I spent Saturday morning at the Sarah Dukes Garden, Durham, NC. The following images are just the ones I took with my iPhone, but I will be posting some of the final selection soon.
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This past weekend, we spent the day at the Lion Country Safari in Loxahatchee, FL. Excellent place to if you like the wildlife. This is the only drive-through safari in Florida.
Normally, I would’ve been taken photographs of the actual animals and their surroundings, this time, I took a different approach. Most of my photographs on this visit were of patterns and details of some of the animals.
Canon 60D | ISO 125 | f/5.6 | 1/400 sec | 300 mm
For the next few days, I’ll be posting my favorites as I edit the bunch down.
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Don't be a stranger
I spent a few hours yesterday, Monday, September 19th at the St. Joe State Park doing a nature walk. I really wasn’t planning on spending this much time in here. My plans were to drive to it and see how far was this from my hotel, go back to the room, get some jeans on and sneakers and head back out. Well, when I got there, I just couldn’t resist. I took my camera out and off I went.
I was in the Bike (paved) trail which according to the sign, it was an 11 mile loop, so still wearing my regular shoes, I decided to start walking… I honestly don’t know how many miles I walked, but I just realized that these shoes are as comfortable as sneakers… My feet did not complaint one bit.
By looking behind the sign, you can tell that it is pretty much GREEN around… Really really green. Not much more, but I decided to make photographs of texture, little tiny flowers I found on the way and just nature in general.
I titled this photograph Poke. The reason is that it was pretty much the only thing around with a different color than GREEN. I like how these red leaves are poking around those green ones. It caught my attention.
70mm, f/2.8, 1/80 sec @ ISO 160
Over the next few days, I will be posting some of the images from this day.
Hope you enjoy this one and the ones to follow.
Don't be a stranger
This little guy was trying to run away from me… well, maybe because I was pointing a 70-300 lens at it and a speedlight. If you were to point that thing at me, I’m sure, I would be running away too!
I found him about 10 inches from the ground, so you can imagine me laying on the floor with my tripod, hoping people would see me and don’t actually step on me or trip.
300mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec @ ISO 160
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For some reason, this has become a tradition with me. Every year in the month of August, Fairchild Tropical Gardens has FREE admission to their grounds (Every Sunday of August) and of course, instead of me taking advantage of this, I always forget and go only once and usually it is the last Sunday of August.
After a quick edit of the photographs today, these two photographs jumped at me. Actually, both of them jumped at me the moment I released the shutter.
I am sure that you have had that moment. The moment when you chimp at your LCD and go… “Exactly what I wanted… This is a PRINT”… Right? Yes, I’m sure you’ve been there.
I’ve decided to send these two photographs to print to MPIX as my PhotoLab of choice. Both of these images will be printed in their incredible Metallic Paper.
Hope you enjoy the selection. If you like any of these prints and would like to own a copy of it for your wall, please feel free to let me know.
220mm, f/11, 0.4 sec, ISO 160
300mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec, ISO 160
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Don't be a stranger
I went out this morning to take the garbage and I saw this from a far. At first, I didn’t want to go in, get the camera, blah blah blah…
But I said to myself, just do it, otherwise, it will kill you if you don’t back out. I’m so glad I listened to my inner self!
70mm, F/2.8 @ 1/125 seconds, ISO 320
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Don't be a stranger
