Everglades Visit in the Month of March

My wife and I traveled to Long Pine Key Campground in the Everglades National Park. Our goals were to take high-quality photographs, hike trails, and enjoy the park’s scenery.  Our two small dogs, Milo and Paco, seemed to enjoy the trip too. Milo especially liked getting a Pup Cup from Starbucks at the end of the trip. Both dogs were well-behaved the whole time.

Cypress Swamp
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I love cypress trees!  I was attracted to this scene of a cypress swamp along the side of the road.

Dwarf Cypress in the Everglades
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I set up on this lone cypress tree and waited for the stars to shine above.  I used the flashlight on my cell phone to illuminate the tree and foreground.

Sisal Pond
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Sisal Pond is a body of water just off of the main road. It looks to me to be more of a small lake than a pond.  I walked around this pond looking for good place to shoot a sunset. I chose this spot because of the submerged rocks. A breeze created movement on the water, but I wanted to show the rocks beneath the surface so I used a long exposure coupled with a polarizer to remove glare.

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