"Naples Blues" is my first composite photograph creation and this drop is in dedication to the beautiful Naples pier that used to be.

I was feeling blue after I found out the pier was gone, but looking through my previous photographs and remembering those moments brought me some joy.

This moonset over the pier during blue hour is my personal favorite and I thought this would be the perfect time to share it with the world for my first Open Edition in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

I used a 500mm telephoto lens with my full frame Nikon D850 for the moon (F9 @1/60sec ISO 100) and an 18-27 wide angle lens on a Sony a6500 crop sensor for the rest of the scene. (F11 @4sec ISO 100)

Post Processing: Adobe Lightroom; Adobe Photoshop; Topaz Sharpen AI

Naples Blues

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Burrowing owls love to dig down in the sand and dirt to take their baths! Sand baths absorb excess oil to help keep the feathers from becoming too greasy or matted. Taken shortly after sunrise, this young burrowing owlet's pupils were still large from not being exposed to the bright light of day yet. Burrowing owls can reach up to 9 inches in height, making them one of the smallest owls in Florida.

Lee County | Cape Coral, FL May 27, 2019

1/400 sec at f/5.6 | 4500 ISO (1 EV) Nikon D850 | Nikon 200mm-500mm f/5.6 ED VR (Shot handheld at 500mm)

Dimensions: 8256 x 5504

Burrower's Bath

This burrowing owl family loves to spend time close together. It is very difficult to catch them in good light due to their location, so there is only about a 1 hour window before the lighting gets too. One of the many days I stopped by, I was lucky enough to have them all look my way at the same time. Burrowing owls have to tilt or turn their heads to look at an object, as they are unable to move their eyes in different directions.

May 16, 2019 | Lee County, FL

1/540 sec at f/8 ISO 280
500 Nikon D850 | Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 (shot at 500mm)

FCCC 2019 3rd Triannual - Digital - Color - Advanced
-Blue Ribbon Award Winner (Top 5%)

FCCC 2019 Year End - Digital - Color - Advanced
-4th Place

*Includes: Digital Artwork only

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Parliament Party

A pileated woodpecker stops to take a break from drilling the ancient Cypress Trees at Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary... The forest is filled with sounds from all kinds of wildlife, but the sounds of the pileated woodpecker usually stand out above the crowd. Their wild calls and loud pecking can be heard from much further away than most other animals.

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary | Naples, FL
December 19, 2018

1/500 sec at f/7.1 | 2800 ISO (0 EV)       
Nikon D850 | Nikon 200mm-500mm f/5.6 ED VR       
(Shot Handheld at 500mm & Cropped)

***Includes***
24" x 36" Canvas Print       
Full resolution image 3911 x 5215 
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Old Red

One of the first landscape photos I ever took, back in June 2018 from the Naples Beach & Golf Hotel during one of their incredible Summer Jazz concerts. The sky went almost completely red for a moment, and I will never forget how bright the sky was that night. The entire sky lit up like a wildfire and people were rushing to the beach from the concert to take photos.

June 23. 2018 | 8:21pm EST
Naples Beach Hotel | Collier County, FL 

Sony a6500 | Sony EPZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS
1/100 sec at f13 ISO 400 (0 EV) 
(27mm effective focal length)

Pattern metering mode
Handheld

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Naples Skyfire

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Two young burrowing owlets were playing around in the early morning and hopped up onto the same perch. One owlet was very active and seemed adamant on working out its wing muscles and practicing flying while the other owlet watched… taken just before takeoff

Lee County | Cape Coral, FL 
May 18, 2019

1/800 sec at f/7.1 | 280 ISO (-1/3 EV) 
Nikon D850 | Nikon 200mm-500mm f/5.6 ED VR 
(Shot from a tripod at 500mm & Cropped)

***Includes***
Full resolution image 4641 x 5801 to be sent to collector after purchase


Flying Lessons

Foundation

Osprey are truly the masters of diving and catching fish... The morning started out pretty active, there was an average of four or five Osprey usually at a time circling in the air. The winds were perfect this morning so that they were flying towards us when diving, with the light and wind at our backs. The Osprey really put a show, with  over 50 dives in less than 2 hours. Their catch rate that morning was about 20% through the breaking waves, changing tide, and heavy winds.

December 14, 2020 | Indian River County, FL
1/4000sec @f5.6 ISO 500 Nikon D850 | Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 (shot at 500mm)

Florida Camera Club Council - Blue Ribbon Award Winner (Top 5%)
2nd Tri-annual Digital Competition 2021 - Advanced Color category

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