Saturday, December 31, 2011

Coasting

At Mashes Island late on Friday, I packed light with a Canon 7d body, telephoto zoom, tripod and boots. My reward was a flock of gulls resting/sleeping in fabulous light. So ... I took my time approaching the birds, while trying various approaches for depth of field, shutter speeds and compositions. Fun!









This pair is my favorite.


Here is a shot out of the window of my car along the road to the county park of a great egret.


The sunset under the sea oats during a short walk toward the mouth of Ochlockonee Bay.


Have a great new year!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Sunday Treasure Hunt

These are highlights during a walk in the morning in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge from Highway 98 south of Medart and in the afternoon in the Leon Sinks Geological area of the Apalachicola National Forest.













Friday, December 2, 2011

Walking the Sopchoppy River

These photos were taken last Monday morning walking up the Sopchoppy River from the Oak Park bridge. The water is so low that there is not enough water to float a kayak along long portions of the river.







Friday, November 25, 2011

Ochlockonee River Floodplain

My previous post "Sand Patterns at St. George Island State Park" earlier this month was the essence of simplicity ... a few blades of grass and subtle patterns in the white beach sand.

The landscape of the floodplain of the Ochlockonee River north of Porter Lake is the polar opposite. The river is so low that there only a few pockets of standing water. I wandered by foot on dry sand, among tall cypress and tupelo trees, searching for the deep gullies. Cypress knees, roots of other types of trees, downed logs, and leaves provide a myriad of textures, shapes, and colors with a black-water and bright-sand background.













Sunday, November 6, 2011

Sand Patterns at St. George Island State Park

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Walking Wakulla Beach Road

I reeeally love palms ... like the views in these photos. At 6pm on Saturday, I walked into the sun along the refuge road from the game check station on the Wakulla Beach Road.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

West Waters

The many creeks of the Apalachicola River along Highway 65 are a canoeing and kayaking paradise! I paddled yesterday along Graham Creek ... the tupelo and cyrpess are truely amazing.

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On my way back home, I stopped in the St. James area to photograph the Gulf shoreline.






Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Earrrrrly one morning

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Apalachee Bay

Early one morning last week, I paddled in a broad 3-mile loop out into the Apalachee Bay from Skipper Creek, south and east toward Piney Island, across the mouth of Purify Creek, and back to Skipper. While 'Oyster Bay' is farther to the east, this portion of the Gulf also has really fine oyster bars!

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Monday, August 22, 2011

New Smyrna Beach and Canaveral National Seashore

These photos were taken July 24 to 29 during a family reunion ...

My daily ritual at the beach begins with greeting the sun as it rises over the Atlantic.
The rhythm of the tides and the surf of a high energy beach are so different from the Gulf.
Each wave of each day made new patterns in the sands and shells along The National Seashore.
On long walks with camera, tripod and wide-brimmed straw hat, I found endless horizons of water, sand and sky.

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