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Snowy Egrets
Up until a few years ago I used to be able to make a 15 minute drive west of West Palm Beach and do a little walking around nature in the old "shellpits". I would usually take a fishing pole and a camera and fish for bass and take photos of native orchids. That property was leveled and now, million-dollar estate homes occupy the land. I tend to get a little stir crazy if I don't get out into the natural world so ths past Saturday I set forth at the crack of dawn to the Wakodahatchee Wetlands, a water reclamation area in Delray Beach a half hour south. It is actually, in an urban area and accessible to many.
I am neither a wildlife photographer nor bird photographer so this new subject provided a worthy challenge. Many of these photos were taken with an old Tamron 350mm catadioptric (mirror) lens. Although most nature photographers scorn "cats", I like the lens for its pictorial effects, the "donuts" bokeh.
Snowy Egrets
Up until a few years ago I used to be able to make a 15 minute drive west of West Palm Beach and do a little walking around nature in the old "shellpits". I would usually take a fishing pole and a camera and fish for bass and take photos of native orchids. That property was leveled and now, million-dollar estate homes occupy the land. I tend to get a little stir crazy if I don't get out into the natural world so ths past Saturday I set forth at the crack of dawn to the Wakodahatchee Wetlands, a water reclamation area in Delray Beach a half hour south. It is actually, in an urban area and accessible to many.
I am neither a wildlife photographer nor bird photographer so this new subject provided a worthy challenge. Many of these photos were taken with an old Tamron 350mm catadioptric (mirror) lens. Although most nature photographers scorn "cats", I like the lens for its pictorial effects, the "donuts" bokeh.