Posted on 10/30/2009 12:11:14 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
Vilano Beach begins North of St. Augustine Inlet and runs to South Ponte Vedra. There are large deposits of Coquina clam shells, the main ingredient in Coquina rock, the material used for the Spanish forts here. On the white sand areas there are black streaks of Titanium ore. Ponte Vedra was once home to a Titanium mining operation.
The "red shell" has been a traditional place to test beach buggies and 4WD vehicles, it is easy to bury your wheels up to the hubs if you get off the hard pack.
Beautiful photos, as usual!
I didn’t know that about the titanium operations. Thanks for the info! That’s FR...you learn something new every day.
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thank you!
Beautiful pics. Interesting info.
FZ30?
Wow Swampy! Breathtaking! They don’t even look real. LOL
ROTFLMAO about me—Re our conversation last night—I was agreeing that my family tree is like junkyard dogs, not casting aspersions on your family!
These are from the Sony A200. The DSLR has the super fast autofocus you need for flight shots. The FZ30 is a lot slower, although it is one of the better “bridge” cameras.
Nothing wrong with junkyard dogs, LOL!
Beautiful!
Did you take those today? The over cast sky really shows off the sea gulls color.
Beautiful!
Got them on Tuesday. I usually get out Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Happen to like them right much myself!
I was about half asleep when I wrote that and didn’t re-read it until just a bit a go. LOL
:-)
Such beauty. Thank you for always sharing such great pix.
Just gorgeous!!!
Looks like a nice day on the beach.
I’m sure you’ve been asked this ... what kind of camera?
Very impressive,what camera and what settings?
Your budding amateur photographer needs to know..
These are from the Sony A-200. All the shots contain the EXIF data, you can download a free EXIF reader to open it. I also use a Panasonic FZ30 and an Olympus C2100UZ, it just depends on the situation.
A DSLR has faster autofocus than the P&S cameras, and a lot less lag time when you push the button, and the advantages of a much larger sensor.
You warm our hearts with your photos.
Thank you.
Great shots; the first one is amazing!
Several years ago we vacationed in Florida. Somehow a sea gull managed to poop on the back of my leg while I was getting something out of the trunk of our rental car.
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