The Natural Beauty of South Walton

**Wavewatcher** · 04-29-2010, 02:57 PM

It is a beautiful blue sky day today.
Peace and No Oil Drilling along the NW Florida Gulf Coast!

**aggieb** · 04-29-2010, 03:15 PM

yes i am a pirate. arggg.

**Beauty hunter** · 04-29-2010, 10:00 PM

I'm praying this is a before/after pic- beautiful.

**Gidget** · 05-01-2010, 08:31 AM

Gorgeous!

**Wavewatcher** · 05-02-2010, 06:01 PM

Thank you and yes "I am a pirate"-arrrrrghghghghghgh! We should nominate Jimmy Buffett as our spokesperson representing the Gulf Coast now in our time of need. Come on Somebody put a stop to it!!!!

**Wavewatcher** · 05-03-2010, 09:54 PM

January 2010
PEACE AND NO OIL DRILLING ALONG THE FLORIDA GULF COAST

**Wavewatcher** · 06-07-2010, 11:07 PM

The waves were beautiful today. A few of the many natural wonders of South Walton. Saw Jimmy Buffett on the news in P'Cola the other day. Not sure if he's our man...arrrrghhhhhhhhhh!

PEACE AND NO OIL DRILLING ALONG THE FLORIDA GULF COAST

**Wavewatcher** · 06-10-2010, 10:17 PM

Peace and No Oil Drilling Along the NW Florida Coast!

**Wavewatcher** · 06-12-2010, 07:06 PM

Oops. Technical difficulties. Heron fishing at Sunset, always beautiful.
PEACE AND STOP THE OIL LEAK IN THE GULF COAST!

**FloraBamaGirl** · 07-10-2010, 12:47 PM

Great Pictures Wavewatcher, you really do know how to capture the true beauty of our beaches!! : )

**Wavewatcher** · 01-07-2011, 02:27 PM

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I have really been enjoying the stillness of the Coastal Dune Lakes lately. Such Natural Beauty. I was lucky and saw the Bald Eagle at Western Lake a few times. Live Free!

**beachgirl66** · 01-07-2011, 04:55 PM

These pics are beautiful! I really love the purple one overlooking the lake, and the one of the bald eagle. I hope I am lucky enough to see a bald eagle in SoWal sometime.

**Beach Runner** · 01-08-2011, 11:26 AM

South Walton *is* a beautiful place. Driving across the 331 bridge and seeing the bay always makes me smile. Then when I get to 30A and see the Gulf, I feel so blessed to have found this place. Thanks for the beautiful photos, Wavewatcher!

**STL Don** · 01-09-2011, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by Beach Runner

South Walton *is* a beautiful place. Driving across the 331 bridge and seeing the bay always makes me smile. Then when I get to 30A and see the Gulf, I feel so blessed to have found this place. Thanks for the beautiful photos, Wavewatcher!

Amen to that.

**bluecat** · 01-10-2011, 02:31 PM

I think my heart beats a little faster when I get to the 331 bridge.

**Wavewatcher** · 01-10-2011, 09:50 PM

My heart feels the same when I cross any bridge to 30A. Name: IMG_1958.jpg
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**kurt** · 01-11-2011, 07:25 AM

Amazing! The flat neon sunset gulf is magic.

**Topsail Transplant** · 01-13-2011, 09:55 AM

Beautiful pics makes me want to be there now

. I have a pretty good digital SLR but only 1 in 50 pics captures what I want it to. Maybe I need to go take a photography class

. I really like the sunset pictures and the pirate made me laugh.

TT

**Will B** · 01-13-2011, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by Topsail Transplant

Beautiful pics makes me want to be there now

. I have a pretty good digital SLR but only 1 in 50 pics captures what I want it to. Maybe I need to go take a photography class

. I really like the sunset pictures and the pirate made me laugh.

TT

Take lots and lots of pictures and stay away from the fully automatic settings. On this setting, the camera will adjust itself to always get the best exposure for the light, but many times it is at the expense of depth, color richness, or will have digital "noise".

Play with shutter and exposure settings to see what they do.
The other thing you can play with is the ISO setting. The lower the setting the richer and more clear your pictures will be, however; the camera will be less sensitive to light so you may have to get used to using a tripod in low light situations. The higher the ISO the more sensitive it is to light, but the pictures will get noisy the lower the light gets as the camera compensates.

The rule of thumb is play. That's the beauty of digital cameras. It doesn't cost you anything to throw away bad shots!

**Topsail Transplant** · 01-13-2011, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by Will B

Take lots and lots of pictures and stay away from the fully automatic settings. On this setting, the camera will adjust itself to always get the best exposure for the light, but many times it is at the expense of depth, color richness, or will have digital "noise".

Play with shutter and exposure settings to see what they do.
The other thing you can play with is the ISO setting. The lower the setting the richer and more clear your pictures will be, however; the camera will be less sensitive to light so you may have to get used to using a tripod in low light situations. The higher the ISO the more sensitive it is to light, but the pictures will get noisy the lower the light gets as the camera comensates.

The rule of thumb is play. That's the beauty of digital cameras. It doesn't cost you anything to throw away bad shots!

Thanks for the advice. I think i'll play around some this weekend.

**Wavewatcher** · 01-20-2011, 04:48 PM

More Beauty! A few of these were taken years ago.

**shakennotstirred** · 01-20-2011, 05:32 PM

Those photos are beautiful. I especially like the one of the turtle! Thanks for sharing.

**gardening1970** · 01-21-2011, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by shakennotstirred

Those photos are beautiful. I especially like the one of the turtle! Thanks for sharing.

I agree. I have been fortunate to see a few turtles on St. Joe Bay but not lucky enough to have the camera ready when they appeared. Thanks for sharing!

Also thanks to Will for the photography suggestions. I have a new Canon EOS Rebel - still learning how to use it properly. I really need to practice before we hit the beach in April.

**Wavewatcher** · 02-03-2011, 12:47 AM

We saw this box turtle hanging out on the beach one day it eventually ended up taking a swim in the Gulf.

**kurt** · 02-03-2011, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by Wavewatcher

We saw this box turtle hanging out on the beach one day it eventually ended up taking a swim in the Gulf.

I would not have thunk it. I guess he's a beach bum like the rest of us.

**Wavewatcher** · 02-17-2011, 08:14 PM

The beach here is always beautiful, and it's very natural.

**Wavewatcher** · 03-27-2011, 06:30 PM

It has been amazing on the Gulf Coast what a beautiful Spring!

Peace and no more oil drilling in the Gulf!

**Rita** · 03-27-2011, 08:40 PM

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...thanks wavewatcher. I now have a new desktop pic.

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**Wavewatcher** · 04-12-2011, 10:56 PM

Pretty Birds flying around lately, I heard a whip poor will tonight sounds like Spring.

**Wavewatcher** · 06-26-2011, 10:09 PM

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**Wavewatcher** · 11-27-2011, 10:04 PM

It's been really nice this fall love the butterflies. Name: IMG_7687a.jpg
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No Offshore Oil Drilling!

**Franny** · 11-28-2011, 08:44 AM

Amazing pictures!! Thanks ww!!!

**joho** · 11-29-2011, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Wavewatcher

Pretty Birds flying around lately, I heard a whip poor will tonight sounds like Spring.

To Each His Tree...........funny!

**Wavewatcher** · 12-04-2011, 09:37 PM

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**Wavewatcher** · 02-16-2012, 09:54 PM

Western Lake this morning, the Bald Eagle and the Hawk were drying their wings or doing yoga or kung fu not sure. Beautiful day! Name: silkywater.jpg
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**kurt** · 02-17-2012, 06:45 AM

Very nice - thanks for posting!

I believe you might have photographed a momma and baby (juvenile) Bald Eagle there. If they were together then that's for sure.