I’m participating in the online adventure travel and outdoor photography magazine
Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers
This week’s Challenge is: Clouds!
Remember the song “Send Me an Angel” by the Australian band Real Life? (Taken with an iPhone 4S.)
Taken in the Florida Keys with a point and shoot camera
Taken at Ponce Inlet, FL with a Canon
Taken in New Smyrna Beach with a Sony H9
Taken with a Sony H9 in New Smyrna Beach, FL
Taken with a Nikon – Miami, FL
Oahu, Hawaii – Taken with a Nikon
Last week I won an honorable mention in the Wild Weekly’s Sunset Photo Challenge. 
Edgewater, FL
I love sunrises and sunsets, so this was a perfect opportunity for me to show off some of the photos I’ve done for this weekly contest. Most of my photos come from Florida, but hopefully soon I will have more from other places. Enjoy!
Oak Hill, Florida
Florida Keys
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Edgewater, FL
Hawaii
Oak Hill, FL
Florida Everglades
I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers This week’s Challenge is:Sunrise, so get up early this week and take some shots of the sky!
(*Initially when I tried to find out more information about the Garden of the Gods in Southern Illinois, I was taken to a park with the same name in Colorado.)
Garden of the Gods in Southern Illinois is part of the Shawnee Forest. It has a very tranquil energy and is a great place to watch sunsets. It’s hard to believe that this was once a part of the ocean.
Garden of the Gods Recreation Area
Garden of the Gods rock formation
Remnants of the Sea
Rock formations
Remnants of an Ancient Sea
Garden of the Gods
Iron bands
Reddish bands caused by iron and ground water
Man on a Mountain
Sunset at Garden of the Gods
Winter Sunset at Garden of the Gods
Here’s a sample of some things you can see in the Florida Everglades:
Jeepers Creepers
Beware of giant cats.
Florida Panther Crossing Sign
I’ve seen these guys at a few garage sales.
Turkey Vultures
An enemy of the Florida State Seminoles
Florida Gator
Florida Everglades Clouds & Grass
A Little Lilypad
Kermit the Frog could not be seen.
Florida Everglades Lilypads
Florida Everglades Sunset
When I was a kid I was fascinated with 3-D art – holograms and 3-D viewers were my two favorite things to stare at for hours. Incorporating texture into some of my paintings gives a somewhat 3-D effect.
This is the first of a series of three sunset paintings.
“Sunset I” – acrylic on canvas board
Detail of “Sunset I”
Detail of “Sunset I”
The title of this piece reflects what I did to this photo. Needing a little more than the traditional blues and yellows, I painted the sky by adding bright pink using Photoshop.
I have found that some of the most dramatic photos of the sky can be taken right before a storm. With Florida being well-known for its hurricanes and drastic changes in weather, one can often find tranquility in knowing that storms always wash the dirt away.
Red sky at night is a sailor’s delight! This was another of the tradition photos I took of a Florida river around sunset. I felt that it needed more “oomph” so I tweaked it in Photoshop until I was happy with it.
Prints can be purchased here.
“Red Sky at Night”
