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Beautiful instruments
A camera is a photographer’s instrument to record beauty. A photographer is the universe’s instrument to record beauty. Be a worthy instrument. Don’t fail the universe. Black Point Sunrise, Merritt...
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Orlando Wetlands Park – February 7, 2013
Orlando Wetlands Park is closed from November 15th through January 31st each year. Now that it’s open again, Keith H., Tom M. and I went by this week to see how things are at one of our favorite...
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Merritt Island – February 9, 2013
I went over to Merritt Island this morning with Kevin K. and Kevin M. It was crisp and clear, so there weren’t many clouds to enhance the sunrise, but we enjoyed watching it and making some photos...
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Viera Wetlands – February 19, 2013
Most people just call the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands near Viera, Florida “Viera Wetlands”, although I’m sure they mean no disrespect to Mr. Grissom. I hadn’t been there in a while, and since it’s...
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Merritt Island – April 10, 2013
A couple of weeks ago, I met photographer Larry Jordan at Gatorland and he mentioned wanting to visit Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. He hadn’t been in long while, so I offered to go with him....
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Viera Wetlands update, 5/18/13
I went over to the coast yesterday with Kevin M., Kevin K., Lutfi E. Sunrise sure is happening really early again! We started out on the 520 Causeway near Port Canaveral – Kevin M. wanted to make a...
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Central Florida Zoo (Sanford)
I hadn’t been to the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford, Florida since early 2007 and Tom M. had some new gear he wanted to try – so we decided to visit this week. Here’s a few photos I made along with...
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Central Florida Summer Sights
One of the great things about photography is that it gets you up and out there. You may not see anything if you go – but if you don’t go you definitely won’t ever see anything. Here are a few photos...
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Some Blog Housekeeping Info
Today’s entry is just a few notes about the blog. First: A photo. This is unrelated really to the subject of this post, but we can’t have a post without a photo – can we? This is from Melbourne...
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Merritt Island Sunrise
Just a quick post today. I haven’t done a sunrise in a while, so Kevin M. and I got up early this morning for a quick trip over to MINWR. The sky was very plain at first with some fog and very high...
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St. Augustine, Florida and vicinity – photo hints
Lynn was out-of-town last week at the Pressing Iron & Trivet Collectors of America Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. I talked her into letting me out of my spousal support services subcontract,...
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Topaz ReStyle Mini Review
Topaz released a new plug-in recently, called ReStyle. You can download any of their products for a free thirty-day trial, so I thought I’d give it a go. This isn’t a full review or tutorial (I...
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Review and Reprocess
Sometimes after a photo shoot, I’ll skip over images if I’m short on time or something looks too hard to deal with. Other times, I may play with a photo for a while and then set it aside when I just...
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Two Merritt Island Moments
I got up early Thursday morning and checked the weather. The maps (both Radar and IR clouds) were clear. This isn’t a strong sign for a good sunrise, but I was itching to photograph something and I...
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Circle B Bar Reserve – October 5th, 2013
Three of us from the Photography Interest Group visited the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida last weekend. The Circle B is about 1 hour and 20 minutes from where I live, but it’s well worth...
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Is photography a group or solo activity?
Four of us from the Photography Interest Group went to Viera Wetlands last Saturday. On the way, we stopped by Riverfront Park on the Indian River at SR 520 in Cocoa for sunrise. Old boat by a bridge...
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Partial Solar Eclipse at Sunrise
I hadn’t been paying enough attention to astronomy news. Luckily my loyal Sherpa was (thank you Lynn!), and she mentioned that a partial solar eclipse would be visible along the US east coast at...
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My Favorite Photos from 2013
Happy Holidays! I hope that all of you, your families, and your friends have a joyful and happy holiday season! The end of the year is a good time to review results and contemplate how to improve any...
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Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – December 19, 2013
I spent last Thursday morning at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. It’d been a while since I tried for a sunrise photo, so I went over early. There wasn’t a lot of color in the sky, but the...
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Ho, ho, ho – Merry Christmas!
I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas holiday and a joyful and prosperous New Year! Santa inbound through the inlet Thank you so much for reading my blog this year. Now – get back to your family...
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