Amature Photography

I've become quite the nature photographer since getting my new Canon- PowerShot 12.1 Megapixel Digital Camera (PowerShot SX20 IS). The camera is great and I highly recommend it. The one thing I'm not liking about it is that it takes crap night shots. Don't know if it's me or a setting issue, but I haven't been able to take a single night picture worth a damn. If anyone out there has a solution for this please let me know!

The nature photography started out as a way for me to practice taking pictures with the new camera, but it's become a hobby of sorts. The great thing is that Broward County has all these awesome wetland mitigation and conservation banks all over the place with boardwalks where visitors can see all sorts of native birds and wildlife. I find myself going out trying to capture more and more images of plants and animals. It's almost like hunting!

Right now my goal is to get a picture of a gray fox and a woodpecker. Wish me luck.

Kayaking at Oleta River

Mai and Alex
Originally uploaded by alexthoth

I went kayaking on my 31st birthday weekend with my 4 and a half week pregnant wife and my bestfriend, Frank, and his girlfriend, Christina. We went to Oleta River State Park down 163rd street. This park is a very nice slice of nature in the middle of urban (suburban?) North Miami Beach, with kayaks, biking trails, picnic areas, a beach ...

The kayaks were a bit pricey($35 bucks for an hour and a half), but we had a great time, the weather was awesome, and the place was beautiful.

Here are more pics.

Hialeah Park RaceTrack

Club House
Originally uploaded by alexthoth

Went to the old Hialeah Racetrack and took some pretty cool pictures. The place is still beautiful, but now in a rundown haunted sort of way. I'm surprised to see the flamingos are still there.

Eventually they'll renovate it and make it all nice, so I'm glad I got some pics of when it was in disrepair.

Baby Bump

Baby Bump
Originally uploaded by alexthoth

4 months and a week into the pregnancy, Marge is finally starting to show. Don't know what the baby is yet so we've been calling it Kiwi. We should know by next week though... wonder if the name Kiwi will stick?

Key Biscayne

Lighthouse
Originally uploaded by alexthoth

Me and the wife went to El Farito in Key Biscayne and took lots of pics. It was pretty cool, first time I'd ever gone up into the lighthouse's watch room.

More pics!

Backyard Swamp

Hawk
Originally uploaded by alexthoth

Bought a camera last week, a Canon Powershot SX 20 IS, and I've been taking lots of pictures of the marshes around my home. I'm really enjoying the zoom lens! Check them out.

The Mummy

To Live Again...
Originally uploaded by alexthoth

Just a dumb little comic strip I've been doing during my free time. Check out some more here.