Sunrise Walk to Fiddlers Point

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Sunrise at Mashes Sands

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Live Oak Trees in Apalachicola National Forest

These are among the first images taken my new Canon Powershot GX 1. It is has an exceptionally large large sensor (18.7 x 14mm) for a compact camera, providing for images approaching a digital slr in quality.

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This is a panorama of 3 photos stitched together.



For this image, I bracketed exposure by 3 stops and used photoshop CS5
to create an image with a wider exposure range in this HDR image.

The sepia tint in the black and white was applied in camera! 

Morning Fog Scenics at Mashes Sands

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Skimmers at Mashes Sands May 2, 2012

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Black Skimmers are special creatures ... these photos reminded me how extremely long their wings are!

Shorebirds Feasting on Horseshoe Crab Eggs, May 1, 2012

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By luck I arrived yesterday at an incredible spectacle on the shoreline of Mashes Sands ... flocks of shorebirds were frantically feeding horseshoe crab eggs. It was amazing!

Horseshoe Crabs Mating and Laying Eggs



Marbled Godwits, Long-billed Dowitchers, and Sanderlings



Willit? Yes, I did ... back to Fiddlers Point on April 30, 2012

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Like me, an overgrown sandpiper type of bird called a willet is frequently found in our coastal salt marshes.

Willet



Willet



Water, Water, Everywhere ... in my photos





Laughing Gull

Long-billed Dowitcher



Walking Bottoms Road to Fiddlers Point on April 26, 2012

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Lately, a tele zoom seems to feel right ... and back to more wildlife image.


Great Egret



Boat-tailed Grackle



Turkey Vulture



Self Portrait of Ranger Bob

On April 15, I set up the tripod in the cypress dome of the Wakulla Springs State Park and with a self timer, photographed myself in Ranger uniform ... I have since retired, effective April 30, with 29 years and 3 months of state employment at 62 years young (actually my birthday is in May).

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Wakulla River Flood Plain Swamp

I took this photo just inside the entrance of the Wakulla Springs State Park early one foggy morning in late March.

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Dickerson Bay Sand Bar

This post in May begins a catch up in posting photos to the blog, with a photo taken on February 25 of a sand bar in the mouth of Dickerson Bay at low tide.

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