Kiss the Morning

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Cocoa Beach Pier, Florida

Kiss the Morning
Olympus E-M1 MK II, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/6s, 26mm, f/11, ISO 200

Morning Bath Time?

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Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, FL

I’m stuck in Florida! I guess when I wake and it is -6 F, I find it hard not to search out warmer images. Early morning at Melbourne Beach.

Morning Bath Time?
Olympus E-M1 MK I, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 0.4s, 40mm, f/8, ISO 200

Fishing the Waves

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Wordless Wednesday
Sebastian Inlet, FL

Fishing the Waves
Olympus E-M1 MK I, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/400s, 34mm, f/16, ISO 200

Front Line

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Melbourne Beach, Florida

I’m still looking through old images of previous trips to the Florida coast. I went crazy Saturday and switched my wait list request from Disney in Orlando to Vero Beach. I would rather go exploring the space coast to the gold coast. I found this approaching storm coming toward Melbourne. This is looking out over the Indian River at sunset back in September 2016.

Front Line
Olympus E-M1 MK I, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 5s, 15mm, f/16, ISO 400

Melbourne Beach Revisit

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Melbourne Beach, Florida

On my second trip to the Florida coast in March of 2016 I stayed with my mother-in-law and used her place as a base for my early morning/late evening excursions. I found the pier in Melbourne Beach and wanted to see if I could use it for a sunset image. My original post about this adventure is here. Although I love the image I have always thought it was a little flat and unsaturated as well as slightly out of focus. The big draw for me are the colors.

Staying with the “wanting warm images” theme while I sit up here in cold Central NY I decided to rework this image a little. Nothing drastic! A little more contrast, a little improvement on the focus and a slight color boost. I’m feeling a little warmer already…

Melbourne Beach Pier Sunset – Redo
Olympus E-M1 MK I, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1.3s, 12mm, f/16, ISO 200

Wake-up Call

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Juno Beach Pier, Florida

It is -10 F this morning with a wind chill making it feel like -20 F. Why am I still here?

Now would be the perfect time for a trip to a warmer setting. Actually, I originally planned on being in Disney next week for the Festival of the Arts, but due to starting a new job I cancelled that trip. I moved that trip to June (well, planning any way) but now I think I know what I need. It isn’t Disney, which I’m still having an internal conflict over, it is the ocean. Sunrises on the beach! Waves crashing against the sand!

I was looking through my Lightroom catalog again this morning, searching out places to visit along the Florida coast. It has been three years since my last trip to the ocean. I wish I could have another year like 2016 when I made four trips to the Sunshine state and the ocean. In November of that year I visited Juno Beach for the first time. The weather didn’t always cooperate but I did have one good morning at the pier.

Wake-up Call
Olympus E-M1 MK I, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/13s, 23mm, f/16, ISO 100

Insect Wood Henge

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Griffiss International Sculpture Garden

When I first started going to the sculpture garden a few years ago, this sculpture was more accessible. The idea was to create a place for the insects and allow people to commune with nature. You could walk into the center of the sculpture and sit on a stump in the middle. I loved the wild flowers growing all around the sculpture. In recent years it appears nature has taken over with thistles over growing the wildflowers. You no longer can walk through the garden into the sculpture. I miss the way it was.

Insect Wood Henge
Artist: JK “Koos” Buist
Olympus Pen-F, M. Zuiko 17mm f/1.8, 1/40s, f/11, ISO 200

Unfreezing

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Wordless Wednesday
Delta Lake State Park

Unfreezing
Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/125s, 14mm, f/11, ISO 400