Going to Stuart FLA: Going to Stuart FLA. for the month of November, can anyone suggest sites and or places of interest for photo op. I'm willing to travel a couple hours of Stuart.

jodo4138 Loc: Long Island NY

Going to Stuart FLA. for the month of November, can anyone suggest sites and or places of interest for photo op. I'm willing to travel a couple hours of Stuart.

Thanks, John

Elliern Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC

jodo4138 wrote:

Going to Stuart FLA. for the month of November, can anyone suggest sites and or places of interest for photo op. I'm willing to travel a couple hours of Stuart.

Thanks, John

Green Cay about 90 minutes south is good if you like waterfowl.

Also the Merrit Island National Wildlife Refuge is 2 hours north of Stuart.

There is also a park along the inlet in Port St Lucie with wild monk parrots and egrets and great blue herons. Grab a sandwich and go for picnic lunch, enjoy the boats, people and birds.

Sunrise on the beach is always good.
Contact imagemeister on this site for other suggestions. He lives in the area.

Here is link for green cay.
http://www.pbcgov.com/parks/locations/greencay.htm#.V-aQxuv3aK0

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

jodo4138 wrote:

Going to Stuart FLA. for the month of November, can anyone suggest sites and or places of interest for photo op. I'm willing to travel a couple hours of Stuart.

Thanks, John

UHH member image me I stereo lives in Stuart, he would be a good person to contact prior to your trip.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Get a Google app called Trips.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Do a search for Viera Wetlands on this site. About an hour north - one mile west of Exit 191 (I-95) on Wickham Rd. Probably the best place in Florida for the density of birds and the fact that they are used to people walking and driving by very close to them.

A few posts from the past few weeks:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-406820-1.html

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-407643-1.html

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-401693-1.html

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

jodo4138 wrote:

Going to Stuart FLA. for the month of November, can anyone suggest sites and or places of interest for photo op. I'm willing to travel a couple hours of Stuart.

Thanks, John

Florida is covered with parks, nature preserves, etc. I live in Clearwater, FL and have 4 nature preserves with abundant birds and other wildlife (including alligators) within a 20min car drive, or an hour or so by bicycle. And then, there are places like the Electric Plant just south east of Tampa on Tampa Bay. We went there last spring and there must have been 300 manatees enjoying the warm water coming out of the electric plant at the Manatee Viewing Center. There is a large boardwalk above the water giving excellent opportunities for shots with almost any lenses. The, of course, the beaches and the Everglades. The Wife and I moved down here from Pennsylvania and I can't imagine a better place for nature photography. And I had a herd of 16 deer that hung out in my backyard in Pennsylvania. But 16 deer or hundreds of birds including osprey, eagles, woodpeckers, etc. Alligators, armadillos, raccoons, squirrels (yes I know they are everywhere) but down here, you can easily shoot a hundred pics a day and that isn't even the girls or guys (depending on your orientation, lol) in swimsuits on the beaches or in the pools. And coming up Feb. 6 (I think) is Raptorfest in St. Petersburg, Fl. There will be an Condor, falcons, eagles etc. All trained for free flight and the whole thing is free. If you really want pics, go down the keys and get tons of pics from Key Largo to Key West. Or St Augustine (the oldest town in the United States), Daytona (home of the speedway and other things but nothing compared to St. Augustine, Tampa, Orlando (bring your money because of Disney, Sea World, Universal Studios, and the other amusement parks. Also Coco Beach Fl. and NASA (Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral (formerly Cape Kennedy)) and Miami. I know this reads like a travel log, but in reality, if you are near the center of Florida, pretty much everything is a couple of hours away. Just be aware that If you are on the East Coast or the West Coast from Tampa south, there is no easy way to cross the state because the Everglades and Tampa Bay block the way and the highways have to go around them. In other words, from about the Sunshine Bridge (Saint Petersburg, Fl) south, you have to either go north of Tampa or down to Naples Florida before you can take an interstate east to Miami.

Elliern Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC

sb wrote:

Do a search for Viera Wetlands on this site. About an hour north - one mile west of Exit 191 (I-95) on Wickham Rd. Probably the best place in Florida for the density of birds and the fact that they are used to people walking and driving by very close to them.

A few posts from the past few weeks:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-406820-1.html

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-407643-1.html

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-401693-1.html

Looks like I need to add Viera Wetlands to our stops when we go home to visit family next year. Great shots!

mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

dcampbell52 wrote:

Florida is covered with parks, nature preserves, etc. I live in Clearwater, FL and have 4 nature preserves with abundant birds and other wildlife (including alligators) within a 20min car drive, or an hour or so by bicycle. And then, there are places like the Electric Plant just south east of Tampa on Tampa Bay. We went there last spring and there must have been 300 manatees enjoying the warm water coming out of the electric plant at the Manatee Viewing Center. There is a large boardwalk above the water giving excellent opportunities for shots with almost any lenses. The, of course, the beaches and the Everglades. The Wife and I moved down here from Pennsylvania and I can't imagine a better place for nature photography. And I had a herd of 16 deer that hung out in my backyard in Pennsylvania. But 16 deer or hundreds of birds including osprey, eagles, woodpeckers, etc. Alligators, armadillos, raccoons, squirrels (yes I know they are everywhere) but down here, you can easily shoot a hundred pics a day and that isn't even the girls or guys (depending on your orientation, lol) in swimsuits on the beaches or in the pools. And coming up Feb. 6 (I think) is Raptorfest in St. Petersburg, Fl. There will be an Condor, falcons, eagles etc. All trained for free flight and the whole thing is free. If you really want pics, go down the keys and get tons of pics from Key Largo to Key West. Or St Augustine (the oldest town in the United States), Daytona (home of the speedway and other things but nothing compared to St. Augustine, Tampa, Orlando (bring your money because of Disney, Sea World, Universal Studios, and the other amusement parks. Also Coco Beach Fl. and NASA (Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral (formerly Cape Kennedy)) and Miami. I know this reads like a travel log, but in reality, if you are near the center of Florida, pretty much everything is a couple of hours away. Just be aware that If you are on the East Coast or the West Coast from Tampa south, there is no easy way to cross the state because the Everglades and Tampa Bay block the way and the highways have to go around them. In other words, from about the Sunshine Bridge (Saint Petersburg, Fl) south, you have to either go north of Tampa or down to Naples Florida before you can take an interstate east to Miami.

Florida is covered with parks, nature preserves, e... (show quote)

Having been in Stuart many times (my parents had a home there), I'd say the first thing to do is to leave.
That being said, the above note is correct. The south of Florida is a photographer's paradise, along with the four corners area and the Pacific coast. In fact if you have your eyes open, there are photo opportunities almost everywhere - even in the desert. Walk or drive slowly - best in the passenger seat with someone else driving, and look around. It's there!!

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

jodo4138 wrote:

Going to Stuart FLA. for the month of November, can anyone suggest sites and or places of interest for photo op. I'm willing to travel a couple hours of Stuart.

Thanks, John

Yes, PM me as the time gets closer - I have good local info

jodo4138 Loc: Long Island NY

Thanks I will do that.

RobertW Loc: Breezy Point, New York

Turtles and Manatees

jayd Loc: Central Florida, East coast

Viera Wetlands, Orlando Wetlands, Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, Coral castle in South Florida, St. Augustine, Palm Beach Zoo, Japanese Gardens, And the list goes on.

RobertW Loc: Breezy Point, New York

Couple of very good River cruises at Jupiter near the inlet opposite the Lighthouse

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

In fort pierce,the national museum for DEAL and just teams. Very informative and plenty of displays to shoot. In Vero beach there is McKee botanical gardens.on US 1. While in Stuart contact
me,we could go shooting together