Painted Bunting
A brightly colored male painted bunting perched on the ground with a seed in it’s beak.
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Black-Necked Stilts
The Black-Necked Stilt is a strikingly beautiful black and white bird with unusually long bright pink legs and crimson colored eyes. These birds are waders with very long slender bills. Their habitat is typically mud flats, shallow pools and grassy marshes. They summer in the southern most United States and winter south of the United [...]
Cleaning Up
Two county trucks drive opposite directions down Chaires Cross Road, which was flooded by Tropical Storm Faye. The road was closed to public traffic, but the larger county trucks were tall enough to drive through the water and not stall out. Trudie Bell Website http://www.belloftheborders.photoshelter.com License this image http://www.belloftheborders.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Faye-Aftermath-Tallahassee-Florida/G0000KKHL6OKonRg/I0000tWNdsOX4cBk Contact tdbell9520@comcast.net
Waiting
Beach chairs, umbrellas, water and a sugar sand beach just waiting for the fun to begin. Grayton Beach in the Florida panhandle is a great place to relax and enjoy the beach. TrudieBell Website http://www.belloftheborders.photoshelter.com License this image http://www.belloftheborders.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Grayton-Beach-Florida/G0000YQlri6.TLKc/I0000UZAPJD1rlGA/C0000iXkfIDC5vZs Contact tdbell9520@comcast.net
Sea Oats
The coastal dune systems are incredibly harsh areas for plants. The combination of salt spray, shifting sand and the lack of water retention by the sand defeats most plants that attempt to grow there. Sea oats, Uniola paniculata, is a colonizing species of the dunes. The root system of the sea oats help stabilize the [...]
Red Umbrella
The boardwalk over the dunes leads to Grayton Beach, which is one of the beautiful white sand beaches in the panhandle of Florida. I snapped this photo on a whim as a friend and I were about to go for a walk on the beach. The image seems to catch all the pleasant anticipation of [...]
Orlando LDS Temple Stained Glass Window
One of the most beautiful facets of the Orlando LDS Temple are the stained windows. The design is a peaceful elegance. The colors echo the colors of the land and water in Florida. TrudieBell Website http://www.belloftheborders.photoshelter.com License this image http://www.belloftheborders.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Orlando-LDS-Temple/G0000PKUc6A7Znh4/I0000qubiMk.NH3s Contact tdbell9520@comcast.net
Bell of the Borders Productions
From Truth to Beauty and Drama Photography started as a way to document what I saw on a site. In attempting to document a natural area or a construction site, the photo has to include as much truth about the site as possible. In searching for the images that would convey the truth about a [...]
Zienna Lost and Forgotten
The sand on the beaches of the Florida Panhandle is known as sugar sand, because it is so fine and white. When land is cleared near the coast for development, an expanse of blazing white is created that reminds me of a fresh snowfall, except that usually it is blazing hot as well as blinding [...]
Orlando LDS Temple
The temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Orlando is a truly beautiful. It is one of the most peaceful places that i have ever been. TrudieBell http://www.belloftheborders.photoshelter.com/ License this image http://www.belloftheborders.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Orlando-LDS-Temple/G0000PKUc6A7Znh4/I0000W3907HzynVY Contact tdbell9520@comcast.net
Snake Bird in the Sun
Anhingas or Snake birds are a primitive bird species that does not have any oil on their feathers. When they dive after a fish, they get soaked to the skin. Once they are wet, they swim around fishing with just their head showing out of the water, so they do look like a snake. When [...]
Building Thunderheads over a Marsh
Thunderstorms are the normal fare on a summer afternoon along the panhandle of Florida. Watching them build, particularly over the mirror of an open pond in a marsh, is a delight. TrudieBell http://www.belloftheborders.photoshelter.com/ Link to the image http://www.belloftheborders.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/southeastern-landscapes/G0000xUthPqgQcGA/I0000VMVMYY8wJRc Contact tdbell9520@comcast.net
Wallace Weeks Photography
A Travel Photographer The objective of the images that Wallace Weeks creates is to ignite emotions. Creating images that spark a sense of serenity, curiosity, marvel or desire are special to Wallace because he feels it first. Wallace says “If that was not enough, experiencing different cultures of the world while creating my images makes [...]