The Fly

The fly showed up at the right time to add more color to the scene.

Mandarin Duck

This Mandarin Duck looks unreal with all these colors. Since I started photography my appreciation keeps increasing for our Creator who made all that for us, humans.

Family of Great Blue Herons

The father Great Blue Heron is landing by his babies nest.



Great Blue Herons

The father Great Blue Heron is landing by his babies nest.

Great Blue Heron

This female Great Blue Heron, standing over the nest, sees her mate coming back from his fishing trip. She's anxious to know if he's got something to feed the little ones sleeping in the nest.

Rose

Sometimes natural light combined with artificial light from a flash, can make a creative effect of a simple rose.

Great Blue Herons

Still growing up. They are less than a month old.

Jaguar

The jaguar is the third-largest cat after the tiger and the lion, and the largest and most powerful feline in the Western Hemisphere.

Cairns Birdwing

This butterfly is a male Cairns Birdwing. The female is larger but not as colorful.

Bird Model

This Great Blue Heron was posing for me.

Two Morphos

These two Morphos' undersides are brown.  The top one, on the photo, is a Banded Morpho.  The bottom one is a Blue Morpho.

The Gator

This alligator is less than 2 ft. long.  He was all alone, alive, in less than an inch of water.  An other photographer said that he was around 3 years old and at that age he was fending for himself.

The Bride

When I take a shot of a Great Egret with its breeding plumage I fell like I'm shooting a wedding--a Bride in her wedding gown.

Meal Time

Meal time at the Great Blue Herons' nest.

Dancing Heron

This Great Blue Heron is doing his fancy little dance to impress his love one.

Mandarin duck

Until now I thought the Wood duck was the most colorful, the most beautiful duck.  But now that I know the Mandarin duck...

Beneficial Insects

These very small insects are a type of Assassin bugs. They're beneficial insects, biological pest control.  They use their long tube, called rostrum, to inject a lethal saliva that liquefies the insides of a prey, which are then sucked out.  They feed mostly on unwanted bugs.  Keep them as pets in your garden ...but they don't need petting.

Insurance

"Mom, do I have flight insurance?"

Macro Photograph

When I made this macro (close close-up) photograph, and opened it later on the computer screen, I saw the reason why I like so much this unique way of capturing nature. You discover things that can't be seen with the naked eye. Therefore, declaring, as King David said, the glory of God.



Anhinga

This baby Anhinga is feeding itself by taking the food from inside its mother's throat, wile the father, in the back, enjoys an afternoon nap.