I’m a Floridian, so it would be inaccurate at best to say it really gets cold here. Yes, the temps drop in the winter, sometimes into the 20s or 30s overnight. However, those times are few and far between. That said, it’s not uncommon to have winter mornings where the temps drop into the high [...]

Today’s weather was miserable, rain on top of rain. If it could rain elephants and whales that’s what it was doing. When the weather broke for a bit though I ran up to check on the Green Heron nest. Not only did it seem to survive the weather the nest now has the 3 eggs [...]

I’ve always liked clouds, not normal clouds but big cumulonimbus clouds. Especially when they’re back-lit in the morning or late afternoon. Abstract in nature, often with interesting lighting and tonalities and always impressive in scale. On that note, I shot these of a brewing storm a couple of weeks ago.

Over the past couple of days I’ve been chasing a Spot-breasted Oriole thought he neighborhood in an epic game of telephoto cat and mouse. Mostly with the mouse, er bird, winning. In the mean time I’ve also been working on continuing the two open series, A Brief History of Focusing and Photographing Flowers as well [...]

Cumulus clouds continue to build thanks to the summer heat well into the late afternoon even as the sun begins to sink below the horizon.

Cokin’s 4 inch Z-Pro holder reviewed.

This has been a bad year for rectangular/drop in filters. Cokin had issues earlier this year, and stopped production for a while, as a result sourcing a 4″ filter holder from either Cokin or Lee has been a challenge. Sourcing the filters hasn’t been any easier. In the mean time while trying to get filters, [...]

A Common Yellowthroat perched momentarily on a White Eggplant plant while foraging.