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Ben D. Bacon is a photographer/writer in the South Florida area who does portfolios, landscape, architectural, and event photography.

About this blog

Welcome, My name is Ben Bacon. On this blog I will be showcasing my photography of south Florida and the world. I'll also be reviewing and commenting on all things photographic.Please feel free to comment and I'll try to keep it as interesting as possible.And remember it's another day in paradise.
Note: All images are available as high quality prints up to 24x36 in.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Hurricane Sandy passed by South Florida dumping a lot of rain and high wind and seas. Here is a shot on Sunday, the day after, showing some high surf but still a beautiful sunrise.

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Flamingos Reflected And Brushed To Create Painting

Here is an image of some beautiful flamingos that I wanted to do something more with;



I decided to invert the image and add some pastel brushes to give it a look a little more like a painting.
Here's the result:


By the way, you can see more of these guys at Parrot Jungle Island in Miami.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Friday, May 25, 2012

Space X Dragon Screenshots (Another way to take pictures)

NASA streamed live video of the Dragon's approach to the International Space Station today so I captured screenshots of this historic event that I thought would look nice and cleaned them up. Here are the results:

Lift off!


150 meters from ISS


Approaching ISS

30 meters






 I hope you enjoy. Remember, God gives us beauty all around so keep shooting!







Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Some Amazing Flowers

Here are some pics of flowers showing the importance of using fill flash even in broad daylight. Play around with flash compensation to get the best results. Here I used a -2 setting on a bright day.





Hope you enjoy them and remember God gives us great beauty all around so keep looking and keep shooting.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Beautiful Butterflies

Everyone loves butterflies. Here are some images I took yesterday using a Canon 50D and a 100-400L lens. Photos are untouched. As always click on photo for larger size.










There's beauty all around...

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Classic cars from love fest

Some pics of beautiful classic cars from love fest.
Click on image for larger view.





















Till the next time, stop to see the world for God gives us beauty all around and keep shooting.