I’m blaming this on turbulence. Which there totally was. Really. Honest. Er… peanuts, anyone?
*note* I’ve revised the title of this post as several viewers pointed out this shot was actually taken over St. Paul (sister-city of Minneapolis). Thanks for the heads-up, folks… I will figure out where I am one of these days. Really. Honest. Er… pretzels, anyone?
Tony Giardino: “What are you doing? Wake up!”
Pilot: “Ooooh man! I was having an amazing dream!”
Tony Giardino: “I don’t care about your dream! Land the plane!”
Pilot: “I was just born, and I was eight-and-a-half months premature. The doctors were freakin’ out.”
Tony Giardino: “Oh please, shut up!”
Pilot: “Did I already tell you this dream?”
– Anthony LaPaglia and Steven Wright – So I Married an Axe Murderer
About this image: digital photograph (Canon 300D) moderately modified in Adobe Photoshop
Refrigerator Magnate 
Hey, dude! Welcome back!
Cool picture, Robert. 🙂
Thanks so much, S.E…
now if only I can manage to get caught up around here! I’m usually behind if I don’t leave my desk for two weeks!
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Turbulance??? Were you in the air during Sandy’s approach??? The photo looks like a card you’d get with bubblegum or something
This was taken a few days after, Tony…
although I was just
looking for excusestelling a bit of a fib to begin with…a very smooth ride, really.
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The bridge that crosses the island in the Mississippi is the Wabasha Street Bridge. That would put you somewhere over West St. Paul. ;-D
Thanks much for the help, Mr. M! I guess that might explain why I was having a difficult time locating the Metrodome! 😉 I’ve Let’s just pretend like I didn’t grow-up directly across the Red River (that might look even worse… somehow)! 😉
Refrigerator Magnate Research Department… in my office… NOW!
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2 glasses of wine made me put down my $.02. I grew up on the river a 100 miles south, and lived in the Cities for 14 years. Now that I am out west, anything that looks like home grabs my attention. My remarks were intended as a good hearted jab. 😀
No worries, sir! I sincerely appreciate your help with this one – I’m very, very happy you were kind enough to mention it! I’m just a bit embarrassed I didn’t do a little research before I titled this post! Yikes! This blog is turning into the Land of ten-thousand OOPSES!
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Welcome back.It’s an unique city like fantasy world. 🙂
Thank you, sir! It’s very good to be back!
I thought it was so much fun to see things from such a new angle!
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Welcome back – that’s an interesting effect Bob. Love the colors 🙂
Being the sad person that I am I couldn’t resist working out where it was – St. Paul with Raspberry Island in the foreground… Now where did I put my straight-jacket 😉
Thanks so much, Martin – very nice to be back… if only I could ever get caught up!
Hahaha… it’s very funny you mention that… it only occurred to me a few moments before this one was ready for pre-post that I probably should have used a ‘Somewhere Over the Twin-Cities’ title as (obviously) I wasn’t quite sure where I was at the time! Oops! As you can see the research department on this blog is still absent from duty!
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Perfect Autumn colors. Awesome 🙂
Thank you very much, Ms. N!
I might have ‘fudged’ that color a bit… I mean… no! NO! I would never do such a thing!
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Has Somewhere over Minneapolis ever looked so good! Trust you to turn your flight into a time machine with this blast from the past – how long were you away for again? Great to see you back!
Thanks so much, Ms. K!
I’m kind of embarrassed now, though (as several folks noticed right away that this shot was taken from above St. Paul – Minneapolis’ sister city)… so… if were are talking about mentally ‘away’… well… it’s been for years! 🙂
Beauty!!!
Many thanks, RNP!
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It looks like the city is on fire! Nice to have you back, making the blogosphere a much prettier place to be.
Thanks so much, Peg!!!
It’s good to be back abusing color-balance and Photoshop like nobody’s business!
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Welcome back SIG! It feels like you’ve been away forever! 🙂
Nice fall ambiance on this cityscape.
Thanks so much, Ms. C! I feel like I’ve been gone forever, too! I just wish I wasn’t SO SLOOOOOOOOOOoooooowwwww… it seems like I’m farther behind than ever! 🙂
I was somewhere over the Twin Cities last June when I flew back home. I started in the south, went through the Twin Cities and then on to Germany.
That sounds like more of a trek than a trip! I hope you had enough leg-room! Ouch!
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Welcome back! Is it morning sunshine we’re seeing?
Why, thank you!
And you are very close… the sun was just setting when I took this (although to tell you the truth I messed with the color balance so much it’s almost ridiculous… but I had fun doing so, anyway)!
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Amazing shot from above and I love how you modified this image to become masterpiece .
Thanks for posting Bob 🙂
Many thanks, Jake!
Sometimes I think modifying the image is half the fun!
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Regardles of where you were or what you titled it you still do awesome work. Don’t worrry about tryin’ to catch up. I have a new system. If I ignore certain things long enough I finally forget about them and they don’t bother me any more…..that is until my wife brings them back up again.
I sincerely appreciate that, Bo!
Hahaha… sounds like a pretty good system! I’m pretty sure I had one set-up myself until I got so far behind it got buried in some pile or other… I think it might be over here, though… wait… no… that’s not it… maybe this pile… wait… no, no…
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It’s on your zip drive and you left it on the plane.
NOOOoooooo!
Stupid overhead bin!!!
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welcome back – and thanks for sharing this view, wherever it is! 🙂
Thank you, P&K!
At this point I’m just proud of myself for getting the state nailed down!
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Welcome Back SIG
you have definitely
been missed around
these parts and what
a brilliant return, this
photograph is great 🙂
Androgoth
Many thanks, my friend!
I sincerely appreciate your great kindness, as always!
It’s very nice to be back… I just wish I wasn’t so slow!
At this rate it might be next year before I catch-up again!
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Well, I didn’t know any better. Can’t keep track of myself, let alone where in the world you are! lol Great shot. Who knew there was something in Minnesota besides snow?
Hahaha… at least I was on the right planet, this time.
I’ve been accused of coming from outer-space before, you know.
Ha! No, no… there’s plenty of ice, too, Patti. 😉
Very well done as usual. The twisting roadways and the orange colour suggest someone had too many tacos & is now paying the price. 😀
BTW I have a post that has been linked to your blog “Existential Friday: Invasion”. You were flying about and did not get to see it. Thanks again for all your comments and support.
Hahaha… too many tacos? Is that even possible? Wait a minute… maybe… maybe so!!! Oh boy!
Oh, wow! Thanks so much, sir! Can’t wait to check that out! Thank you again!!!
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Well it is somewhere over the twin cities. Up and over
Sometimes I just get my Viking settlements a bit confused, I guess.
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I know exactly where you were when you took this picture. In an airplane.
Hahaha…
Sure beats sitting on the wing, I guess.
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Welcome back! I like the aged effect wherever you happen to be in the photo — Binky above has it right — in an airplane.
Thanks so much, S.F!
Yeah… if this one would have turned out just a bit ‘crisper’ I probably wouldn’t have thrown so much editing at it…
but… what can you do, right?!
Hahaha… he’s a funny guy, isn’t he?!
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Anthony La Paglia lives not too far from me 🙂
Can’t fault the guy for that, N.M.
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I even don’t dare to open my eyes in turbulence 😀 Heehee Great shot!
I probably shouldn’t complain, because it really wasn’t too bad this time.
But you know me… drama all the way!
Thanks so much, Cristina!
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I swear sonoeone is waving from the fifth floor of that building…. no, not that one, the other one…
People usually gesture when they see me coming too, Loon.
Only in a much less polite way.
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Hey….great to see you are back 😀 Nice shot in spite of the turbulence 😀
Thank you very much, Mary! It’s good to be back! Even if I am off to a ‘shaky’ start!
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Pretty! Love the fall colors.
You know, I’ve been flying into NYC for seven years now, and I still have such a hard time getting my bearings in the sky. They fly us over the Rockaways half the time and over these random islands near the Bronx the other half, and I never know which is which, and I’ve yet to find my apartment building from the air. Hmph.
Thanks, U.M!
On our return flight Annabelle & I were looking for our apartment building, too. Things looked promising at first (because even I am able to find the Gateway Arch from a lower altitude), but then with the combination of it being dark, our being a bit further away and my navigational skills thwarted the attempt at the last minute. Foiled yet again!!!
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Love the birds eye view. Just immgagin the people you can hit with spit. lol
Thanks, J.B!
HA! I imagine this would do quite a bit for range!
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I don’t really care exactly where it is, SIG. It’s very cool! So, you took this while in an airplane. Whoa!! Nice shot!
Thank you very much, B.F!
Yes… I was really looking forward to taking a few shots from an airplane, but my results weren’t quite what I was hoping for… so I wound up doing a bit more editing than I probably should have. Oh well! I had fun, anyway!
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Great photo… I like the texture you applied to it.
Thank you very much, sir! The as-shot wasn’t quite what I’d been expecting… I still had a lot of fun playing around with it, though!
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Whoa. Golden Hour nailed. (thumbs up)
Thank you so much! The light was pretty crazy… I would have liked to have a few more attempts at this… but the sun was descending almost as quickly as the airplane!
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You make the city look like a burnt out rusted wreck with a dystopian flavor–and whatever city it is, love it! And one of my alltime fave comedies!
Thanks so much, El!
To tell you the truth the original photo didn’t do quite what I was expecting… I still had a lot of fun messing around with it, though.
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Wonderful!
Thank you so very much, D&S!
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Great! I love it!
Thank you, Annabelle!
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