I'm not sure why I've been avoiding dawn and sunset most of the time, but I didn't avoid dawn today!  It was a gorgeous morning and I arrived in plenty of time to set up and make some photographs without rushing.  Here are three.  (MF Film - 45mm lens with #15 deep yellow filter)

Another two from yesterday.  As some have observed elsewhere, this tree has a very Asian visual bias.  I think live oaks in general are that way. 

I'm posting these because I'm really happy that they're so well in focus and stable!  I had forgotten my tripod, and rather than go home, I decided to try hand holding the camera. The Pentax67 film camera with 45mm lens must weigh around five pounds and I wasn't sure I could do this, but it worked out well! 

I've probably made a dozen photographs in this place. It's just a little roadside pullout, but it's rich in imagery for me.  (MF Film)

Once again, I visited the area near the Ft. George River and found these:  (MF Film)

The weather has been too miserable for me to comfortably go on photo safaris until yesterday, June 7th when it got cooler, and some wonderful clouds rolled in.  Here are some of the photographs I was able to make then.  (MF Film)

As often as I've photographed the Fort George River inlet, each time has been unique because the sky, clouds, tide and light are never identical.  If this were a website rather than a blog, I'd have a series of this subject all together.  (MF Film)

On the way to Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, we passed this body of water.  I stopped to make this photograph.  (MF Film)

It was good to get away from what's so familiar in Florida to what's a bit different in Georgia.  The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge is home to birds, fish, raccoons, and ALLIGATORS!!!  But, taking the four mile, one way drive through the park yesterday was disappointing as we didn't see a single critter.  However, it must be said that in the middle of a hot, sunny day the refuge residents were wise enough to remain as comfortable as possible wherever they could find a shady or wet spot.  (MF Film)

I often return to Pumpkin Point Preserve where I've made many photographs over a number of years.  I always try to see something new or see what I know is there in a different way.  Here are several photographs I made there today (May 15th) with my medium format film camera. 

I belong to a YMCA gym which I use several times a week.  I use the machines in the gym, but prefer to walk outside rather than on a treadmill.  The Y is in a large, verdant, corporate park with many mature trees and several lakes.  These two photographs are from opposite ends of one of the paths beside a nearby lake.  (MF Film)

Returning to Huguenot Park again yesterday, I schlepped my photo gear for several miles around the entire perimeter of the dunes.  It was once again a perfect day for photographs with a cloud laced blue sky that succumbed to the orange filter I was using.  I was happy to get four 'keepers' out of the ten frames available.  Several others were 'almosts', but I've learned when to say when!  ;)

I've been photographing in the same area a lot recently, so I decided to drive south to Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine where I've been able to find new subjects (though they're pretty similar to what I photographed in the opposite direction.)  I waited for a day with a mixed weather forecast, and was quite lucky with clouds.  Eventually, a rainstorm rolled in, but I was back in the car just in time to stay dry.  (MF Film)

Like eating the same thing for breakfast most mornings, I gravitate to places I've already found photographically interesting rather often.  Both of these photographs are scenes from Ft. George River inlet.  The first is what's seen at low tide; the second includes a fisherman and a warship.  (MF Film)

Big and Little Talbot Islands State Parks are my hands down favorite places to go by the ocean.  Not only are there interesting subjects near the water, but inland a bit as well.  These several photographs were made at Big Talbot and include the park entrance, a boardwalk through the lagoon area, an ancient tree and little stump, and a tangle of oak branches. (MF Film)

It may seem odd for there to be really interesting views in a little parking area, but I've long been attracted to this one and found several images I like there.  These two were taken within the area and appealed to me for the Spanish moss that drapes so many trees in this region, and for the dragon-like neck of the tree in the close-up photograph.  (MF Film)

Though the Kingsley Plantation is the main attraction in the area, the Ribault Club is also an interesting place historically, and as a site for weddings and the like.  These two photographs were made on either side of the road that's just about a quarter mile away from the club.   (MF Film)

After a long walk through the woods near Kingsley Plantation, I came out in a place new to me farther up the Fort George River.  There were these two views.  (MF Film)

I've made similar photographs here several times in the past, but I still like it immensely, and it's always a little bit different!  (MF Film)

I rarely go to Huguenot Park as it's often crowded with beachgoers with their cars, radios, and a notable lack of tranquility.  But the dunes are spectacular in many ways, and beg to be photographed.  I went yesterday, and found these despite much of the area being roped off for restoration.  (MF Film)