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Archive for May, 2011

Making Your Life Easier – May 2011

Posted by Rich Leighton on May - 30 - 2011

Sometimes I run into web and smartphone apps that are just too good not to share. As making the world a better, more tolerant, and peaceful place is (or should be) part of the common goal we should all strive to achieve, I want to do my part to share the finds that certainly make  [ Read More ]

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In a Flash of Pink – Roseate Spoonbill!

Posted by Rich Leighton on May - 26 - 2011

Anyone who has ever tried to walk through mangroves – never mind with a backpack full of photography gear and holding a camera – knows that it is not easy. Twisted above-ground roots and protruding rhizomes make any travel slightly faster than not moving at all. Estuarine mud sucks at boots and shoes, and none of  [ Read More ]

The Most Beautiful Sunset in the Muck

Posted by Rich Leighton on May - 17 - 2011

Sometimes we photographers slip up and don’t find the very best spot to get our best sunset shot. Sometimes it’s a new area and location or we don’t know the lay of the land, sometimes we get distracted shooting other subjects and get so absorbed in what we are doing that we lose track of time. (READ  [ Read More ]

How Blue Can You Get? Steller’s Jay!

Posted by Rich Leighton on May - 11 - 2011

As promised, here is the next photo from my trip to Washington State with a borrowed camera. The cool thing about being in Washington was having a very strange experience about the natural world. In Florida, I can sound off the name of every plant, insect, and animal I see – often giving the scientific name from the  [ Read More ]

Red Fox on Mount Rainier

Posted by Rich Leighton on May - 9 - 2011

This past week I was on personal business in Washington State – Seattle to be exact – and unfortunately did not have time allotted for photography. I was on a tight schedule, and didn’t feel like dragging my gear from the Southeast to the Northwest if I wasn’t going to use it. The scenery was outlandishly beautiful  [ Read More ]

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