Birds on the Beach

A photo of two least terns and a pigeon on Daytona Beach Florida.
Photo By Joshua Kirton
Other Photos in Daytona: Sunrise, Daytona USA, and Snowy Egret

Sunrise in Daytona Florida

This picture was shot in... You guessed it Daytona, Florida. The beach is a funny place. It is where people go to relax by burning of the top layer of their skin with ultra violet radiation.

I think the early morning on the beach was my favorite time. The temperature was nice, and there were few people out.

As for photography if you shoot enough sunrises and sunsets you will catch a good one. There are a lot of tricks for getting the best shot and color possible. HDR looks good, but you can't have any motion in the picture because it is actually multiple pictures merged and you need a software package that can merge it for you. With long exposure single shot photography you can miss some of the color, and short exposure you get shadows. Just keep playing with it until the sun is to high or set. The experimentation is half the fun of photography.

By Joshua Kirton

In The Begining

In the beginning, when the earth was new,
birds had no feet but only flew.
When they crashed upon their nose,
Mother Nature gave them toes.
Then they dined standing on the beach,
catching all the fish within their reach.
And when they fought for fish to eat,
Mother Nature stretched their feet.
"Nobody here can fall asleep!
So, you long-legged birds, fish in the deep.
Short-legged birds, fish near the shore,
And stop that fighting! You hear? No more!"
by Frank Asch
(More Bird Poems)

This Picture of a snowy egret was taken at Daytona Beach Florida By Joshua Kirton.
Another bird picture from the past.

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My Life: My Wife

By Joshua Kirton
This is me and my beautiful wife at St. Augustine Beach. This picture was taken on one of our many adventures. We got in the car one day and ended up here. We end up in some interesting places. Our life is one big adventure. Next stop baby. That should be a big adventure. Every thing I do I do for my family. My wife and baby are my world. There are a lot of details to my world, but if you want to know what they all mean just take a look here at my life, my wife.