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An Alligator Floating

An Alligator Floating

A moderately-sized alligator floats slowly downstream in the water of Halfway Creek. Its back, eyes, and snout all remain above…

Alligator Swimming with Fish

Alligator Swimming with Fish

A lone alligator swims upstream. All around it bright bursts of light and bubbles indicate fish jutting upwards towards the…

An Anhinga Drying Off

An Anhinga Drying Off

A brown-black Anhinga sits perched on a branch with its wings spread. Its wings catch the wind, drying them. A…

Anhinga Eating

Anhinga Eating

An Anhinga beats a captured black catfish against a limb until it is thoroughly dead, then eats it. It swallows…

An Anhinga Getting Dry

An Anhinga Getting Dry

A black and brown Anhinga spreads its wings in order to dry them while perching on a branch. The somewhat…

An Anhinga With Wings Spread

An Anhinga With Wings Spread

A black and brown Anhinga spreads its wings in order to dry them while perching on a branch. The somewhat…

A Black and White Anhinga

A Black and White Anhinga

A black and white Anhinga stands on a sunny rock with its wings spread, drying itself in the light breeze.…

Blurred Light on Water

Blurred Light on Water

A soft-focus shot of white, coin-like flashes on dark blue water.

An Egret Taking Flight

An Egret Taking Flight

At the end of a leafy, natural tunnel a large white Egret takes off through the canopy over Halfway Creek.

A Field of Waving Grasses

A Field of Waving Grasses

A field of brown-green grass blowing back and fourth in the wind. One can hear the rustling of foliage and…

Green Ripple

Green Ripple

Ripples push out and away from the camera, through green reflections of leafy canopies and the dark graspings of mangrove…

Green Water Rippling

Green Water Rippling

Green water in soft focus ripples, likely the water of Halfway Creek in Big Cypress National Preserve.

An Island of Branches

An Island of Branches

A high-contrast view of Halfway Creek. The camera moves past a large isle of dried, seemingly dead branches. Bursts of…

A Juvenile Alligator Sunning

A Juvenile Alligator Sunning

A Juvenile Alligator lies with its limbs sprawled on green grass. It lies near the water, and is very still.…

Lone Alligator

Lone Alligator

A single alligator swims with its eyes, snout, and back above water-level. It moves with a steady ease across the…

Low Branches

Low Branches

Narrow, vine-like branches dip down into the camera's field of view as the boat pushes through gentle water. The water…

Low Canopy

Low Canopy

A low canopy of vibrant foliage casts shadows over slowly moving water near Halfway Creek.

Low-Hanging Green

Low-Hanging Green

A multitude of leaf-laden mangrove branches form a sort of tunnel through which the water of Halfway Creek flows.

Mangrove Roots

Mangrove Roots

A scenic view of mangrove roots pushing down into dark water. The water flows gently around and through the root…

Mangroves in the Shade

Mangroves in the Shade

A gently bobbing view of a mangrove enclosure. A ring of mangroves and a thick overhead canopy produce shade while…

Mangroves of Halfway Creek

Mangroves of Halfway Creek

A slow, panning view of numerous mangrove roots soaking in the water of Halfway Creek. One can hear the rippling…

Mirrored Roots

Mirrored Roots

A still view of mangrove roots and their aqueous reflections bisected by the gentle water-line. Leaves and blades of grass…

Panning Past Green

Panning Past Green

The camera pans past a wall of green leaves and foliage, punctured briefly by the dead branches of a deceased…

A Perched Great Egret

A Perched Great Egret

A Great Egret perches on an isolated branch jutting from the water. Its reflection is a shock of white on…

Ripples and Reflections

Ripples and Reflections

Ripples gently warp the reflected images of branches cast on the surface of the water at Halfway Creek.

A River Scene

A River Scene

A scenic view of a river passing by behind a man-powered craft. To the left and right mangroves and other…

Root Reflections

Root Reflections

A view of mangrove roots and green canopy reflected in nearly-still dark water. Bits of leaf and grass float gently…

Several Alligators

Several Alligators

Three (possibly four) alligators swim in calm waters near Halfway Creek. One floats near the camera, unmoving while another floats…

Slow Scenery

Slow Scenery

A creeping view through a low canopy of mangrove branches. The camera passes under green foliage, some dead branches, and…

Sparkling Blue Water

Sparkling Blue Water

Clean blue water catches the sunlight and sparkles brightly as it flows down Halfway Creek. Green foliage bobs in the…

Through Branches

Through Branches

A slow and steady progression through low hanging branches, past a wall of mangrove roots. The bright green canopy is…

Verdent Tunnel

Verdent Tunnel

A long, curved tunnel of mangroves casts shadows on the gently flowing water below. The sun shines white through cloud…

View From the Green

View From the Green

A slow camera pan from the inside of a lush mangrove cluster. Dark water can be seen moving slowly beneath…

Views of Reflections

Views of Reflections

A circular, sweeping view of dead branches reflected in water. One can hear the boat moving through the water, and…

White Roots in Sunlight

White Roots in Sunlight

Tangled mangrove roots seem to glow white in the bright Florida sunlight. Below them the shadowed water of Halfway Creek…

A Wood Stork

A Wood Stork

A wood stork kicks water off of itself while dipping its beak into the water, seeking prey. Behind it a…