Show Me: Your Non-Disney Vacation Spots

[AndrewWG]

Well, we just got back from a one week trip to Sarasota, FL. Since my parents spend the winter there, we had free room and board! This is one of my favorite places to go. As I love nature and photography, it is the perfect place for me to spend a week away from these long New England winters each year. This was the first year with a DSLR and I rented the Sigma 50-500mm lens to capture even better close-ups of the wildlife. The total cost of getting into these three places was like $25. The opportunity to get these shots was priceless to me.

Here are some of my shots:


From Myakka River State Park:

I broke the rules here as I could not get in position to keep the tree limbs from looking like antlers on this red shouldered hawk

Great Blue Heron

Alligator and Little Blue Heron

Limpkin

Wood Stork along SR72 on the way into the park

From the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island:

Great Egret

Little Blue Heron

Reddish Egret

Roseate Spoonbill

Snowy Egret

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

From the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota:

 

[Mayra]

 

[acejka]

Rehoboth Beach Delaware

Redington Beach Florida

and last but not least, Kansas City Missouri

 

[jann1033]

nice andy, really like the blue flower

 

[Mayra]

 

[Mayra]

 

[PixieDusting]

Beautiful photos of beautiful places, thanks everyone for sharing!

I haven't posted on these forums for so darned long, but we're heading to WDW next week (haven't been in 4 years) so I thought I'd take a peek at everyone's photos and tips for shooting in the parks.

We visited Maui last month for the first time, and I was absolutely awestruck at how gorgeous the island is. A few (ok, more than a few) of my pics:

 

[Mayra]

 

[fortheluvofpooh]

the worlds largest ten commandments in Murphy NC. beautiful place to visit.

 

[cdfl30]

One of my favorite places to relax is Asheville, NC. Below is an Autumn picture taken at the Biltmore Estate a couple of years ago.

 

[nascar8820]

Bristol Motor Speedway

Las Vegas

 

[Mayra]

 

[TwoOldPoohs]

We just got back from Williamsburg, VA

 

[Mayra]

 

[allie5]

New York for my 40th last summer.

 

[allie5]

more...

 

[DizzyV6P]

Ahh....Paris.

Muddy Creek Falls at Deep Creek Lake, MD

Kinda sad really...I realized after going through the pictures that the rest of them are from Disney! LOL.

 

[Mayra]

 

[brack]

Mountains of NC

 

[brack]

Grand Canyon