by Rich Leighton | Jul 13, 2016 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Orchids, Wildflowers
Quick post today to share with you one of my favorite terrestrial orchids of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts – the southern white fringed orchid! Often difficult to photograph in Florida’s bright summer sunlight, heavy overcast skies were a huge in helping...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 31, 2016 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Herps, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Reptiles, Turtles
The sign of any healthy body of water is the presence of native turtles. Of the 327 species alive today, 60+ of those are found living in the wild in the United States. The fossil record shows that turtles are at least 157 million years old in what we would recognize...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 18, 2016 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Orchids, Photography
One of my very favorite types of wild native orchids I’ve found in the wild are those belonging to the tribe Cymbidieae, all of which are found in the tropics or subtropics. Not only are the flowers spectacularly colorful and often large, each plant often has...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 12, 2011 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Mushrooms, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
Sometimes I find a beautiful specimen in nature that I simply just can’t identify. Tonight I finally identified a beautiful red mushroom I photographed five years ago in Fakahatchee Strand of Southwest Florida’s Western Everglades. I knew immediately it...
by Rich Leighton | May 17, 2011 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Landscape, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Photography Tips, Travel
Sometimes we photographers slip up and don’t find the very best spot to get our best sunset shot. Sometimes it’s a new area and location or we don’t know the lay of the land, sometimes we get distracted shooting other subjects and get so absorbed in what we are doing...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 23, 2011 | Birds, Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife, Photography
Last week during a regular trip to the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, I was enjoying a day off while scouting out new places to go hiking, etc. rather than looking for more subjects to photograph for work when one of those maddening little birds that I can never...
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