Gary Walter, QPSA  


 Grand Hotel Mackinac Island by Gary Walter, QPSA

October 2026 - Grand Hotel Mackinac Island

About the Image(s)

Title: Grand Hotel Mackinac Island

About This Image: The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island Michigan is a historic 19-th century resort featuring the world's longest front porch and a completely car-free island setting. The porch is 660 feet long and decorated with flags and geranium flowers.

Equipment Used: Canon EOS R5Mk2, RF24-105 F4L IS lens at 63 mm
Camera Settings: Aperture Priority, ISO 800, 1/2500sec, f/10, 0 EV, pattern metering
Lighting Conditions: Mid-morning 9:17 AM local time, Bright sunny morning, no clouds in the sky.
Where and When: Mackinac Island Michigan, taken from below the hotel to capture the length of the porch.

Post-Processing: In Lightroom: created a virtual copy, enabled lens profile, remove chromatic aberration, straightened & cropped using LR Transform tool, adjusted blacks, whites, shadows, highlights; then adjusted clarity and dehaze; Using the color mixer tool adjusted the colors; No edits in photoshop on this image.


2 comments posted




Rui Zhang   Rui Zhang
Beautiful hotel   Posted: 10/07/2026 04:59:39



Zhicai Ren   Zhicai Ren
This is surely a historic architectural landmark, featuring a stunning 200-meter-long veranda and an all-white Victorian-style resort structure. In the distance, a central tower topped with a green dome flies the American flag; the ground level is lined with iconic yellow-and-white striped awnings and red flowers along the railings, evoking a nostalgic American resort atmosphere.   Posted: 10/13/2026 18:56:34



 

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