In early November, more testing of new lenses at Weedon Island Preserve, with Mike doing photo processing.

This gopher tortoise came clambering through the bushes, and across the paved path right past our feet, only minorly interested in our presence, moving fast enough that I was not getting the right focus point.

Both of us had cameras out when we found this green anole. This is Mike’s version.

There are pools in the mangroves that are tinted an intense yellow. There are lots of little fish in these areas.

There are sometimes mosquitoes at Weedon, but on this trip the black biting specks that I think are no-see-ums were particularly bad and drove us back to the car before very long. These bugs hurt when they bite, and seem attracted to Mike and me equally, but neither of us have lingering reactions to their bites afterwards. This is Mike’s picture at the overlook where we see fish jumping sometimes.

Sundog as we hurried back to the car