Picture-A-Week 2017 - Week 32

Pictures taken between Monday, August 7 and Sunday, August 13.

Pictures taken between Monday, August 7 and Sunday, August 13.

Dave your photos are truly beautiful;. Very inspiring as well Thanks for giving us a peek at you amazing photography. :)

Dave your photos are truly beautiful;. Very inspiring as well Thanks for giving us a peek at you amazing photography. :)

Thank you!

I always appreciate the kind words.

Dave

First light brought out some of our new Hibiscus blooms to greet the day. As a photographer, I am by nature drawn to flowers for their endless variety and because they are generally quite photogenic. Our new Hibiscus plants have gone past being simply photogenic and have produced some truly remarkable blooms. The branches are tipped with dozens of buds and when the flowers are fully open, they are 8” to 10” across. They were purchased online from a company that specializes in Hibiscuses (Hibisci?) and it is easy to see the difference between a run-of-the-mill Home Depot garden department plant and these plus-size supermodels.

Hi, Biscus!

Dave

Our white hibiscus have also bloomed.

I just haven't had time to take a picture. Too many emergencies.

While I wait for my 100-400mm lens to arrive someday, went back to the wetlands with the 70-300mm lens this past weekend, so here's some of the local summer variety:

Great egret landing:

Pig frog hanging out in the water:

Small white butterfly on a purple flower:

Baby turtle with his leopard-spotted soft shell:

Tricolor heron flying past the foliage:

Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville, Florida

C-47 Skytrain

F-14 Tomcat

B-25 Mitchell bomber

A-4 Skyhawk in Blue Angles colors

Great pictures of the War Birds.

Allan

Lots more great pictures.