by Rich Leighton | Feb 23, 2011 | Birds, Florida, Florida Nature Photography, NANP, 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...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 15, 2011 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, NANP, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
The green adder’s-mouth orchid (Malaxis unifolia) is one of those species that does and will continue to elude the best of the orchid hunters. Not only is it quite rare across the state of Florida, but it is one of the most easily overlooked. Found primarily in...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 31, 2011 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
Yesterday morning I went to the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge on Florida’s Gulf Coast and started to realize as I got closer to the water that the fog was really going to be too thick to get the types of landscape shots I was after. As I entered the refuge,...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 3, 2011 | Birds, Florida, Florida Nature Photography, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
Sandwich Tern! Recently I was in Lido Key, Florida – a popular tourist destination in the Sarasota area when I had some down time in my travels around my home state to visit South Lido Beach. As soon as I got out of my car, I noticed a tern on the sand near...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 22, 2010 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography Tips, Wildflowers
Today I had a sudden urge to get away from my office, away from photo editing, away from working on web-related photo projects and just had to get into the woods, despite the heat and humidity. I loaded up my mountain bike for light and fast travel, chose my Nikon...
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