Wahington Oaks State Park

Washington Oaks (flagler county fl) is one of my favorite places for shooting in general, the park is split by A1A. On one side, the formal gardens and nature trails and on the other, the beach with an outcropping of coquina. On the garden side I've captured images of owls, snowy egrets during mating season, and squirrels playing with oranges (that's funny stuff) as well as a full range of  flowers and plants. Across  A1A on the beach side we get ospreys fishing, pellicans, sandpipers, and the rocks. The coquina rocks are a great background or a subject all to themselves, at sunrise or sunset they almost glow yellow and there are some pretty cool formations made by erosion. If you're ever in this part of the world, head to washington oaks.

 
The osprey here is a story all by itself. Ospreys are all over the place you see them on bridges and telephone poles, but I wanted my osprey out of the urban environment. The problem is that on the way to wash oaks there is a small bbq joint called smokin d's, so i would stop for a brisket sandwich and take it with me. Once I got to the beach I'd sit down and eat. Usually, just about the time i'd get really into this sandwich, I'd hear the osprey calling and then in a matter of seconds he'd be overflying me no less than mach 2! It's surprisingly difficult to take a picture (yeah yeah make an image) with a brisket sandwich. The bird would then pull a 3g turn and i wouldn't see him for the rest of the day. I did this for about a week till i finally decided to eat later.Two reasons it took so long for me to figure that out: smokin d's is that good, and I'm apparently a little slow, Anyway the bird came in, I was lookin at him lookin at me this time, I think you can actually see a little surprise in the birds eye.
here are the links to my on line portfolios.
http://www.photoshopuser.com/members/portfolios/view/main/1226823      
www.wix.com/nrasnick/neil-rasnick
here is a link to a friends alaska portfolio he's really good, check it out
johnsanborn.photoshelter.com/gallery-list
Thats it for today, thanks for reading! lets go shoot!