've shot close to 3,000 images, so I know what I'll be doing for the rest of the year!

I spent some time today on the waters of Kachemak Bay, which is home to Gull Island, one of the largest rookeries in the world. At any given time, almost 15,000 birds can be found nearby. Hope you enjoy these photos.

Puffin Pair

Murre Rookery

Cormerants, Gull Island

Puffins, Kachemak Bay



Sea Otter, Kachemak Bay



Alaska Day Ten - More Low Tides

Another day of very low tides here on the Kenai Peninsula. In fact, the tides in this region are the second most extreme in the world....and they move fast.

The low tides offer some wonderful opportunities to see what's going on beneath the surface....and gives those who live above the surface a good chance to eat. Here's some images from today.



Starfish, Kachemak Bay



Low Tide Details, Kachemak Bay

Waiting for low tide

Star Fish, Kachemak Bay

The Kids

Alaska Day Nine - Low Tides

Today was spent exploring shoreline as we have some of the lowest tides of the time in Alaska. Here's some images, plus a left-over from Chugach National Forest.

Low Tide, Kachemak Bay

Moose, Tidal Basin



Low Tide, Cook Inlet

Starfish, Cook Linet

Turn Lake, Chugach National Forest

Alaska Day Eight - Chugach and Kenai Fjords

A long day of driving, but it was made much easier by spectacular scenery throught the Chugach National Forest, Kenai Fjords National Park and the Seward area. It's late (even here in Alaska), so I'll share only a few shots (as always, click on the image to see a larger version).

Upper Trail Lake, Chugach Nat'l Forest

Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords Nat'l Park

Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords Nat'l Park

Old Ship, Seward

Lilly Pond Lake, Chugach Nat'l Forest

Alaska Day Seven - Glaciers and Katmai

A few more images from a day in Katmai National Park as well as an evening image of Portlock Glacier, which is across Kachemak Bay from Homer.

After a Salmon

Ptarmigan

Taking a Rest

Fishing Technique

Near Crosswind  Lake, Katmai NP



Shallows, Kamishak Bay, Katmai NP



Dusk, Portlock Glacier, Kachemak Bay

Alaska Day Six - Katmai and Bears

An amazing day spent at Katmai National Park. Almost 1,300 frames shot. I'll be editing for quite a while, however wanted to share a few (as always, please click on an image for a larger view).

I'll let the images speak for themselves, save this quote from Andy Russell:

"There is great strength and pride combined with a strong mixture of inquisitive curiosity in the make-up of the Grizzly character. The Grizzly can be brave and downright brash. He can be secretive and very retiring. He can be extremely cunning and powerfully aggressive. Whatever he does, his actions match his surroundings and the circumstances of the moment.

His is a dignity and power matched by no other in the North American wilderness. To share a mountain with him for a while is a privilege and an adventure like no other."

Special thanks to Emerald Air Service, Pilot Craig, and Guide Dave for a day I'll never forget.