Sunset in Florida

 

Photos taken with minimal tweaking of ISO and and shutter speed.

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Bruner Pond Park

 Bruner Pond Park, a half acre site on the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Dixie Highway in Stuart, Florida, was named after James Bruner a prominent and accomplished pillar of the community. Some of his accomplaishments were being the director emeritus of the First National Bank and Trust Co., one of the founders of North Stuart Baptist Church and founding member of the Florida Oceanographic Society, as well as the president of Bruner and Krueger Flowers.

James Bruner was also well known for being the first in Martin County to undergo experimental treatments using injections of a modified neutrotoxin from the venom of the cobra and krait snakes as a potential treatment for paralysis symptoms after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrings (ALS) disease in 1964. He was not expected to live more than a year, but Bruner’s positive mental attitude and determination would prove the doctors prognoses wrong. 

Despite the incurable illness, he kept busy with various projects, including running for office and being elected as county commisioner for district 2. In 1966, the bridge over the creek on Indian Avenue near Sandspit Park in Port Salerno would be named “Little Bruner Bridge” to honor the popular commissioner.

Sadly, James Herbert Bruner suffered a stroke and died in March 1999, almost 35 years after diagnosis of ALS.

In 2005 this piece of land and its two fountains in a small pond, was named after him.

It is one of my favorite little parks to visit because of the number of wildlife inhabiting the area.

On this particular day I did not see any snakes nor alligators but I did see quite a few birds.

But what kept my attention and clicks going for a long time were these two swimmers in the pond.

It looked like one needed the help of the other to swim across the pond.

I watched this show for a long time, until the turtle emerged all by his lonesome self...with the fish nowhere to be seen.

And so my attention was diverted to other clickworthy elements around the park.

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Bottlenose Dolphin

 Never  fails! 

You are out strolling around when a scene arises requiring you to shoot with the longest lens you own, but sadly what you are carrying is not the longest.

Hence, you do your best.

The cormorant was just sitting out there minding his own business.

When out of the blue huged ripples appeared in the water.

 The ripples got bigger and closer.

Close enough for me to click but only to catch a glimps of the common bottlenose dolphin's fin.

A few fish jumped out of the water.

The dolphin came up a couple more times as he swam away.

And throughout all this excitement, the cormorant just sat there looking into thin air.

Guaranteed, if I had my 500mm lens with me.....none of this action would have taken place.

P.S. all photos were taken with Z 24-120 lens 

 (metadata: 120mm, f/5, 1/2000 sec., ISO 125)

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