St. Joseph Bay Sunrise

Here is a photo from St. Joseph Bay at St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. I took this picture at sunrise. Although it was fun to walk barefoot through the water to this spot early in the morning, the bugs were out in force so I had to fight them off between every shot I took. St. Joseph Bay is near Port St. Joe, and is at the end of Cape San Blas. More photos can be found at:

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St. Joseph Peninsula State Park

I spent the last weekend in St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. I was able to hike along the beach a little and enjoyed the view of the Gulf and the dunes. I was able to walk in between a couple of dunes and then get behind the dunes and sea oats shown here. I converted the photo to black and white and this is the result. The sunset colors were not that spectacular, but the clouds looked pretty cool so it was worth the effort.

More photos from the trip can be seen in my Florida State Parks section of http://www.ewert.smugmug.com

I have not posted in a while, but I will try to get back to it. Here is a recent shot from Pensacola Beach. I stacked 39 exposures together at 30 seconds each to create this shot.

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Abrams Falls

This is a popular waterfall in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. I got to the trailhead early in the morning and hiked through the misty woods for about 2.5 miles or so to get to the falls. I had the trail to myself and it felt great to walk through the woods early in the morning. The falls, obviously, were beautiful.

Cape Alava Trail

Taken in Olympic National Park. This is a short and fun trail to the Pacific Coast, but it is incredibly slick when it is wet. I have taken several spills on this trail, but I always end up falling harmlessly in the shrubbery on the side. Most of the time I can avoid the fall by throwing my arms out in the air to balance myself. I'm sure I look awfully strange to the possums and coons watching from the trees!

Mother and Young

This was taken in Olympic National Park. This doe and youngster were feeding on grass when the youngster tried to share some grass plucked by the doe. I snapped about three photos during this moment and managed to get the focus right between the nettles. Thanks for looking.

From the Hillsborough River

I was kayaking on the Hillsborough River when I saw this egret catch a salamander. At this particular moment, the salamander appears to be facing the egret just before he was devoured. I'll post a more friendly animal photo in my next post!