by Rich Leighton | Jun 14, 2017 | American Southwest, Arizona, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert is famed for its sudden explosion of colorful wildflowers that follows the first springtime rains. From a distance, I saw bright splashes of pink from across the arid hills, and as I got closer, I found this Parry’s...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 11, 2016 | Florida, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel
My favorite palm! The paurotis palm is a wonderfully beautiful palm that I have a personal connection to. As I was starting to build my photography business back when I was still living back home in Southwest Florida, I worked in a plant nursery and planted many...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 18, 2016 | Florida, NANP, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, 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 | Jun 27, 2015 | American Southwest, Cactus, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel
If it may seem like I’ve been a little quiet lately, it’s for good reason. I took on a personal project of an enormous magnitude that while I’m still working on it now, I have enough of it put together to show and share with the world. After a recent...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 17, 2014 | American Southwest, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel, Utah
Just outside of the city limits of Salt Lake City, Utah – on the Great Salt Lake is a remarkable mountainous island called Antelope Island. Also a state park, this island has a wonderful natural history along with a very interesting habitat and diversity of...
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