by Rich Leighton | Jun 22, 2010
Today I had a sudden urge to get away from my office, away from photo editing, away from working on web-related photo projects and just had to get into the woods, despite the heat and humidity. I loaded up my mountain bike for light and fast travel, chose my Nikon...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 17, 2010
Many years ago I learned a good lesson about wildlife and nature photography. Always have your camera ready and keep a predetermined setting so you won’t miss that sudden opportunity that will so often leap out in front of you. I missed my one and only Florida...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 8, 2010
A couple of days ago, I was driving along the coast of Apalachee Bay on the Florida Panhandle on the edge of Tate’s Hell State Forest when I saw the unexpected. It was a group of 25 to 30 cattle egrets along the shoreline and perched among the skeletal remains...
by Rich Leighton | May 30, 2010
Recently while on a trip along the St. Joseph Peninsula I stumbled into one of my very favorite of shoreline critters – the ghost crab. Even though they are very common all over Florida’s sandy coasts, the ghost crab is the master of camouflage and quite...
by Rich Leighton | May 22, 2010
One of the most common bits of advice that I’ve heard given to budding new nature photographers is that you don’t have to go far from home to get the best shots. I’ve heard this many times over the years, and I’ve given this same advice on...
