Aquatic Plants in nature pictures.

Orlando · 11-11-2009, 07:52 PM

Our local club often takes trips in our home town to enjoy aquatic plants in nature, as well as all the animals that come with it

I hope you enjoy the pic's!

This guy was really cool.

Orlando · 11-11-2009, 07:53 PM

OrangeCones · 11-12-2009, 12:45 AM

Very nice! Makes me homesick

Orlando · 11-12-2009, 10:25 AM

Thanks OrangeCones

Feel free to come join us on any of our club trips

OrangeCones · 11-13-2009, 12:21 AM

I just may take you up on that offer next time I'm down south!

Last time I was collecting when I lived in Florida, I found 3 baby gaters in my net. I was terrified that I'd run into adults (was brackish water, was collecting seahorses with a friend). I let them out and vacated the water faster than I've ever gotten out before!

I loved to go canoeing early, right before dawn, and just listen and absorb the quiet and calmness as the sun rose. Your photos take me back. Thanks so much for sharing them and taking me back to a quieter time in my life.

Orlando · 11-13-2009, 08:04 AM

Any time!

The big gators were never to far away

OrangeCones · 11-13-2009, 08:28 AM

Had two males during breeding season almost tip my canoe over in their fights once on the Hillsborough River. That same trip, a water moccacin landed on the front of my boat. Don't know who was more scared, me or him! Just fell out of the tree overhanging the water. I'm sure it intended to hit the water, and didn't expect this big 'log' floating by at that time.

tropicalcrazy · 11-13-2009, 10:50 AM

WOW those are some very beautiful pics. great picture taking. are you a photographer?

Orlando · 11-13-2009, 12:56 PM

Im not a photographer. Im actually really bad at it. These are a few pics of thousands I take

Im glad you like them though!

Nemo'sMom · 11-18-2009, 01:29 AM

Sounds like a photographer to me .... they are amazing! I was getting curious and wanting to know how I could go there ... until the last ones. Not sure I want to get that close to a "gator"

How many rolls of film do you think the National Geographic dudes go through on a trip? I think I heard it was in the hundreds. Don't knock what you have - the pictures are great! Thanks for sharing

11-11-2009, 07:52 PM	#1
Orlando Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The Swamp Posts: 83	Aquatic Plants in nature pictures. Our local club often takes trips in our home town to enjoy aquatic plants in nature, as well as all the animals that come with it I hope you enjoy the pic's! This guy was really cool. __________________

11-11-2009, 07:53 PM	#2
Orlando Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The Swamp Posts: 83	__________________ Last edited by Orlando; 11-11-2009 at 07:58 PM..

11-12-2009, 12:45 AM	#3
OrangeCones Large Fish Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Posts: 991	Very nice! Makes me homesick __________________ ~It is easy to dodge our responsibilities. But we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. ~

11-12-2009, 10:25 AM	#4
Orlando Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The Swamp Posts: 83	Thanks OrangeCones Feel free to come join us on any of our club trips __________________

11-13-2009, 12:21 AM	#5
OrangeCones Large Fish Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Posts: 991	I just may take you up on that offer next time I'm down south! Last time I was collecting when I lived in Florida, I found 3 baby gaters in my net. I was terrified that I'd run into adults (was brackish water, was collecting seahorses with a friend). I let them out and vacated the water faster than I've ever gotten out before! I loved to go canoeing early, right before dawn, and just listen and absorb the quiet and calmness as the sun rose. Your photos take me back. Thanks so much for sharing them and taking me back to a quieter time in my life. __________________ ~It is easy to dodge our responsibilities. But we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. ~

11-13-2009, 08:04 AM	#6
Orlando Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The Swamp Posts: 83	Any time! The big gators were never to far away __________________

11-13-2009, 08:28 AM	#7
OrangeCones Large Fish Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Posts: 991	Had two males during breeding season almost tip my canoe over in their fights once on the Hillsborough River. That same trip, a water moccacin landed on the front of my boat. Don't know who was more scared, me or him! Just fell out of the tree overhanging the water. I'm sure it intended to hit the water, and didn't expect this big 'log' floating by at that time. __________________ ~It is easy to dodge our responsibilities. But we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. ~

11-13-2009, 10:50 AM	#8
tropicalcrazy Medium Fish Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: west des moines, iowa Posts: 425	WOW those are some very beautiful pics. great picture taking. are you a photographer? __________________ 55g 9 Neon Tetras 1" 1 Dwarf Gourami 3" 1 Female Red Wag Swordtail 2" 1 Male Neon Swordtail 2" / 3" with tail 1 Rosy Red Minnow 2" 1 Albino Rainbow Shark 6" 5 Otocinclus Catfish 1" 1 Clown pleco 3" 3 Yoyo loaches 4" Java Moss Multiple Java Ferns Multiple Anarchis 1 Amazon Sword Soon to be 2 Banana Plants, Sagittaria Subulata, and Micro Sword or Dwarf Hairgrass Rich Nutrient Dirt substrate Seachem Florish Liquid Fertilizer, twice a week

11-13-2009, 12:56 PM	#9
Orlando Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The Swamp Posts: 83	Im not a photographer. Im actually really bad at it. These are a few pics of thousands I take Im glad you like them though! __________________

11-18-2009, 01:29 AM	#10
Nemo'sMom Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 36	Sounds like a photographer to me .... they are amazing! I was getting curious and wanting to know how I could go there ... until the last ones. Not sure I want to get that close to a "gator" How many rolls of film do you think the National Geographic dudes go through on a trip? I think I heard it was in the hundreds. Don't knock what you have - the pictures are great! Thanks for sharing __________________ 26 gallon: 1 Red Oranda (I have a 2 yo... of course his name is Nemo) 1 Calico Ryukin (Nigel ... again "Finding Nemo") 1 Red/White Ryukin (Coral ... you get the picture) 3 gallon: shrimp someday?