Went to Reef A Palooza 2016

John and Marc

The ISS On 4/20/2016 over Palm Bay , Florida

entering view from the NNW, 35-second exposure

leaving view to the SE,.................63-second exposure

Sorry, not sorry,,,backyard shenanigans continue,,

someone disapproves 

A Black Rat snake

This snake did not mind me standing to take its picture, it did not mind me kneeling to take its picture.  When I went prone on the ground, however,it left in a hurry. It's not like I was gonna eat it ! darn it.

  

another in the "not ready" for gnat geo series...

small and very unstill....

and.....out

lizard,,,,

gnat,,,no see'um

Pet Perc's

a small capture of East Central Florida weather,,,this evening..

My index finger molested a frog...a story in pictures...

My blue porter weed bush needed watered...

went to water....had a clog..no water for you porter weed..

I was blocked  in my attempts....by a frog butt,,,

poked said frog butt,,,

                                                            did not wash my hands afterwords..

waxing crescent moon

Today"s endeavor,,,

last night,,,,did it the real way,,,star trail...

dammit...one picture I took edited into a crappy star trail...it should take 175 pics....dammit..

palythoa feeding timelapse..379 photos

Nobody looks here anyway, lol.....this ..below....was the progression of animated gif.'s I edited until it would work on face Book,,the last one at the top...under this post...fit...

harder

hard

not easy,,

superman palythoa...being fed....animated gif.

yea...it's star trail photo,...sigh...

Best beer of the year so far, came about sampling it thanks to my friend Ryan...well done sir..well done...

Gettin' high to get by,,,,

Blame my friend Erick,,,,he alone,,,,

Cuban frog in bromeliad...rain...Blame my buddy Erick...

Frog in bromeliad

Just a random thought about Photoshop..

I was cruising around a popular web site and looking at lightning photo's ,when of the commentators said "post the  unedited picture".

The great thing about photo editing and nature is that it allows folks to see what otherwise could not be seen by anyone....

I don't pay attention or to look to close at anything usually.....it's a survival mechanism for me...


But with macro photography ,time lapse, and blended images...the reality of the what's happened becomes even more real...and clear to me..

white lightening

the ever illusive lowland coastal "ghost cat"

bling

In the voice of Sir David Attenborough,,

"It ts common for the male of the species to initiate gaudy displays of color and wealth,in a garish manner.. to attract females...who therein believe the male capable of siring offspring with the best opportunity to survive the struggles and  dangers of life...the human species often refer to this simply as, "bling"... "

Rocket launch,,tonight,,,,aspiring photographer took a shot..

cargo rocket ships are sexy,,'nuf said...


 "United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket","Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo freighter on its fifth operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station" ,,

frogfish and Petenia splendida feeding in slow motion

My Movie retrospective 2013

Croton flower

 ..croton

 Codiaeum variegatum flower.looked this up on google..found this gem. "Crotons (Codiaeum  variegatum var. pictum) are generally bushy plants with large, leathery, shiny leaves. They do bloom,  but their tiny, star-shaped yellow flowers are insignificant, hanging down in long clusters between the  large leaves."....well ,pfffft  I for one found them noteworthy this evening.,....focus stacking attempt,,

This one's for Preacher Bob....

Petenia splendida feeding,,,animated gif.

Amateur..Aspiring photographer...star trail formation

Slow motion..galaxea fascicularis...sweepers

My cell phone..spacex