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 […]
On my last visit to the Circle B Bar Reserve I got the chance to practice some flight photography. I stationed myself on the dock on Lake Hancock around sunrise. I started by trying to capture silhouettes of the birds as they flew past the rising sun and its reflection […]
Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) are one of the prettiest birds in Florida. Like the American Flamingo, their pink color is diet-derived, consisting of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin. This species feeds in shallow fresh or coastal waters by swinging its bill from side to side as it steadily walks through the […]
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 […]
I’m feeling lazy tonight so I’m just going to throw up a few cute pictures of baby birds. These are a few more from my outing to the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida where I was able to photograph a sandhill crane family of two parents and two […]
The Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland is a new find for me, but has quickly become one of my favorite places. On my first visit I saw one of the best sunrises I have ever seen (View here). Today was my second visit and the highlight was a Sadhill […]