July Photos

July is over.  August is here and in full swing.  I will be traveling out west for awhile.  I look forward to capturing  different landscapes through the lens of my camera.

Sharks, Shells, and Great Family

I enjoyed a day on the water with the Roeder family.  We traveled to a remote location on Cayo Costa to explore the beach. We observed turtle nests and found many great finds.  Mike gathered his first baby's ear shell (I just love it when that happens) and his wife found a nice Florida cone. One of the girls found an absolutely beautiful common nutmeg shell which was probably one of the best nutmegs I have ever held in my hand. Great find! Time seemed to fly by on the beach. I pulled the anchor and we motored back towards Captiva. This is when the wildlife show started. We saw a loggerhead turtle and then a 4 foot hammerhead shark.  The water was so clear we just slowly putted along watching stingrays glide past the boat and a couple of manatee. I noticed a dolphin close to the marina in shallow water playing with a fish. I eased the boat closer but still kept a good distance from the dolphin when I noticed another fin behind the dolphin. It was a shark! If you look close in the photos you can see the shark behind the dolphin. The shark's fin is more triangular.  The shark let us get a good look at him/her before it splashed some water by the boat and took off. It was a wonderful day on the water observing wildlife and collecting seashells with a great family.

Capt. Brian's Photo Shoot

I needed to take photos of myself  doing things I do, for this photo shoot. As easy as it seems, it always feels awkward. However, there was nothing awkward about the last photos of the clouds falling from the sky and myself in front of the storm. Fortunately, Mick Jagger sang me through the storm humming something about giving me shelter before I fade away. Thank you Mick.

The King Family

I enjoyed showing the King family around the islands. We started the trip exploring the flats where we found a beautiful kings crown and three horseshoe crabs. Next in our journey we traveled to Cayo Costa. They King family was in search of  calico clams and sun ray venus. The searching went well, many calico's were collected as well as sun ray venus, and lettered olive shells. The weather was beautiful. On the return trip we all got to see a observe a loggerhead turtle in the water. I managed to get a picture from a distance.( You can zoom in on the fifth photo above) This was the perfect ending to a enjoyable day.