Tag: Florida

  • Sunset at Flamingo

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    Sunset at Flamingo

    I characterize this as an Essential Photograph: one of those shots that may be cliché but I enjoyed getting it.   While on a boat tour into Joe Kemp Channel off Flamingo, I stood on the deck facing the setting sun, I turned to see a flock of birds flying in from behind me.  I checked…

  • Disappointment … But

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    Disappointment … But

    Our February trip to the Everglades started with a bit of a disappointment; there were few birds on the Anhinga Trail.  In past years when we visited there were thousands of birds.  What happened? We were told by a park ranger that the water levels were unusually high for this time of year due to…

  • Sunset Tree

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    Sunset Tree

    We drove from Biloxi Mississippi to Pensacola Beach Florida where we stayed a couple of nights.  Our hotel was adjacent to the Gulf Island National Seashore.  While Pensacola Beach is built up, the National Seashore is surprisingly empty, at least this time of year.  The peninsula hosting the park extends west from Pensacola Beach.   At…

  • Night Beach

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    Night Beach

    At night the colours change and the sky comes alive with stars.

  • Sunset Beach

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    Sunset Beach

    As the sun sets on the beach, the tinted sky reflects it’s colours across the sea and sand.  The essential beach is annotated with evening colour.   Changing our view the sea becomes a wedge, grasses annotate the sand and the moon the sky. The gentle evening colours remain, if somewhat subdued.