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Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program Calendars
For those of you who have been taking photos in the Peace and Myakka River watersheds, it’s time again to send three of your best to the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program Calendar contest. The entries are due by July 14th. … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, Bird, Photography
Tagged bird, black racer, cormorant, pelican, Photography, snake, turtle
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Killdeer – Charadrius vociferus
The Killdeer – Charadrius vociferus is a small plover that makes it’s nest on the ground. It is an attractive little bird that I can find near ponds and meadows pretty easily. If they happen to be nesting and you get … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, Bird, Photography
Tagged 70-300mm VR, Killdee, Nikon D300, Photography, r Charadrius vociferus
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Create
WordPress offers this photo challenge so, I thought I’d see how it goes. There is a theme given each week and you are invited to enter a photo related to it. So, here is a friend of mine creating a … Continue reading
Nikon P7100 with the Nikon WC-E75A Wideangle Converter
I mentioned the Nikon WC-E75A and UR-E22 adapter in a previous post. Today, I went to the Punta Gorda Nature Park to see how it had fared with the rains and flooding of Tropical Storm Debby. It was hard to tell. … Continue reading
Posted in Camera Gear, Park, Photography, Scenic
Tagged coolpix P7100, Nature Park, Nikon P7100, P7100, Photography, Punta Gorda, ur-e22, WC-75A
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More with the Nikon P7100 and Raynox 150 macro lens
My first experiment (below) with the Raynox 150 on the Nikon P7100 convinced me that I should try it again. So, I headed off to the butterfly garden at the Punta Gorda History Park to see what it would do. … Continue reading
Posted in Camera Gear, Flower, Park, Shooting closeups, Spider
Tagged closeup, I, Macro, Nikon P7100, Photography, Punta Gorda History Park, raynox 150
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Nikon P7100 accessory lenses
The Nikon P7100 is Nikon’s premier Point and Shoot camera. Point and shoot is an oversimplification because the camera does offer raw image format for better post processing and a viewfinder which is often useful in bright sunlight. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Camera Gear, Photography, Shooting closeups
Tagged adapter, coolpix P7100, raynox 150, seeds, spanish needle, tubes, ur-e22, wc-E75
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Sawgrass Lake Park
We were in St. Petersburg FL over the weekend for a get together and I took some time to look at the local parks. One interesting one I found was Sawgrass Lake Park at 7400 25th St. N, 33702. There … Continue reading
Posted in Bird, Flower, Park, Photography, reptile
Tagged boardwalk, common moorhen, duckweed, FL, Nikon P7100, Photography, Sawgrass Lake Park, spatterdock, St. Petersburg
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Pelican feeding dives
An internet forum post on trying to get pictures of feeding Brown Pelicans – Pelecanus occidentalis got me to pull out these pictures of the behavior. None are particularly great photographs but, they do illustrate the events. The pelican begins … Continue reading
Guess where I am
This is NOT Florida. I was ready to shoot this arch of 300 year old beech trees over a road when the cyclists decided it would be a great place to stop. It only took a shor while to load … Continue reading
Little Blue Heron color changes
I found a Little Blue Heron – Egretta caerulea in Ponce de Leon Park this afternoon. It was showing full mating colors with a brilliant patch of blue before it’s eyes. Once mating season is over this will fade to … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, Bird
Tagged Little Blue Heron, Photography, Ponce de Leon Park
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