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| BIRD WATCHER Mashes Island |
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| TRICOLORED HERON Bottoms Road, Panacea, FL |
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| OSPREY NEST IN THE CLOUDS
Otter Lake
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
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| REFUGE ROAD IN THE PINES Off of Purify Bay Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge |
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This was the first trail that we hiked, the
Buckhorn Gap Trail. It paralleled, then crossed Avery Creek. |
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| Fly fishermen along the Davidson River. |
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| Brook Trout in the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education |
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| John Rock Creek |
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| Devil's Courthouse on the Blue Ridge Parkway |
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| Cove adjacent to Devil's Courthouse |
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| A wider view of the same cove. |
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| Late afternoon view from the Devil's Courthouse overlook. |
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This was our first vacation to enjoy the spectacle of the fall
color in the Blue Ridge.
"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower"
by Albert Camus
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We hiked the short but steep trail to the top of Devil's
Courthouse. This is the view from the summit. |
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“I love photographing. It’s that simple.”
– Stuart Franklin
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Looking Glass Falls is, for good reason, one
of the most photographed waterfalls in the region. It is adjacent to US 76 highway, only 9 miles north of Brevard, NC. |
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Closeup of rapidly flowing water at Bull Sluice on the
Chattooga River, located 8 miles east of Clayton, Georgia |
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We were fortunate to see several kayakers run the Bull Sluice
rapids. |
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Denton Branch Falls, located east of
Clayton, Georgia. |
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| Denton Branch ... what a sweet mountain stream! |
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| BLACK AND WHITE WATER ABSTRACT |
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| STORM OVER OCHLOCKONEE BAY |
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| CARDINAL FLOWERS Wakulla Springs State Park |
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| PRETTY LADY Female Anhinga at Wakulla Springs State Park |
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| EEL GRASS Wakulla Springs State Park |
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| VIRGINIA CREEPER Wakulla Springs State Park |
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| SUNRISE 'SURF' St. George Island |
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| MY SKY |
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| MORNING GLORY St. George Island State Park |
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| PINE LILY 1 East of Surf Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge |
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| PINE LILY 2 East of Surf Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge |
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| SOLAR POWER |
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| EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL - BLAZING STAR East of Surf Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge |
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| I WISH THERE WERE MORE MOSQUITO HAWKS Lake Ellen near Medart, FL |
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| LAKE ELLEN |
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| TWO Lake Ellen |
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| THREE Lake Ellen |
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| SMALL WORLD Tiny marine crab at Mashes Sands |
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| REFLECTING TREES Promise Sink south of C. J. Spears Road |
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| TREE SWING Lower River Sink, north of Crawfordville, FL |
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| UNEXPECTED CAPTURE Two blue curl mint flowers. One annoying mosquito.
Purely by chance during the 1/800 second that the shutter was
open, a mosquito flew into the field of view.
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| SAW PALMETTO Along Carraway Cutoff, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge |
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| GREEN TREE FROG Along Bottoms Road, Panacea, FL |
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| TRICOLORED HERON 1 Salt marsh along Bottoms Road, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge |
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| TRICOLORED HERON 2 |
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| GULF FRITILLARY, SPANISH NEEDLE Forest Road 13 near Porter Lake, Apalachicola National Forest |
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| VICEROY Forest Road 13 near Porter Lake, Apalachicola National Forest |
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| BUCKEYE Forest Road 13 near Porter Lake, Apalachicola National Forest |
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| HUMMINGBIRD MOTH Forest Road 13 near Porter Lake, Apalachicola National Forest |
