Ah, October! I love October! The top, very moody impression was taken at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, October 6, 2008. Canon 450D, Rebel XSi, EF-S 18-55 mm lens @ 35mm., Velbon 530 tripod; Cokin Tobacco 1 and Emerald 2 filters (on top), Tobacco 2 and Emerald 1 filters (on the bottom), manual mode, evaluative metering @ 0.4 sec., f/4.5, ISO 100.

The camera exposes the world as it has never been seen before. The camera itself, a filter arranged in organic wholeness with the photographer's retina, is connected to the optical nerve that reaches into the infinite-dimensioned realm of the soul.

Green Cay Wetlands and Nature Center, Boyton Beach, Florida, September 8, 2008. Canon 450d, Rebel XSi, EF-S 18-55mm-IS lens @ 24mm, 1/25sec, f22, ISO 100, partial metering, lowest contrast setting, highest color saturation, using Cokin ND graduate 121 and 120 filters, Velbon 530 tripod.

The camera exposes the world as it has never been seen before. The camera itself, a filter arranged in organic wholeness with the photographer's retina, is connected to the optical nerve that reaches into the infinite-dimensioned realm of the soul.

Green Cay Wetlands and Nature Center, Boynton Beach, Florida, September 8, 2008. Canon 450D,Rebel XSi, EF-S 18-55mm-IS lens @ 35mm, 0.5 sec., f8, ISO 100, partial metering, using Cokin ND graduate 121 and 120 filters, Velbon 530 tripod.

The retina of the eye is the true sensor, the soul the true processor of the impressions that light makes engraved deep into our subjective memories. It is the point of art to open up the world as it has never been seen before. And, for this reason it is personal, intensely private.

Green Cay Wetlands and Nature Center, Boyton Beach, Florida, September 8, 2008. Canon 450d, Rebel XSi, EF-S 18-55mm-IS lens @ 24mm, 1/25sec, f22, ISO 100, partial metering, lowest contrast setting, highest color saturation, using Cokin ND graduate 121 and 120 filters, Velbon 530 tripod.