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The year in review – My favorite photos from 2012
Happy Holidays! Once again the season has snuck up on us. I hope that all of you, your families, and your friends have a joyful and happy season! Photographer Jim Goldstein has an annual tradition of...
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The sun, the sea, the gull, and me
Kevin M. saw online posts reporting recent sightings of Razorbills and Common Eiders at Sebastian Inlet. So we decided to twitch down there to see if we could see them. Along the way, we stopped by...
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Orlando Wetlands Park – February 7, 2013
Orlando Wetlands Park is closed from November 15th through January 31st each year. Now that it’s open again, Keith H., Tom M. and I went by this week to see how things are at one of our favorite...
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A few photos from St. Augustine
I visited St. Augustine, Florida last week with fellow Photography Interest Group member Tom M. It’s a high density photo-op environment and if you haven’t ever been there you really should go. We...
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Merritt Island – March 26, 2013
I saw an interesting article in the New Your Times this week confirming what I feel: Spending time out in nature can improve your mind. It’s called “Easing Brain Fatigue With a Walk in the Park” and...
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Merritt Island – April 10, 2013
A couple of weeks ago, I met photographer Larry Jordan at Gatorland and he mentioned wanting to visit Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. He hadn’t been in long while, so I offered to go with him....
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Dry Tortugas National Park – April 21, 2013
Intro / Description One of the Photography Interest Group members (Kevin M.) wanted to visit the Dry Tortugas during bird migration. I’d always wanted to see it too and I’d never been to the...
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Colorado: New vs. Familiar
I was in Colorado last week and had a chance to go sightseeing in the mountains near Denver. Whenever I visit, I find it to be so scenic and photogenic that it overwhelms me. It’s different from what...
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Topaz ReStyle Mini Review
Topaz released a new plug-in recently, called ReStyle. You can download any of their products for a free thirty-day trial, so I thought I’d give it a go. This isn’t a full review or tutorial (I...
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Review and Reprocess
Sometimes after a photo shoot, I’ll skip over images if I’m short on time or something looks too hard to deal with. Other times, I may play with a photo for a while and then set it aside when I just...
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Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park
Tom M. and I went over to Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park in Flagler Beach, Florida. The buildings there were built out of the local coquina rock starting in 1821. It was thriving in 1831...
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My Favorite Photos from 2013
Happy Holidays! I hope that all of you, your families, and your friends have a joyful and happy holiday season! The end of the year is a good time to review results and contemplate how to improve any...
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Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – December 19, 2013
I spent last Thursday morning at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. It’d been a while since I tried for a sunrise photo, so I went over early. There wasn’t a lot of color in the sky, but the...
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Infrared updates
These two posts on infrared photography seem to get a lot of hits: Digital Infrared Photography – a post processing example (March 2012) Infrared Photography Follow Up (April 2012) Since they’re from a...
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Blue Spring State Park
Intro / Description There’s been a lot of news here recently about all the Manatees at Blue Spring State Park in Orange City, Florida – so I decided to go over and look for myself. Around 20 Manatees...
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Viera Wetlands: 2/2/2014
Kevin M. and I went to Viera Wetlands (Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands) last weekend. On the way, we stopped by Riverfront Park in Cocoa for a sunrise photo. Unfortunately, the sun didn’t cooperate –...
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Maitland, Florida
Intro / Description Maitland is a particularly photogenic city in the greater Orlando metro area. I’ve found several locations there with good photo ops – my most recent visit was to the Maitland Art...
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Whether the Weather
I usually always leave early on photo expeditions so I can get somewhere in time to catch sunrise. I have many sunrise photos collected in this set on Flickr. Lately, sunrise and I haven’t been...
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Exploring Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area
Florida’s blessed with many places where you can see Nature and / or animal life. There are captive animals in zoos / parks / attractions. There are anthropogenic places like Orlando Wetlands and...
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Get Your National Park Service Senior Pass
I drove over to Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge last Friday to scout for new places to launch my kayak. I’d never been to the Beacon 42, boat ramp before, so I stopped there first. Beacon 42...
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