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Alligator 1
Very satisfied.
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Egret on
Alligator 2
Didn't really
expect to see
an egret on
an alligator
with his
reflection in
the water.
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Flying
Egret
1
Numerous
opportunities to
photograph
egrets in flight.
I've never felt so
inept trying
to photograph
flying birds.
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Flying
Egrets
2
You get
lucky once in awhile and
capture a really
different
image.
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Alligators
3
When I want to
photograph
alligators, I
want to
photograph
alligators.
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Flying
Egret
3
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Alligator
4
These guys are
old and move really slow.
Great looking
teeth. Not.
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Flying
Egret
4
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Lonely
Croc
1
There are no
crocodiles in the
wild in Central
Florida.
This guy was just
trying to cool off
with his mouth
open.
Nice teeth though.
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Wood
Stork
1
Yes, these are
the birds that
deliver human
babies or at
least that is what
you tell your children.
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Alligators
2
My final and
almost favorite
alligator image.
Taken in bright
backlit lite
later in the
afternoon. I
think it captures
the essence of
what it is to be
an alligator.
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Day 2 |
Lake Kissimmee
- Overstreet Landing
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On
Location
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Landscape 1
You never know
what you are
going to see
as I left the
public restroom.
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Flying
Limpkin
Don't often see
images like this.
More of a point,
shoot, luck, shot.
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Pastoral
Landscape
1
I like pastoral
images and then
throw in a flock
of birds.
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Pastoral
Landscape
2
Ahh, cows.
Lots of paintings
of California
in the 1800s
contained
cows. Moo.
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Grackle
Eating
Snail
The return of
some bird
species has returned due
to the
accidental
introduction of
some non-
native snails.
Increased the
food supply.
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Bald Eagle
Taking Off
Spent most of
an afternoon
photographing
a pair of eagles
caring (term
used lightly)
for their eaglet
in a nest.
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Eagle Nest
with Baby
Greedy baby
and dysfunctional
parents.
Sounds like
humans.
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Bald Eagle
2
Landing
Good looking
bird.
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On
Location
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Egrets
Morning
Shore Side
Incredible
beauty but
I don't think
I captured the
experience very
well. It was
friggin awesome.
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Ibis Flock
Love flocks of
birds.
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Osprey
Flying 1
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Osprey
with Fish
Flying 2
The desired
image is a flying
Osprey with a
whole fish.
So many shots
had a
partially eaten fish.
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Lovers
All he did was
stand on her
back for a
few minutes..
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Cormorant
This image
kind of popped
out of nowhere
but it seemed
kind of artistic.
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Osprey
with Fish
Flying 3
Beautiful blue
background
is the desired objective but
I don't care for
it that much.
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Swamp
Landscape
1
Being from arid
California, I
really like
swamps. But
the weather was perfect. I'm
sure it's not
like that most of the time. No
mosquitoes either.
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Tail
Awesome tail.
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Spoonbill
& Ibis
Didn't expect
these birds
in the same tree
at all.
Two species.
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Osprey 5
Almost deleted
this image.
It's a lot
tougher than
it looks
catching birds
taking off.
Those claws are
incredible.
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Swamp
Landscape
2
Awe, more
swamp.
Really, this was
a bird work
shop, not
a swamp
workshop.
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Flying 6
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Osprey 6
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Osprey 7
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Landscape
2
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Sunset
This setting
kind of caught
me by surprise.
I had no idea
it was getting so
late in the day.
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On
Location
This row of
palm trees
looked awesome
because of the
lighting. Came
back an hour
later, looked
flat and boring.
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Egrets
Flying
I love images
of a bird
with another
bird flying in
the background
out if focus
including
mysterious
clouds.
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Spoonbill
& Reflection
For me, this
image epitomizes
birds in Florida.
It's just not
a Flamingo. I
actually like
Spoonbills more
than Flamingos.
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Spoonbills
Nesting
1
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Egret
Flying
2
Can't really
get enough images of
Egrets in
flight.
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Spoonbill
Flying
1
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Anhinga
1
It took me
a couple days
to figure out
that the Anhinga
and Osprey were
the birds to
photograph.
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Spoonbill
Flying 4
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Minimalist
1
Somehow,
this image needs to be set
aside from the
rest of the site.
Minimalist
images aren't
meant to be
included
with a bunch
of other images.
It's distracting.
That's why I
put it at the end
this section
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On
Location
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Egret
Flying 1
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Wood
Stork
Flying 1
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Egret
Reflection
1
Getting the
reflection properly
exposed was
quite challenging
due to the
darkness of the
scene.
I had several opportunities but didn't
quite
get it right..
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Great Blue
Heron
Reflection
1
These were kind
of random
shots but turned
out better
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Great Blue
Heron
Reflection
2
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Egret
Flying 2
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Anhinga
Flying
1
This guy
was moving very
quickly and my
D850 was
actually able
to capture it,
especially
with all the
confusing leaves
in the
background.
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Tricolored
Heron
Fishing
Only under
certain light do these birds
project their gorgeous
blue color.
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Wood
Stork 3
Most birds
photographed
were collecting
nesting materials.
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Egret
Primping
Didn't really see
many Egrets
primping their
feathers during
the trip.
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Anhinga
with
Tilapia
It was a real
treat (pun)
watching this
Anhinga take down the
Tilapia fish.
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Wood
Stork
Landing 2
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Great Blue
Heron
Wading
I like
environmental
shots, especially
with S curves.
(Environment
image)
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Swamphen
The greens
and blues are
even more
striking in
real life.
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