A Visit to the Florida Keys

One thing about living in Miami -it opens up and transmits into field of view the Atlantic

Ocean, the Gulf Stream, the Sand and Coral, the tropics, the bugs, snakes and stinging rays, scorpions and palmetto bugs (COCKROACHES Please, let's call a spade a spade here)...

No pictures of bugs here other than the damn little rat dog, Taler, who is in her terrible two's and just won't stop running. Use a VERY high shutter speed or she's a total blur as usual!

A purty colorful snapshot of a mangrove island out in the Bay of South Florida, and yes, we drove a bit to juxtapose the cloud and island:

Or you want it in Black and White?

For this, it's NEVER really in Black and White or Desaturated -it's processed in a Greg Gorman Black and Wgite Action and left in color so it looks like it's a silver gel print, a platinum print, a colorized hand tinted black and white print.

Which all yield a mild colorizing to the final look of the print don't they? So, it's like Eros Magazine/Allen Ginsburg touted a long time ago: Black and White in Color! There's some dark blue in this one:

And a white dog in color

Here's Brian his self in a 2 D version of a view off his doorstep:

We stopped in on Brian King and caught him firing his new 5D mark 2 in film mode, then watched the rendered shot in 1080P on his HD tv in the bungalow that is now his pad.

The photos in blues, greens and whites, look so 3-D to begin with, no wonder there seem to be human shadows cast onto a "screen" which is the snapshot you're looking at and driving through. The road is getting better which means it's getting closer to being over for the keys.

A shooter for NBC pal of mine just got one last Friday, too. Nice stuff and so sharp and cool and easy. Next media to check into and explore, get final cut pro and work it.

Get down here asap and ...bring your still and film cameras!

The Florida Keys are best to the west or east for snapping. High time of day is always.

Right side of the highway is west. East. West. The only problem you might have is finding the right direction to point your snout/lens with no high line wires hanging over your image. Just go on down a little further.

And don't forget to bring your rods! Tarpon are still hanging around, bonefish is up and starting, and snapper, snook and jacks are plentiful right now. Dorado are big outside.

Yahoo Wahoo!

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