A "warm" thanks to Doug Hammer for giving me permission to use his song "A Warm Place in Winter" for this video. You can find out more about him at: www.doughammer.net . I shot the photos in this video at Blanchard Park, Orlando Florida in mid-December. Sadly, the Econ River that gently glides through this park, and one of the main characters in this video, became the focus of public interest when Leonard Padilla had a team of divers search here for little Caylee Anthony just a month ago. In the wake of her tragic discovery, I wanted to revisit this park and the beauty that survives even during wintertime here. Maybe in some way, this is a tribute to life and a reminder of the beauty that lives on in the wake of tragedy and loss, thinking most of little Caylee and the life taken away from her way too soon. Bless her. All photos were shot using a QUANTARAY 70-300mm, 1:4-5.8 LD TELE-MACRO [1:2] lens (attached to a Nikon D70 digital SLR camera). Some notes on the flora and fauna in this film: I snapped the alligator photo from across the river and then cropped the image to bring it even closer. He looked to be about ten feet long. The turtles napping with him are river cooters. The water birds featured here: Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron (cover photo), Great Egret (the white bird), Florida Sandhill Cranes, White Ibis, Hooded Mergansers (female and male), Mallards (male and female), Common Moorhen (adult (red beak) and immature), Black Vultures. Most of the field ...
The David London My Last Words lecture series at Pennsylvania College of Technology provides selected faculty with the opportunity to address an audience as if it was their last opportunity to do so. With his storytelling, wit, music and props, this year's honoree, David Sims, an associate professor of English composition, proved he was the perfect choice.
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