Florida Nature Photography

8th Annual Wildflower Festival and Art Contest - Naples/Fort Myers, Florida

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:48:00 PST

It's that time of year again - the sun is shining, the weather is starting to warm up (especially in Southern Florida) and the wildflowers of the wetlands are about to burst forth in their springtime...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Florida Nature Photography in the British Media!

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:51:00 PST

Very cool news! In the past couple of years, the list of followers for Florida Nature Photography has gotten huge, and we've gotten to know a lot of great people from all over the globe. Recently, I...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Deep Forest Creek

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:45:00 PST

For the past week in the Tallahassee area where I live, it's been wet, gray, often rainy and generally not good for nature photography. In times like these I either stay indoors working on the...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Operation Migration - Whooping Cranes Arrive in North Florida!

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:05:00 PST

For the first three days of this week, an event was happening in St. Marks, Florida area that held the riveted attention of birders and other wildlife enthusiasts around the North America. It was...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

The Forgotten Coast "Revisited"

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:42:00 PST

I wanted to do a little follow-up from my last article on "The Forgotten Coast" that was posted last week. I got such a fantastic and hearty response, that I wanted to reply with this quick post for ...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

The Forgotten Coast - Unforgettable Florida

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:11:00 PST

For much of the past week, I've been making my way around and throughout a part of the Florida Panhandle that is mostly unfamiliar territory for me and definitely "off the beaten path". Completely...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

The Winter Wonderland of Florida's North Gulf Coast

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:36:00 PST

One of the most amazing places for winter nature photography in Florida that I know of is along the northern edge of the Gulf of Mexico where there are no condos, no restaurants, and more...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

A Quick Note to Our Readers and Followers

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:50:00 PST

Whew! We are finally back into the groove! After a series of highly frustrating computer crashes (four to be exact) we were faced with the need to change a number of things that were drastically...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Interview with Rich Leighton of Florida Nature Photography

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:16:00 PDT

It's not everyday you get interviewed as a nature photographer. When Marcus Adkins of Getaways by Design - The Online Magazine for Florida Travel contacted me a few weeks ago about a story, I jumped...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Florida Nature Photography Major Update!

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:57:00 PDT

Hello everyone! I'm pleased to announce that the all new website update is now online! Many MANY months of photo editing and web layout work went into this, as we accidentally managed to delete...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Gulf Coast Hidden Secret - Mashes Sands

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:06:00 PDT

Once again we find ourselves in hurricane season on the Gulf Coast - and luckily its been quiet - so far. One thing I've always been fond of during this time of year is the fantastic cloudscapes at...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

As Tasty as a Bee

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:55:00 PDT

Yesterday (Sept. 7) I was down in Central Florida doing some butterfly and wildflower photography in and around the Withlacoochee State Forest and was lucky enough to get one of those jaw-dropping...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Wild Butterflies of Florida

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:22:00 PDT

A couple of months ago, I was looking for independent musicians who were willing to share their original music with me to create a few slideshows in return for letting them use some of my work or the...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

A Florida Oddity......

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:48:00 PDT

This is more of a quick note with a bizarre photo, rather than an actual post. We've been working out hearts out trying to get the new FloridaNaturePhotography.com upgrade out, and it has more or...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Arachnophilia!

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:22:00 PDT

Thirty minutes past dawn, and I'm deep in the the steamy sweltering heat at the edge of a swamp in North Florida in summer. Mosquitoes are tearing me up, but the deer flies aren't out yet. Again, I'm...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Destination.... Almost Cedar Key

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:11:00 PDT

Do you know how you've traveled past a certain place a hundred times and always wanted to stop, but you never seem to have the time? I have one of those places, it's Cedar Key, Florida. Recently, I...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

The Search for the Cranefly Orchid

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:10:00 PDT

My search for Tipularia discolor – the cranefly orchid - began last fall in North Florida along the Apalachicola River, and has proven to be (at least for me) one of the most difficult and...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

2009 CREW Wildflower Festival - Saturday, March 28th 2009

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:57:00 PDT

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

The REAL Snowbirds!!!!!

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:06:00 PDT

As Spring has already sprung - I'm going to hurry up and get my winter seabirds of Northeast Florida photos from the past couple of months out to you. We are making some additions to the website...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

2009 Wildflower Festival in Estero Florida

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:58:00 PDT

Hello everyone! I'm just letting you know that Galina and I will be displaying and selling our work at the 2009 CREW Wildflower Festival in SW Florida on March 28th! I hope you will find the time to...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Heading Out West ..... West Coast Florida, That Is!

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:06:00 PST

This next post will continue from the last blog and show some of my photos and thoughts as I traveled from the Everglades to Sanibel, then turned north, heading up the west coast. Dawn the next...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

An Amazing Cross-Florida Nature Photography Blitzkrieg!!!

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:01:00 PST

I've had an amazing last six weeks and have been to just about every part of the state, excluding the Florida Keys and west of the Apalachicola River on the Panhandle. As we are expecting our second...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Fall Orchid-Hunting in North Florida Part II

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:50:00 PST

After a considerable delay, and admitting that I may not find the Downey Rattlesnake Orchid (Goodyera pubescens) this year, I will continue with this second part of my North Florida native...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Fall Orchid-Hunting in North Florida - Part I

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:07:00 PST

When the days get shorter and colder in Florida and winter is approaching … to be in Florida means many things to most people – warm weather, no shoveling snow, Christmas at the beach, etc. All focus...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.

Beautiful & Mysterious Florida

rich@leightonphotography.com (Rich Leighton) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:05:00 PST

Hey everyone! Welcome to the first official FloridaNaturePhotography.com RSS feed. I'm just letting everyone know that the new website is up and online and that there is finally a new batch of photos...

Florida Nature Photography is a professional photography gallery and online store website dedicated the Florida nature and wildlife, native orchids, wildflowers, reptiles, animals, insights and observations from a native Floridian point of view.