An Evening With Alpheus Starkey Williams

So tonight found me on Belle Isle for the reason that I'm usually on Belle Isle but more about that in the next post.  First we have this post and this post is a doozy.  Well not really a doozy but definitely a repeat.

 First up we have the statue of General Alpheus Starkey Williams.  As you may recall, this statue has appeared several times on this blog.  Well especially since I did the link before the last sentence.

 The light was just about perfect for bringing out the highlights in this statue.  You can see hints of fall in the background but Belle Isle hasn't fully succumbed to the colors like many other places around here.

 This is sort of a landmark on Belle Isle.

Looking up at the statue.

And Some Other Shots....

Since there was only one ship on the River, I didn't stick around too long to take other pictures.  There was another coming upbound but it was kind of cold and rainy.  But before I left, I decided to take a couple other pictures.

 I thought more of the color on the trees would show up.  However, I still like this shot.

 Just a shot of the weather.  Unfortunately clouds don't look the same in pictures that they do in life.   This might be something I need to work on.

 Then I saw the State Park sign and the ship behind it.  Decided to take a picture.

 The ship sort of in focus.

 The flowers in focus.

And one more shot of the park and the Ren Cen.

A Rainy Day With the Algoma Enterprise

It has been about a week since I was last shipwatching.  After work, I decided to stop by Milliken State Park to get some ship pictures.  I thought I would be getting pictures of the CSL Assiniboine and Sam Laud but they decided they needed a slurpee and big burrito at the Sterling Fuel Docks.   But the Algoma Enterprise, trooper that she is decided to bypass the Fuel Docks and press on.

 The Algoma Enterprise has appeared on this blog in the past, so I'm not going to go into her story here.  Instead I'm gonna go through a little of my story.

 For these next three shots, I decided that I would mess around with the white balance settings.  This picture was set for a cloudy day.  I'm not sure I like it so much.

 This one used the sunny day settings and I think I like it a little better.  There are more blues in the picture.

 This one was on the auto settings.  So which of the three do you like the best?

 Well, the Algoma Enterprise pressed on.

 And the sky was a little rough.  It was raining off and on and I think I had some droplets on my lens.

 But it didn't show here.

 Not sure if the gray on the side of the hull is from my lens or the light hitting the dust just right. 

 I didn't bring my bigger lens with me, so this is the closest close up I'm giving.

 And my favorite angle for boat pictures.

 And she continues on her merry way.

 And so that's the Algoma Enterprise....

And this concludes my pictures of her.

Not the Algoma Provider

So I went down to Detroit tonight with the intention of getting a picutre of a ship I hadn't seen before.  She was even a classic lake freighter but she ended up stopping at the Sterling Fuel Dock before continuing on.  I guess if I'd gotten off my butt earlier I could have caught her as she passed Bellanger but oh well.

I couldn't leave the park without one picture though....so I leave you with a picture of the Renaissance Center.  I wish it were the Algoma Provider.  Maybe I'll catch her on the way back.

Eastern Michigan Vs. Kent State - The Game

There was alot of hope for this game.  EMU was able to play Michigan State pretty close.  They lost but the game was still pretty close.  They were coming home and looked like the things were on the upswing.

 Well, sometimes life doesn't live up to the hopes.  Kent State was pretty much able to run the ball at will.  Their passing attack was fairly decent.  EMU was lucky there were a few dropped passes because the score would have been more lopsided.

 Didn't get to see this guy too much during the game.  Even he was able to run the ball against EMU.

 Tyler Allen during one of many kickoff returns.

 I guess if I had one picture to sum up the day, it would be this one.  EMU took a number of stupid penalties.  I'm not going to say that cost them the game but it didn't help.

 My favorite shots from games.  I don't know what it is about this.

 Although right after the snap is better.

 One of a couple dropped passes.

 Bronson Hill eluding a tackle to make the one bright spot of Eastern's day.

 He looks at the defenders and sees that he could....

 .....go all the way.  It was a pretty sweet run and like I said the only bright spot of the day.

 Like I said, Kent State pretty much ran the ball at will.

 Hell, these guys could have probably done it too.

 I kind of like this shot.

 And the eagle again.

 I'll have to admit that this is pretty cool.  It's not often I can get this close to an Eagle.

 Setting up another run play.

 I guess this was another bright spot of Eastern's day.  They were able to get a pick but the ensuing offensive posession was for naught.

 Another running play.

 Eastern attempted the running game but with the exception of the long touchdown run, it was for naught.

 Another Kent running play.

 Tyler Benz almost looking like a quarterback.

 Demarius Reed running with the ball after a catch.

 And the other EMU touchdown.  This was kind of a nice play too.

 The other Kent quarterback running the ball.

 Another run play.

 The victory formation on Kent's part.

 The post game handshake.

 The picture that almost says it all.  Kent State played pretty well today and didn't make too many mistakes.  Unlike Eastern.

And the picture that does say it all.  At least the score is the same backwards or forwards.

The sad part was that this was supposed to be EMU's year.  Last year they went 6 and 6 and this year they were returning a good portion of their offense.  Their defense may have been suspect because they weren't returning as many of them but still.  Now they are 0 and 5 and looking at 0 and 6.  Heck, they may not win a game this year but we'll see.