Purple Passion

 

 

Some weed in the backyard.  I find some weeds to be rather beautiful actually.



Boardwalk - Blue Spring




Blue Spring State Park

Blue Spring State Park is a manatee refuge located in Orange City, Florida. It consists of more than 2,600 acres including a spring on the St Johns River. It is absolutely gorgeous and a great place to walk around with a camera. Manatees are abundant in the winter and it is quite easy to get good shots of single manatees as well as mothers with their babes on their backs.

Portrait of a Pelican




Dania Beach, FL

 

 

I came across this guy on the fishing pier in Dania Beach, Fl.   He was a very cooperative model. He sat nice and still and let me take picture after picture of him. 

Mangrove Art




Mangrove Art

 

 

Mangroves are found in the tropics and subtropics. They are trees and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats. Mangroves make good subject matter for B&W photography. With the right lens and a good eye, it is easy to create mangrove artwork.

This paricular photograph is part of a series of photos taken in Anne Kolb Nature Center in Hollywood, Fl. This particular nature center is home to a 1,501 acre coastal mangrove wetland. A variety of plants, birds and animals make their home amongst the mangroves.

 

 

Butterfly

 






Butterfly World - Coconut Creek, Fl

My first digital DLSR was a Pentax K100D. I purchased the camera as part of a kit which included two zoom lenses. One of these zooms was a Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 Di Ld macro. Although this a relatively inexpensive lens, it serves its purpose. One of the first things I did after the camera arrived was mount this lens and head out to Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, Fl.  This is one of the many butterfly shots I took that day. I think I had the lens set on macro mode (you never know). It did a great job of knocking the background out of focus.