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)

I made these photographs at O'Leno State Park which is historically and geologically very interesting.  In the late 19th century, the area was named Keno after the lotto gambling game, but evangelical pressure forced a change to Leno which eventually became O'Leno, the 'O' standing for 'old'.  It's geologically interesting because the part of the Santa Fe River that runs through here runs underground for five miles before returning to the surface. The light area on the trunks of the three trees marks the recent high water mark.  (MF Film)

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These centuried, vaulted oaks are a natural cathedral.  Always draped in Spanish Moss, they appear clad in a tattered alb.  (MF Film)

And there IS abundant Spanish Moss!!

Live oaks are among the most visually interesting trees in this area.  I'm not sure if this was one, but it was nice to come upon spreading shade in a clearing by the path.  (MF Film)

Before the road leading to Kingsley Plantation, one rides beside this vast marsh with open channels that fishermen sometimes use.  It's tidewater too, so it's almost always different.  I liked this view, and stopped with my camera.  (MF Film)

I hadn't been to Kingsley Plantation in quite a while, but did visit last weekend.  I came back today with my camera gear and made these two images of the wonderful mossy trees and their cast shadows on the dirt road that leads there.   (MF Film)

As a Yankee, I'm just becoming familiar with some of the trees (other than palms) here in Florida.  So many are interestingly sinuous both in life and after.  This guy could star in a Disney cartoon!  (MF Film)

I used to get up at 4:30 every morning to get to work, but I've gotten out of that habit.  Still, it's a good thing to do now and then, and this morning was one of those occasions.  I really wanted to get to where I made these photographs at around dawn, but I was a little late. However, the sun was shy and particularly photogenic as it hid behind clouds. As the day brightened, I visited Little Talbot Island State Park and enjoyed some time on the beach with my gear.  (MF Film)

There are an abundance of state and local parks in the northeast part of Florida where I now live. They visually differ from one another, and I've made quite a few photographs in each. The four images below are from Anastasia SP located in St. Augustine which was founded in September of 1565!  It's America's oldest city despite what Boston claims to the contrary! ;)  (MF Film)

I continue to return to Big Talbot Island SP (NE Florida) because it is so rich with potential photographs.  Just after the first of these two were taken, a fierce wind sprang up and the temperature dropped precipitously.  Oddly, though the sky looked ominous, it didn't rain, but the wind continued for quite a while.  I went back again a few days later for the second photograph.  (MF Film)

There can be emotion in still photographs that do not include living creatures.  Of course, those emotions are projected and entirely internal and empathetic, but real nonetheless.  Again, from 'boneyard' beach, here are two of those onto which I imply 'irrational' exuberance!  (MF Film)

Here's one more from last Wednesday.  It sort of belongs by itself anyway as it seems to have elected not to keep any others company...and...it's still standing!  (MF Film)

The elect among maple and spruce trees become musical instruments of surpassing tonal and physical beauty.  Walnut, mahogany, oak, and even pine have a chance to live second lives as finely crafted furniture.  Others may become more prosaic but utile benches, wallboard, floors and outdoor tables and chairs.  The unluckiest, though, end their lives rotting in the forest, or transforming into paper products.  And then there are the damned, falling into the sea, their intimate private parts exposed to sun, sand and rude stares of those who cross their path. Here are several portraits of those pariahs...the condemned never to be appreciated by anyone other than the occasional photographer who still sees their beauty and mourns their indignities.  (MF Film)

This is an imaginary selfie.  It's not so much that I look like this, but sometimes I do feel this way! ;)  (MF Film)

One of many attractions about photographing at the beach is that it is always in flux!  Every element is a variable in at least one way and often more.  Had I been at this place two hours earlier or later,  the light, tide, sand, sky and human fisherman would have been different.  (Pentax 67, 55mm, #15 deep yellow filter, Ilford Delta 100 film)