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| Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors; Mrazek Pond, Everglades National Park |
I headed toward Florida the morning
after the big ice and snowstorm hit the south on the evening of January 28 and
early morning the 29th. I thought that I could find a way around Atlanta
with no problem. I was wrong! All the interstate highways were clogged with abandoned and wrecked vehicles, and every secondary road had a
jack-knifed trailer that made the road impossible to pass. The way back west and north
became congested and it was impossible to head backhome or go
forward to my destination. I was about to give up, after six hours of trying to
get through Atlanta when I-285 and I-75 began to show movement (indicated on my
ipad). I made a b-line for I-285, and once I got there I found very
little traffic. Six hours earlier I-285
had been at a stand still. Once on I-285,
I found the ice was mostly melted and travel was easy, though I did have to
drive around many vehicles that had been abandoned in the middle of the
interstate. After I got on I-75 the road
was clear and I had no trouble heading south. I arrived in Central
Florida late on the 29th, and was to begin shooting on the 30th. However, rain and
cold weather made finding birds and shooting difficult. This morning I
headed further south to Everglades National Park where the sun was warm and
bright. I found this this beautiful Blue-winged
Teal on Mrazek Pond bathed in evening light and just waiting to be photographed.
Nikon D800, Nikkor 500mm f4, 1/500sec. @ f7.1
Nikon D800, Nikkor 500mm f4, 1/500sec. @ f7.1
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