I had never heard of Ravine Gardens State Park until Lynn mentioned it to me after reading about it in our Florida guidebook in the St. Augustine section. This 59 acre park is about 35 miles south west of St. Augustine in Palatka, Florida and about 90 miles north east of the Orlando area.
The nest building usually goes on for quite some time and predictable flight paths and multiple opportunities are a huge advantage for the observant, prepared photographer.
First, I want to wish all readers of this humble photo blog a very HAPPY NEW YEAR! Second, this year your devoted author has decided to join the growing tradition where photo blogs post a collection of their favorite photos from the year. To accomplish this, I’ve gone through the photos I made in 2009 … Continue reading My favorite photos of 2009
If you are at all interested in technology and space exploration, then you really should visit the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) when you are in Central Florida.
I was lucky enough to go on a business trip to Denver last week. I stayed with my Mom and got to visit a bit with her and her friends. I also got to see my sister LaDonna and brother Jim and their families in Denver and my brother Rob and his family in Colorado … Continue reading Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, and Waterton Canyon near Denver
This is the story of a photograph that I made a couple of weeks ago when we were in Wisconsin at the Shalom Wildlife Sanctuary, and how I eventually made a print that I was happy with. Along the way, Lynn laughed at me for taking so much time to print a single photo and … Continue reading Sometimes you take the photo, and sometimes the photo takes you
In January of this year, we spent a weekend in St. Augustine, Florida, which is on the east coast of Florida about an hour north of Daytona Beach. It was founded in 1565 and is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the United States. There are a lot of scenic opportunities there. … Continue reading The oldest city in the US
I listen to the Digital Story podcast . The June 2007 photo assignment is “Before and After”. The idea is to submit two images showing how you “developed” the final photo. I also just bought the book Examples, The Making of 40 Photographs , by Ansel Adams. He writes about how he re-visited his negatives … Continue reading Before and After
I had heard about Orlando Wetlands Park and finally decided to go see it one morning. The park is near Christmas, Florida off of highway 50 east of Orlando. I got there right at dawn and hiked along the dike through the park. I took several bracketed landscape sequences to combine into HDR photos. There … Continue reading Orlando Wetlands Park