Christmas Eve day at Boca Grande lighthouse & beach

Another bright sunny day here in SW Florida. 82 degrees today, but an extremely low
tide, so we could not get the boats of the lifts. Instead we took the car to the beach,
absolutely beautiful.

Here are a few pictures from earlier today/


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overview

lighthouse and keepers quarters

old phosphate pier

range light

beach, looking north

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Gear: 7D gripped | EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS | EF-S 10-18mm | , Nikon P530, Manfrotto legs, 496RC2 Ball Head /QR
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Fishing in SW FLorida

Gear: 7D gripped | EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS | EF-S 10-18mm | , Nikon P530, Manfrotto legs, 496RC2 Ball Head /QR
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RickFL wrote in post #13606641
Some nice pictures here. ... I noticed that you have two watermarks on these. One is enough, and dead center of the frame tends to be very distracting.

Thanks.

The one in the right corner is to easily identify me as the photog.

The one dead center ,75% see through, is to prevent some folks from cutting the bottom off and using my photos without any photo credit. It is sad that this is necessary, and yes is does distract from the picture, but it is the only way to guarantee photo credit.

sparker1 wrote in post #13609126
Good series, Frank. We lived in Punta Gorda for some years, boated to Boca Grande and other SW FL locations. It's a great area, even better before being discovered.

Awesome place to live, we love it here.

Gear: 7D gripped | EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS | EF-S 10-18mm | , Nikon P530, Manfrotto legs, 496RC2 Ball Head /QR
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Peter
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