Exploration Photography Daily View - September 27, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Now that I've shared my vacation snapshots with you I would like to go back and show you some of my more serious photos. And what better place to start than the place we visited on our first full day in Florida. Lake Louisa State Park. Who's up for some swamp?

I'm sure there may have been an alligator or two but I didn't see any. But there was a lot of frogs, turtles and a ton of spiders. And lots and lots of lizards.

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Yesterday's View...

Monday September 26, 2016

And that's all for now folks. Thanks for stopping by!

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Exploration Photography Daily View - September 18, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Today's view is going to be a little different. It's actually going to be several views. When traveling I shoot a lot more photos than I share here on my blog. Mostly with my phone as I generally reserve my DSLR for planned outings. Plus when I am using my regular camera I shoot with my phone too. Kind of as a backup because you just never know what can happen. From a memory card fail to the worst case of theft, it just happens. And my phone also saves GPS data that my current camera does not. So today I would like to share a handful of these images SOOC (straight out of camera). Meaning no cropping or adjustments of any kind have been made.

The following were all shot on our first full day in Florida at Lake Louisa State Park.

Swampy area adjacent to Lake Louisa

Swampy area adjacent to Lake Louisa

Alligator warning sign at lake Louisa. I didn't see any but they are apparently there. And yes, it is a swimming beach.

Lake Louisa

Main road that goes through the park shot through our windshield.

My vintage Canon AE-1 Program. Took her out for probably the first time in decades. I'll share the pics in a future post

Walkway out to a different lake. I can't recall the name though.

Yet a third lake that I am sorry to say I do not know it's name.

And there you have it. I always think it a shame that many photos, while not particularly artful, go unseen. After all it's about the memories and nothing conveys them better than snapshots. Hmm, maybe I'll do this more often.

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Yesterday's View...

Saturday September 17, 2016

 Also, before I go I thought I would share one more thing with you. As you probably know Kim and I travel a lot. Sometimes far away and a lot of the time somewhat locally. For years I have relied on Tripadvisor to tell me if a place was going to be of interest to me or a place I may want to shy away from. While taking everything I read with a grain of salt I have learned how to read peoples ratings fairly well. To give back, so to say, I have started reviewing places we visit. If you are interested in my reviews you can check them out at the following link.

Larry's TripAdvisor Reviews

I do not get compensated in any way. I am just including this in case you would like to see my take on the places We visit.
 
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Exploration Photography Daily View - September 7, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Today let's step away from the bugs and lizards I have shared for the past two days and look at some scenery instead. This is the main road leading in and out of Lake Louisa State Park.

I was drawn to this spot because of the angle of the road and of course those nice fluffy clouds.

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Yesterday's View...

Tuesday September 6, 2016

That's all for today my friends. Have a great day!

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Exploration Photography Daily View - September 6, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Yesterday I mentioned the two things that are certain in Florida. I touched on the subject showing you a lizard I saw while photographing Louisa Lake. Well a little bit after shooting the lake (and the lizard) I was walking back to our car and along the way saw quite a few spiders. Most of them male Banana Spiders. Today though I would like to share this female Banana Spider.

The females are larger, much larger than the males.

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Yesterday's View...

Monday September 5, 2016

And that will do it for today folks. Thanks for stopping by!

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Exploration Photography Daily View - September 4, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Today was our first full day here in Florida and as usual Kim and I tried to make the most of it. When most people think about Orlando they think of Disney or Universal and a plethora of other theme parks. And so do I. But wherever I travel I tend to look for something a bit more peaceful and preferably scenic. And today we found just that in Lake Louisa State Park. With the main attraction of course being lake Louisa itself. So for today's photo I thought it proper that I share with you this beautiful view of this beautiful lake.

I created this with seven photos blended in Photoshop. And as nice as it looks you really needed to be there to see it in person. I would love go go back again one day, perhaps in the Winter months, and see it again.

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Yesterday's View...

Saturday September 3, 2016

Oh by the way, as much as I like peace and quiet we will be visiting Universal's theme parks. After all we are in Orlando :)

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