Elephant Making its Own Ice Cubes
While visiting the Honolulu Zoo on Waikiki Beach, I witnessed some interesting and intelligent behavior by elephants in the zoo. Elephant Making his own Ice Cubes – #1 The Zookeepers at the Honolulu Zoo give the elephants chunks of ice…
Reddish Egret Fishing Sequence
While photographing birds at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, I captured a sequence of photographs of this Reddish Egret fishing in the shallows. Photographing a Reddish Egret while fishing is a real treat. Reddish Egrets have very animated behavior…
Birds in Flight Photography at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge is one of my favorite places to photograph birds. I especially like to practice birds in flight photography at Ding Darling. What makes the Ding Darling so good for photographing birds in flight? One…
Hot Spots for Bird Photography in Southwest Florida
Southwest Florida is a known hot spot for bird photography. It’s an especially good place to photograph birds during the winter and spring migrations. Florida is a terrific location for wading birds, shore birds, migrating song birds, raptors, and even…
Double-crested Cormorant Water Splashing Sequence
While photographing birds at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge, I noticed a Double-crested Cormorant splashing wildly about in the water. The cormorant would travel about 20 – 30 feet while splashing its wings in the water. This must be some kind…
Using Florida Nature Photography to Create Works of Art
I enjoy creating artwork using nature as my inspiration for the art. I’ve used photographs of flowers, leaves, tree bark, weeds, and ice just to name a few. Red Leaf ArtTaken at Bailey Track of Ding DarlingProcessed with Topaz Texture…
Photographing Shore Birds at Bunche Beach Preserve, Florida
Bunche Beach Preserve is located just off of Sanibel Island at the end of John Morris Road in Fort Myers, Florida. Bunche Beach Preserve is well known for its shore birds. Ruddy Turnstone Like many of the birding locations in…
Photographing birds at Tippecanoe Environmental Park in Port Charlotte
Tippecanoe Environmental Park has almost 7 miles of trails to hike for bird photography. The trails lead through scrub brush, flat woods, and also by several lakes. The trails are sand and dirt but easy enough to walk on. There…
What to Photograph on Sanibel Island, Florida
Sanibel Island is a popular beach vacation spot for tourists. Miles of beaches, shelling, fishing, kayaking and miles of paved paths for bicycling are some of the attractions on Sanibel Island. Sanibel Island is also a great place for photographers. …
Tree Bark as Art Photography Project
I love to photograph nature. But in the winter in colder climates there are significantly less nature subjects to photograph. I still love to go on photography hikes in the winter and tree bark is a terrific subject to photograph.…
