Orlando Flora and Fauna

Aka photos to play with. I experimented with some filters and focus with these. I'm trying to make nice photos, I suppose? I'm terrible at photography but I did my best to salvage these images. I feel so amazingly unqualified to make any kind of judgement on them. I like them, so here we go.

You can't really tell from the photo but everything from the base of the neck down is submerged under water. I had no idea these guys could swim like that. S/he'd disappear under water for a respectable length of time and resubmerge. Absolutely fascination to watch. I photographed him or her working its way around the bank.

Same bird a bit later drying out.

I just loved the texture and colors these plants were giving. Gorgeous. I want to draw them later.

And a huge blue heron stalking around the front pond. I squealed when I saw he was out of the water and near the car as we drove out of the parking lot for dinner.