April 2010 · Leighton Photography & Imaging

The Most Beautiful Carnivore in Florida

April 30, 2010
Rich Leighton
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Carnivorous Plants, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography

The Apalachicola National Forest is very large and mostly rural tract in North Florida’s Panhandle region – an area known for its rich and abundant wildlife, beautiful longleaf pine woodlands, isolated Appalachian/Carolina-region species, and for the botanists – carnivorous plants. We have lots of them – in every shape, form, and color. Gulf Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia rosea) The beautiful

30 April

A Sense of Place

April 23, 2010
Rich Leighton
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Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Landscape, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Travel

As a working nature photographer, there are two parts of every day that decide my daily schedule when I’m in the field. It isn’t when I actually start thinking about work and deciding to call it a day, and it isn’t when I arrive to my destination and start/stop shooting. My day is dictated by

23 April

Sand Dunes of St. Joseph’s Peninsula

April 21, 2010
Rich Leighton
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Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography

Two days ago, I returned from a fantastic photography trip where I finally met up with Terry Collins – another native Floridian landscape photographer who I’d been looking forward to meeting for quite some time. Our goal was to photograph the sand dunes of the St. Joseph Peninsula of Florida’s “Forgotten Coast” – the quiet

21 April

Chokoloskee Mangroves

April 18, 2010
Rich Leighton
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Florida Nature Photography, Landscape, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography

For much of this past month, I’ve been away from home – traveling almost constantly, and loading up on all kinds of new photographs of my home state of Florida. I’ve been trying out new and different techniques, a couple new lenses, and keeping company with a number of creative photographers in various locations who

18 April