August 11, 2024

The Evening Cloudscape

It’s aways interesting to photograph the evening sunset cloudscape from the grounds of Fort Pickens on the far West end of Pensacola Beach Florida. With this capture I was out traveling light with juat the Sony ZV-1. This was a handheld shot with camera settings of 1/320 sec at f/4.0, ISO 125.

November 26, 2018

FORT PICKENS: Santa Rosa ISLAND, FLORIDA

Fort Pickens National Park is at one end of the Florida National Scenic Trail on Santa Rosa Island in The Gulf Islands National Seashore. The Fort is an historic and scenic treasure! This part of Florida has the largest collection of 1800s forts and batteries open to the public of any national park.   It doesn’t matter if you are looking for history, nature, hikes, sugar white sand beaches, fishing, biking or birdwatching-Fort Pickens has it all. Don’t forget to take your grandchildren! This is a great stop for seniors with their extended families!   HISTORY   A Military Strategy   After the War of 1812, the United States decided…