by Rich Leighton | Feb 4, 2013 | Florida, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Reptiles
Every once in a while I go through my old images and find one I can’t believe I missed….. but better late than never! American Alligator ~ click to enlarge ~ In some parts of the Fakahatchee Strand in the northwestern Florida Everglades, it is very common...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 23, 2013 | Landscape, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel, Washington
The rocky coastline of Cape Flattery is located at the most extreme northwestern corner of the contiguous United States on the Olympic Peninsula, where the Pacific Ocean joins the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Millennia of pounding waves, tides and erosion have sculpted the...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 1, 2012 | NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Travel
Early last month I was driving through the mountains of Oregon heading to the coast when I spotted a small herd of elk in a meadow at the foot of a steep rise of one of the many heavily forested highlands in the region. There were about 30 females (cows) and about a...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 1, 2012 | Birds, NANP, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
Welcome to the second article of my new series, “Profiles in Nature”. Thank you so much to everybody for the overwhelming response I received on the first post, I wracked my brain to make sure I followed up with an even better offering and I think I’ve done so...
by Rich Leighton | Aug 2, 2012 | NANP, Native Orchids, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Story, Travel
Orchids. Just the very word brings to mind a vision of exotic color, delightful texture and fantastic shapes, and the scent of consummate and delicious fragrances. Often it evokes feelings of peaceful reflection, caring, and a love for nature’s most wondrous...
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