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What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

I left home at 6:15am Sunday morning and drove to Tiger Creek Preserve in search of some new wildflowers to photograph. I hiked a total of two miles with my macro gear. It was hot and still and started off with some fog and clouds but the sun came out at about 8am … There were lots of flowers close to the parking lot but I wanted to do some exploring and since the flowers I was seeing were the same as I have been working with at Indian Lake Estates, I continued on in search of “better subjects.” Not. I did find and photograph one tiny, white, low-growing flower that was new-to-me. I walked through a variety of beautiful habitats, saw a zillion dragonflies and many amazing spider webs, but did not make any images. <\/p>\n

Near the end of my long hot walk, I stopped to photograph some orange-colored milkweed flowers. On the way to Publix I stopped at the Ridge Audubon Center near Crooked Lake to do some scouting. I need to return there soon on an early morning before the sun gets too high and the breeze picks up to photograph the blooming Florida Greeneyes, a beautiful species that I have been on the lookout for. <\/p>\n

I have struggled getting my swims in between the thunderstorms. <\/p>\n

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Gear Questions and Advice<\/h3>\n

Too many folks attending BAA IPTs and dozens of photographers whom I see in the field and on BPN<\/a>, are–out of ignorance–using the wrong gear especially when it comes to tripods and more especially, tripod heads… Please know that I am always glad to answer your gear questions via e-mail<\/a>. Those questions might deal with systems, camera bodies, accessories, and\/or lens choices and decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Image #1: 161 images of the same blossom …\n