Tag: Viera Wetlands

Great Egret with pink sky
Blog, Travel

Viera Wetlands at Sunrise

Although I have a bunch more of the Tampa photos from my Skypoint session, I decided it was time to break them up a little. These shots are both from Thanksgiving break and my trip to Viera Wetlands. I always like to arrive for sunrise. Usually I am looking for […]

Crested Caracara Takeoff
Birds, Blog

Crested Caracara at Viera Wetlands

Crested Caracaras are probably my favorite Florida bird of prey although burrowing owls would give them a run for their money. I’m not sure what it is that I like about them, but I just think they have a cool look to them. In Florida, they occupy the central and […]

Great Blue Heron Silhouette in Flight
Birds, Blog

SIlhouettes at Sunrise

Yep, I was back at it again. I made it back to Viera Wetlands for sunrise which turned out to have some beautiful clouds today. Of course the first thing I did was to head to the area where the Great Blue Herons are nest building so that I could […]

Pelican Sunrise Silhouette
Birds, Blog

Sunrise Silhouettes

One of my favorite type of images, silhouettes. The Brown Pelican photo is one that I have really been looking for as it is so representative of Florida. The Great Blue Heron photo is one that I have captured at Viera Wetlands a few times. [facebook]

Great Egret Mirror Image
Birds, Blog

Viera Wetlands Birds

Florida’s wading birds are usually pretty approachable and fairly easy to photograph. That’s why I like to look for different ways to capture them. Two of my favorite ways are capturing their reflection in the water or as silhouettes. The key to the first method is getting the right angle. […]

Duck!
Blog, Wildlife

Viera Wetlands

Viera Wetlands is always a fun place to go because you never know what you are going to find. I usually arrive on my photo sites at sunrise hoping to catch some good light. At Viera one of my favorite thing to do is look for silhouettes. This morning tehre […]

Sandhill Crane Courtship Dance
Birds, Blog

Birds of Viera

A few more of my favorite from Viera Wetlands. TOnight I have a shot of a Sandhill Crane that was in the middle of what I can only assume must have been some kind of courtship dance. There was a lot of hopping around and different poses. The other shot […]

Barred Owl Fluffed Up
Birds, Blog

Barred Owl Poses

Here are a couple of unusual poses by some Barred Owls. The first shot he is fluffed up, posing and getting ready to take off. In the second he is flat on the ground with the wings spread and head tilted back. I am not sure of the purpose of […]

Sibling Rivalry
Birds, Blog

Florida Birds

These two photos are from my last trip to Viera Wetlands. The first shot is of a nesting Great Blue Heron with two young chicks. There is obviously a bit of sibling rivalry going on. The second shot is of three Glossy Ibis. They are a less common bird, but […]