I returned to the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland today. What a difference the rain has made. The wading bird area has much higher water levels now and consequently not many wading birds at all. They also closed the Marsh Rabbit Run trail due to alligator mating/nesting season. There […]
I have been looking through some of my photos and material from my trip to the Smokies a couple of years ago in anticipation of our October trip to the Smokies and the Blue Ridge Parkway.Again, I can definitely see the improvement in my photography and the different type of […]
Tonight I decided that I needed something a little different to post on the blog. Both photos are from the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida. The butterfly already stands out from the background but I decided to process it with a selective color effect to make it stand […]
One of the places we got to visit in Gainesville was the Butterfly Garden at the Museum of Natural History. It was fun to see all the different kinds of butterflies and trying to photograph them. It is not easy to photograph them as the light is not the best […]
A few other cool finds from the Circle B Bar Reserve on Sunday were a Firewheel or Indian Blanket and a Viceroy butterfly. The Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) also goes by several other names including Indian blanket, Indian Blanketflower, or Sundance. They are one of my favorite wildflowers that grow in […]