The Soft Underbelly of Clearwater Beach

Posted by Imagery Photography on January 31, 2014

Clearwater Beach is probably one of the best beaches in the USA. Broad expanses of white sand manicured daily by an attentive staff. Beautiful sunsets complete with pirate ships, strolling families and flocks of sea birds.

However as large high rise condos are built the views of the small mom and pop motels that have been there for years are destroyed. This makes it hard for them to survive and some have fallen in to disrepair creating scenes like this.

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The Soft Underbelly of Clearwater Beach

Little Blue Heron

Posted by Imagery Photography on January 30, 2014

“Little Blue Heron”sounds like a song title or a rock band name. We were in the Florida Botantical Gardens stalking Osprey and Aligators and this little blue guy started to follow us. I think he works for the NSA or something.

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Little Blue Heron

Pirate Sunset

Posted by Imagery Photography on January 29, 2014

Clearwater Beach is known for fantastic sunsets. It is also probably one of the few places in the world where you can see a pirate galleon in front of the setting sun.

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Pirate Sunset

Bromeliad

Posted by Imagery Photography on January 28, 2014

The Florida Botantical Garden in Largo Florida is a very large garden and nature preserve complete with a heritage village. It has beautiful walkways, plants, animals and best of all it is free. They don’t even charge for parking.

I don’t remember the name of this bromeliad but was struck by the variety of color in the leaves.

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Bromeliad

The Great Sitting Osprey

Posted by Imagery Photography on January 27, 2014

As we travel along the Gulf coast of Florida we have seen a lot of Osprey. However, I still have not seen one in flight. I think they might be a big fraud and just sit there all the time. A woman at a nature center showed me pictures of Osprey and they were all sitting.

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Osprey

Beach Kiss

Posted by Imagery Photography on January 26, 2014

Here is the newest candidate for my book, “Just a Kiss”. Shot at Clearwater Beach January 2014.

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Beach Kiss

Parking with a Sneer

Posted by Imagery Photography on January 25, 2014

Tarpon Springs is a beautiful little town that is known as the sponge Capitol of the USA. You can see the boats loaded with sponges in the harbor. Most of the parking lots were full, yet this one was completely empty. Even so, we couldn’t bring ourselves to park here.

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Parking with a Sneer

Petting a Wolf

Posted by Imagery Photography on January 23, 2014

Did you ever think you could stand inside a wolf habit and pet a wolf? Well you can.

Naples Florida is home to a unique charity,The Shy Wolf Sanctuary(shywolfsanctuary.com). They rescue wolves that have been bred or purchased as pets and then abused or abandoned. The sanctuary is the only wolf sanctuary in the USA where you can actually interact with these beautiful wild animals. They are totally supported by donations and merchandise sales. The staff is made up completely of volunteers. Plan a trip while in south Florida for a real wildlife encounter.

If you buy a print of this image, I will donate all my profits to this wonderful organization.

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