Lake Apopka

Lake Apopka

April 20, 2012. Lake Apopka.

Once a vibrant fishing destination, Lake Apopka was so polluted through most of my childhood that nobody wanted to go near it.

Now, after a decade and a half of cleanup efforts, this lake just west of Orlando is beginning to look like its old self again.

Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/250. f/11. ISO 100. LR 2.

Outside

Outside

April 8, 2012. Outside.

Springtime at the Orlando Farmer's Market in Lake Eola. Happy weekend, and find some time to get outside!

Leica X1. 24.0 mm. 1/125. f/16. ISO 400. LR 2.

Bird Dogs

Bird Dogs

2010. Exact date unknown. Bird Dogs. Near Clermont, Florida, on the west side of Orlando.

On the same hunting trip/photo walk mentioned in yesterday's post, I took this picture of a hunter recovering a downed quail from his German Shorthaired Pointer.

This shot was a key moment in learning photography for me. Something about how the action of the dogs extended off of the frame (this photo scan is uncropped) helped me to appreciate the power of an incomplete picture. I also love how it captured the loving relationship between dog and master.

Pentax ZX-7 35mm Kodak Gold film, ISO 200, unknown settings. Print scanned using a Kodak Photo Scanner model s1220. Scanned photo had mild processing done in LR 2.

On Point

On Point

2000. Exact date unknown. On Point. Taken somewhere just west of Orlando, probably Clermont, Florida.

Back in 2000, I had the opportunity to go quail hunting with a bird dog trainer, a friend, several English Setters, and a German Shorthaired Pointer. Not having a shotgun, I decided to shoot film instead of shooting bird shot. Few photo walks have been as relaxing as this one was.

These shots were taken on my Pentax student camera when I was first starting to learn photography and were scanned by E-Z Photo Scan in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

Pentax ZX-7 35mm Kodak Gold film, ISO 200, unknown settings. Print scanned using a Kodak s1220 Photo Scanner. Scanned photo had mild processing done in LR 2.