As promised in my “Light up the Sky” post a couple of weeks ago, here is the shot I got earlier that morning. This was taken six minutes before the other shot, just as the sun came over the horizon. The heavy cloud cover glowed with an intense pink hue that spread softly onto the […]
Daybreak at the Slough-Everglades National Park Panorama
This panoramic image was taken fifteen minutes after the image in my earlier Mangrove Morning post. In that amount of time, the sun rose through the fog and spread a warm glowing light over the slough. It was simply gorgeous. I moved around looking for some interesting compositions but what really caught my eye was […]
Morning Fury-Sunrise at Coral Cove State Park in Florida
I made a couple of stops while travelling up the east coast of Florida on this last trip. I had done some research ahead of time and found a couple of locations that have rocky areas on the beaches. The first stop was at Coral Cove State Park outside of Jupiter. I checked out the […]
Shroud of Stillness-Foggy Morning in Everglades National Park
I had finished up taking my shot of sunrise at the red mangrove forest and had started heading back towards town when I drove into a bank of dense fog. Since the sun was shining brightly above the fog, everything glowed in bright diffused light. You could just make out shapes in the distance. I […]
Light Up the Sky-Sunrise on the Florida Coast
There are only a couple of locations along the east coast of Florida that you can find rocks along the beach. I know, what fun is it playing on a beach with rocks? If you don’t watch out, you could stub your toe! Well, for a killer composition in a photograph, you need something besides […]
Silent Stalker-Alligator in Big Cypress National Preserve
It wouldn’t be a trip to Florida without a picture of an alligator! I spent a morning driving along the Turner River Road in Big Cypress National Preserve and was treated to an abundance of them. The canal runs right along the road and it seemed that anytime I stopped and stepped into the grass […]
Lone Sentinel-Mangrove at Sunset in Everglades National Park
While planning my trip to Everglades National Park I had seen quite a few images from the Ten Thousand Islands area in the very northwest corner of the park so that was the first stop. I arrived in the small town of Everglades City early in the afternoon and after checking into a motel I […]
Mangrove Morning-Sunrise in Everglades National Park
When I first stepped into the marl around these mangroves, it reminded me of all the times I had slogged around the lakes in Iowa as I was growing up. It is a strange feeling. You think you are going to sink in up to your knees but instead you are standing in what seems […]
Silence Comes to the Slough-Sunset in Everglades National Park
It has been almost two months since my last post, but I have an excuse. I just returned from a 7,000 mile, six and a half week driving trip from Colorado to and around Florida and back along the Gulf Coast stopping in Big Bend National Park and White Sands National Monument. Stuck in the […]