Floridiana Glorianatag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-4995002008-04-07T13:21:32-04:00The paradise beyond the parking lots (a Florida photoblog).TypePad'Palm & Shadows' by Zen Sutherland | DeLand | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-479894322008-04-07T13:21:32-04:002008-04-07T13:21:32-04:00Here is a piece of art created by a North Carolina photographer who visited DeLand on vacation. It's one of those photographs that just makes me gaze and gaze. As I've often said, I'm all about the strange lighting effects....Damozel'St Augustine Lighthouse' by Allen Whitson | Used by Permissiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-480807362008-04-07T01:06:45-04:002008-04-07T01:06:45-04:00Allen Whitson made this magnificent photograph of the famous St. Augustine Lighthouse. The lighthouse has a reputation for being haunted and I've seen a most intriguing documentary revealing the results of a tape that was left running there overnight. 'St...Damozel'Navarre Beach' by Heather Rasley | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-479824762008-04-04T18:03:21-04:002008-04-04T18:03:21-04:00As I said, I don't know western Florida well and I don't know Navarre at all....but I am entranced by the slightly rosy cast of the sand under that sky and in that light; and by the translucent blue tint...Damozel'Navarre Beach Bridge' by Jason Humphries | Navarre | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-479817482008-04-04T17:44:16-04:002008-04-04T17:44:16-04:00One of the best things about this project is seeing places in Florida I've only heard of, but never visited. The Panhandle, glorious though it is, is a long way from where I live. People in the peninsula often seem...Damozel'Americana' by Greg Turner | Micanopy | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-479536402008-04-04T05:53:20-04:002008-04-04T05:53:20-04:00Here's a wonderful shot by Greg Turner of the American Cafe in the beautiful little North Florida town of Micanopy (accent on the third syllable). Micanopy is Florida's oldest inland settlement and---as the link will tell you---an excellent place to...DamozelLate Afternoon Light by Caleb | St. Petersburg | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-479532842008-04-04T05:35:53-04:002008-04-04T05:35:53-04:00Another subtly glorious shot from Caleb's 'subtropical noir' series; a portrait of the power of the late afternoon light to steep everything it touches in mystery. I love the shadows on the house and the reflection in the forward limb...Damozel'Showered in Sunlight' by Ralph Orona | Miami | Used by Permissiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-479529082008-04-04T05:19:52-04:002008-04-04T05:19:52-04:00In addition to his glittering or glowing cityscapes, Ralph Orona does beautiful in-her-face studies of Nature manifesting herself subtropically. Or, to be more accurate, he sees God manifesting himself in nature. He writes: "This is an orchid I found glowing...DamozelBottle at Sunrise by Judy Malley | Tampa | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-479524162008-04-04T04:57:22-04:002008-04-04T04:57:22-04:00Even a discarded or a forgotten bottle can make art for a photographer who has the artist's eye. Without the bottle to pull this together, would we notice the reflection of delicately tinted sunrise clouds in the reflected blue of...Damozel"A Rusty Pelican Sunset" by Ralph Orona | Used by Permissiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-479458482008-04-04T04:31:00-04:002008-04-04T04:31:00-04:00I love photographs of Florida cities that reveal to those who don't know just how closely the beautiful natural Florida obtrudes on, and glorifies, its sometimes stark urban realities. This shot has got everything: radiant sunlight; delicate sunset tones shading...Damozel'Sunset in Key Biscayne' by Ralph Orona | Used by Permissiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-479454902008-04-03T23:17:24-04:002008-04-03T23:17:24-04:00Ralph Orona has kindly permitted to use this beautiful sunset shot from Key Biscayne, I love the gorgeous, serene radiance of it. If you look at it for a moment, you feel as if you're standing right there..... Sunset in...Damozel'Pineda' by Don Jones | Brevard | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-474929062008-03-26T21:53:12-04:002008-03-26T21:53:12-04:00Photographer Don Jones, who does such amazing night shots and such evocative photos of old Florida houses, took this vintage-feeling and very painterly shot of State Road 404, the Pineda Causeway. It's the primary access road to Patrick Air Force...Damozel'The Florida Theater' by Craig O'Neal | Jacksonville | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-474922162008-03-25T02:05:37-04:002008-03-25T02:05:37-04:00Here is a beautiful night shot by Jacksonville photographer Craig O'Neal. The Florida Theater by Craig O'Neal | Craig O'Neal does photography for Jacksonville.com. To see more fabulous photographs, click here or take a look at his albums at Jacksonville.com!...Damozel'Miami Vice' by Ralph Orona | Miami | Used by Permissiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-474918662008-03-25T01:42:02-04:002008-03-25T01:42:02-04:00Here's a breathtaking shot of Miami by Ralph Orona: "A wide shot of the MacArthur Causeway in Miami Florida...it reminds me of Miami Vice. All it needs is a White Ferrari Testarossa with Crockett & Tubbs standing next to it."...Damozel'Lake Eola' by Don Jones | Orlando | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-466935142008-03-25T01:21:13-04:002008-03-25T01:21:13-04:00I realize that many people find cityscapes a bit monotonous. But imagine the amazement of someone from the Victorian age: they'd see nothing but fairy-tale palaces, and fairy-tale lights. I'm not sure what it says about us that we prefer...Damozel'Stand Firm' by Ralph Orona | Miami | Used by Permissiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-474570442008-03-24T11:52:15-04:002008-03-24T11:52:15-04:00The photographer wrote: "This guy was battling the wind all day!" I love the petals blowing in the wind like hair, and I don't think I really need to say anything about the effect of that brilliant yellow against that...Damozel'I'm so hungry I can eat a tree' by Ralph Orona | Miami | Used by Permissiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-474561762008-03-24T11:38:10-04:002008-03-24T11:38:10-04:00"Num, num, num.....What?" This little cutie has his little black claws wrapped around that nice, juicy leaf. Isn't he so ferocious with his tiger stripes and his fierce black horns? This is one of my favorites of all the wildlife...Damozel'Blue Heron' by Judy Malley | Tampa | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-469438462008-03-24T11:21:09-04:002008-03-24T11:21:09-04:00I've posted several photographs of Blue Herons---my favorite Florida bird since a couple of them adopted my family back when I lived in Kissimmee---but this one by Judy Malley shows in perfect detail the beautiful silvery blue of its plumage...Damozel"Downtown Lakeland" by Josh Hallett | Lakeland | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-471731082008-03-17T21:56:12-04:002008-03-17T21:56:12-04:00Since I love photographs of buildings against that indigo-tinted Florida sky, I was immediately drawn to this photograph by photographer Josh Hallett of a golden-colored building in downtown Lakeland. From this angle, it is striking, monumental, like one of the...Damozel'Winter Haven Sunset Celebration' by Josh Hallett | Winter Haven | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-471726282008-03-17T21:44:11-04:002008-03-17T21:44:11-04:00Another magnificent shot by Josh Hallett of the sun setting over Winter Haven, the 'Chain of Lakes' City. The darkness of the reeds and the shadowy foreground gives this image a wild vibrant quality. 'Winter Haven Sunset Celebration' by Josh...Damozel'Winter Haven Sunset Celebration' by Josh Hallett | Winter Haven | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-471720322008-03-17T21:30:47-04:002008-03-17T21:30:47-04:00A sunset enormous lake in the little Central Florida town of Winter Haven in Polk County Florida, home of Cypress Gardens. Having once been engaged to a man who was living there---and who lived right on the lake--- I spent...Damozel'Bok Tower' by Josh Hallett | Lake Wales | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-471197662008-03-17T00:29:28-04:002008-03-17T00:29:28-04:00Here is another marvelous photograph of the Bok Sanctuary Carillon Tower----before we had its golden door; now we have the summit reflecting the color of the sun at sunset. Photographer Josh Hallett (Hyku) has produced some wonderful photographs of Central...Damozel'Brass Door' by Sara Mooney | Lake Wales | Creative Commons tag:typepad.com,2003:post-471217522008-03-17T00:04:14-04:002008-03-17T00:04:14-04:00Here is the magnificent golden door to the Carillon Tower (see a photograph here) at Bok Sanctuary Gardens in Lake Wales. There's an almost dreamlike aspect to this photograph, with the reflecting pond, the jewel like green of the ferns,...Damozel'Florida Scrub Jay = Yoda' by Daniel Godwin | Lake Wales | Creative Commons tag:typepad.com,2003:post-471209122008-03-16T23:34:30-04:002008-03-16T23:34:30-04:00This photograph was sent to the photographer by his brother and posted at Flickr under a CC license (yay!) The photographer's brother explained why this little nestling is be-robed for the photo: I banded the first brood of Florida Scrub-Jay...DamozelSigns of Cassadaga (Central Florida's Spiritualist Town) | Cassadaga | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-469521262008-03-16T21:46:54-04:002008-03-16T21:46:54-04:00Most non-Floridians don't really seem to have heard about Florida's psychic and spiritualist camp, Cassadaga, hidden away in the pine barrens of Central Florida, within about 50-60 miles of Orlando. You can read more about its history here. Can I...Damozel'Fort Myers' by Alexander Wrege | Fort Myers | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-461751142008-03-16T19:32:43-04:002008-03-16T19:32:43-04:00Here's a radiantly tinted shot from the Gulf Coast city of Fort Myers. I love the red awning and the flashes of yellow and royal blue. Magnificent holiday shot---wish I was there now. I really do. Best-Winter 2007 -Fort Myers...Damozel'An Eye' by Etrusia UK | Tampa | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-461748802008-03-15T21:40:38-04:002008-03-15T21:40:38-04:00I was mesmerized by the golden eye of this snowy egret set against the blue-green background. Look at the luminousness and delicacy of its feathers, and the streaks of paler blue against the slate-colored bill. Taken in Tampa, it's just...Damozel'Tram stop (HDR)' by Yevgen Pogoryelov | Tampa | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-461748382008-03-15T20:55:22-04:002008-03-15T20:55:22-04:00Here's a color fantasia of a view of a Tampa street car terminal. It looks like a futuristic toy train set. I love the colors of this---the sunset pinks and purple in the background, the saturated spring-green of the trees...Damozel'Subtropical Noir' by Caleb | St. Petersburg | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-470829122008-03-15T20:27:29-04:002008-03-15T20:27:29-04:00Here's another richly colored, intricately textured photograph from Caleb's 'Subtropical Noir' collection of St. Petersburg scenes. I am fascinated by the golden shimmer of the bricks. The mortar appears to be made of gold. The bricks vary in color from...Damozel'St. Pete' by Caleb | St. Petersburg | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-470826202008-03-15T20:14:49-04:002008-03-15T20:14:49-04:00More of Caleb's St. Petersburg magic with late afternoon light and color. This is my favorite time to photograph in Florida: the colors are so saturated and so intense in that slanting golden light. I love the contrasting textures here:...Damozel'Downtown St. Pete' by Artanis Knarf (Kurt) | St. Petersburg | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-461749282008-03-15T19:51:58-04:002008-03-15T19:51:58-04:00Here is a gorgeous photograph of downtown St. Pete just after sunset. I love the contrast between the jewel-like effect of the lights along the causeway and the high-rise buildings against that very soft pinkish-violet and the clear blue of...Damozel'Florida Keys Sunset' by James Good | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-469544162008-03-13T06:29:59-04:002008-03-13T06:29:59-04:00When I visited the Keys a couple of years ago, we drove through a sunset much like this one, but for some reason neither of us can now remember didn't pull over to take a photograph. If we had, our...Damozel'Flyby' by James Good | Florida Keys| Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-469540402008-03-12T21:02:32-04:002008-03-12T21:02:32-04:00Entrancing---and unique--- as I find James Good's Miami cityscapes, it's really hard (in fact, impossible) not to get sidetracked by his other work. This, for example: 'Flyby' by James Good |To see his other photos, click here | To see...Damozel'hazy, hot, and humid' by Joiseyshowaa (B. Katz) | Gainesville | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-461737482008-03-12T20:40:56-04:002008-03-12T20:40:56-04:00Here is a breath-taking photograph of palm trees on a summer night. It was apparently taken in Gainesville, so the title is apt; don't let the cool, silvery color fool you. Note how each tree is surrounded by a ghostly...Damozel'Orchids at the Mount Dora Plant Fair' by Judy Malley | Mount Dora | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-469443662008-03-12T17:37:16-04:002008-03-12T17:37:16-04:00More splendor from the Mount Dora Plant and Garden Fair.... Photograph by Judy Malley | To see her other Flickr photographs, click here | | To see the largest version of this photograph on Flickr, click here I do not...Damozel"Water Lily Display at the Mount Dora Plant Fair' by Judy Malley | Mount Dora | Creative Commons tag:typepad.com,2003:post-469458842008-03-12T17:12:31-04:002008-03-12T17:12:31-04:00One of my friends, looking through this blog, was disappointed not to see more Florida flowers. Fortunately, photographer Judy Malley has amassed quite a collection of beautiful photographs. These are from the annual Plant and Garden Fair in the charming...Damozel'Downtown and Marina on Bayshore Boulevard, Tampa Florida' by Judy Malley | Tampa | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-461747922008-03-07T12:39:28-05:002008-03-07T12:39:28-05:00There's something so surprising to me about Tampa's silver and platinum urban castles set right next to the water. I've never seen Tampa from this angle, which really brings out the beautiful harmony of seaside color that the city's planners...Damozel'Sunset' by Don Jones | Bunnell | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-466928042008-03-06T20:28:55-05:002008-03-06T20:28:55-05:00As I've mentioned before, photographer Don Jones has a real eye for the contrasts and contradictions that constitute the real 'Old Florida' that people who stick to the expressways and attractions never see. The reality of Florida is complex, involving...Damozel'Wacahoota Church' by Don Jones | Wacahoota | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-466922322008-03-06T20:03:24-05:002008-03-06T20:03:24-05:00Florida is filled with white-painted wooden churches. They are beautiful against North Florida's indigo-tinted late afternoon sky. I've passed this one---in Levy County, S.R. 121, as the photographer explains----many, many times, but I never did so when conditions were right...Damozel'Karin's Patio' by Ariel Ophelia | Gainesville | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-461740762008-03-06T19:40:00-05:002008-03-06T19:40:00-05:00This is so perfectly perfect Gainesville. The porch surrounded by trees, the plants, the furniture covered in cool fabrics. What elevates this photo from 'someone's porch' to 'the art of the porch' for me is the platinum and grey cover...Damozel'Every once in a while' by Greg Turner | Gainesville | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-466907702008-03-06T19:07:25-05:002008-03-06T19:07:25-05:00"Every once in a while," says the photographer, "We get fall colors in Florida." And when we do, we really do. Scarlet against silvery grey, what colors could be more resplendent? 'Every once in a while' by Greg Turner |...Damozel'Pluck' by Greg Turner | Gainesville | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-461741222008-03-06T18:52:57-05:002008-03-06T18:52:57-05:00It's a green...orange. "Noticed the unripe orange out my window and liked the way it looked against the sky," the photographer says. It looks gorgeous. "Pluck"by Greg Turner | To see his other photographs, click here | To see the...DamozelOne yellow chair (horizontal) by Greg Turner | Gainesville | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-466895742008-03-06T18:40:02-05:002008-03-06T18:40:02-05:00Photographer Greg Turner really captures the funky, unpredictable, eclectic spirit of Gainesville, home of the University of Florida, where every other person who waits on you at restaurants is a Ph.D. candidate. This piece of pure art really grabbed me....Damozel'Why do you come here?' by Greg Turner | Gainesville | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-466913262008-03-06T18:15:00-05:002008-03-06T18:15:00-05:00When I was living in Gainesville in the late Eighties, I dated a man who lived in a house much like this one. It might even have been this one. In a town inhabited by a huge transient population of...Damozel'Orange Beach Sandcastles' by Kevin 'Elvis' King | Pensacola | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-464163582008-03-01T18:29:48-05:002008-03-01T18:29:48-05:00The flags are a nice touch: they look like an add-on. There's a weird 3-dimensional effect to this photograph in consequence. It's a surreal effect: everything in the picture seems much more 'present' and much more detailed than it would...Damozel'Nature Walk Crab' by Kevin 'Elvis' King | Pensacola | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-464167522008-03-01T18:29:00-05:002008-03-01T18:29:00-05:00Check out this little gal. Could she be more adorable? "Catch a Falling Star," I imagine she's humming. Kevin 'Elvis' Smith takes amazing nature photographs and this is just one of them. LOVE it. 'Pensacola Fun' by Kevin 'Elvis' King...Damozel'Orange Beach Fenced' by Kevin 'Elvis' King | Pensacola | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-464155422008-03-01T18:27:36-05:002008-03-01T18:27:36-05:00This...is a work of art. How many colors can you see in this? 'Orange Beach, Fenced' by Kevin 'Elvis' King | Website | To see his other photographs, click here | To see the full-sized version of this photograph at...DamozelRadiant Beach | Photographs of Pensacola by Kevin 'Elvis' King | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-464142842008-03-01T18:19:58-05:002008-03-01T18:19:58-05:00I discovered photographer Kevin 'Elvis' King while I was looking for photographs of Pensacola. Over and over I'd find myself screaming, "WOW!" over a photo that turned up in my search, then look and----sure enough; he'd be the photographer. I...Damozel'Downtown Miami' by James Good | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-461125422008-02-25T16:00:10-05:002008-02-25T16:00:10-05:00"A view of downtown Miami, from underneath the MacArthur Causeway bridge," the photographer explains. I love everything about this photograph, especially the magenta and violet tinted light on the arch and the glittering toy city in the background. 'Downtown Miami'...Damozel'Biscayne Bay in the Mist' by James Good | Miami | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-461119222008-02-25T15:04:07-05:002008-02-25T15:04:07-05:00To be honest, I have grown tired of looking at sun-over-water photographs. There are so many of them and they are all so similar. I have already found some of Flickr's best, but how many photographs of rolling waves or...Damozel'Pitts House East' by Don Jones | Marion County | Creative Commonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-460988702008-02-25T01:04:41-05:002008-02-25T01:04:41-05:00Here's another shot by photographer Don Jones----a complete contrast to the dream- city versions of Orlando here and here. I live not too far from this very house and I've tried to photograph it myself, but I never managed to...Damozel