Waccissa River Paddle

I paddled up the Waccissa River yesterday a short distance from Highway 98 during an extremely low tide, and got out of the canoe to wade in the river for these photos.

I hand-held a Canon G11 camera at shutterspeeds ranging from 1 to 1/500 second. Most were taken with the camera's internal neutral density filter to achieve a long exposure for blurring the moving water. I steadied the camera on a paddle held vertically in front of me, with the paddle blade resting on the bottom of the river for a steady support. One-of-these-days-I'll-get-around-to a way to safely transport a tripod in the canoe.














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Sinkhole Sublime

These two images were taken earlier this week at a sinkhole called Gobetween, southeast of the Leon Sinks Geological Area. This is a flowing sink, with the water rising in the foreground of the photo and sinking again in the background, probably to rise and sink again at Riversink.

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Between Summer Showers

This photo was taken yesterdau in the late morning, from the shoreline of a small freshwater lake on Mashes Sands island. The 'cloudy bright' lighting provided for rich saturated color.

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Mashes Sands Sunrise

This post is a series taken earlier this week of the sunrise at Mashes Sands

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Sopchoppy River

This high dynamic range (=HDR) image is a combination of 4 bracketed photos taken earlier this month with a Canon 40d on a sturdy tripod. The longest exposure was 4 seconds to blur the moving foam.

Of all the photos that I have taken over the years, this image best communicates what I see and how I feel about the Sopchoppy River: wild-dark-deep channels + fantastic-shaped cypress knees + steep banks with so-green foliage = an invaluable treasure.

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Lines in the Sand

I haven't posted photos in a while, because of preparing for and reorganizing after our trip to California. I will soon be posting photos from 2 weeks in northern California.

Here are two photos taken yesterday just before sunset at Mashes Sands.

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Mist on Wakulla After Afternoon Shower

These photos were taken yesterday at 8pm.

Spring Basin

Down River

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