Otter At Play

Among all the birds at Ding Darling NWR an otter appeared and the birds scrambled to get out of his way.

More from Ding Darling NWR

Finally got an opportunity to sit down and go through some of the pictures I had taken over the past three days. The Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge is an amazing place to see migratory birds up close. Here are a few more pictures. The top photo is a White Herron in flight taken from an observation tower in the refuge. The next photo is a Tri-Color Herron. The third photo down shows the difference between the American White Pelican (2nd largest bird in North America) and the Brown Pelican. Michelle and I saw American White Pelican last week on Lake Seminole. The biologist thought the pelicans we saw on Seminole might be migrating south. The fourth photo is of Roseate Spoonbills and the bottom photo is a Wood Stork.

Ding Darling NWR

Too tired to post more but Becky and I had a great time today on Sanibel Island at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge.

Santa Arrives Early

Guess what Santa brought me early. Photo courtisey of courtesy of Michelle Miller

More Images from Coheelee Creek

A short distance downstream from the Coheelee Creek covered bridge are two ledges that form small waterfalls. The lower image is a little more dramatic but both are unique. There has to be a lot of water flowing for water to fall all the way across the ledge in the lower image. Normally it all falls on the right side.

Coheelee Creek

Last Wednesday we got over 7 inches of rain in less than 12 hours. We knew Coheelee Creek would be raging but were unable to get up there until the following Monday and the creek was still flowing strong. Above are a couple of images that were processed using High Dynamic Range Imaging software. The top photo of the bridge had some adjustments made in Photoshop using the color curves tools. The lower photo only had some sharpening applied post HDRI processing.

Bok Tower HDRI

This is a photo taken by me of Bok Tower in Lake Wales, FL. It is a combination of three photographs. Because the photo was taken in early afternoon the sunlight was very harsh and a single photo either had areas that were too bright or too dark. By taking three photos of the same thing and making one as the camera thinks it should be exposed, one underexposed (dark), and one overexposed (light), then combining the three I am able (via computer software) to choose the best exposure from each photo and put in into one. This is called HDRI (High Dynamic Range Imaging).

Lake Wales

Becky and I went to Lake Wales, FL last week. There were Sandhill Cranes everywhere. Walking on the side of the road, flying overhead, in the marshes and out in prairies as shown in the photo above. More to follow.

Video of Fall Color on Fishpond Drain

Shot the following video Veterans Day on Fishpond Drain just north of our dock.

Fall Color on Lake Seminole

Fall has arrived at Lake Seminole and the Red Cypress trees are at their peak for color. Becky and I took a short boat ride this afternoon and captured some of these brilliant colors. Below is an example taken of course on Fish Pond Drain south of our house.