This year I entered three images in the 34th Annual Juried Photographic Exhibition at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, FL. There were 242 entries this year and 194 of them got selected for the competition, from many different areas of the state and some out of state.  It was fun and there were many excellent images that were entered! The three images below that I entered were selected for the exhibition and the “Bromeliad Blossoms” below won 3rd place in the Selby Gardens catagory. It has a neat story behind it too. It was taken at Selby Gardens last year and though I have been back several times I have never seen that kind of bromeliad with those kind of blooms in that kind of light. It’s so neat to see those blessings from the Lord and capture something that no one may ever see just like that again.

“Bromeliad Blossoms” 3rd place in Selby Gardens catagory

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“Green Heron Among the Water Lilies”

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“Great Blue Heron Preening”

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