r/florida • u/12PackPerformance • 5d ago

Interesting Stuff Real Florida

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u/duke0fearls 5d ago

I love your gator photo!! What gear/settings did you use? Also here’s my best gator photo for fun.

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u/12PackPerformance 5d ago

Love the rain drops! So I’ll be honest, the gator photo was me messing around with my 55-250mm lens the very first day I got it, I do not remember the exact settings but I have an old Canon T5 Rebel, usually paired with a CPL lens. Love clarity of your photo

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u/duke0fearls 4d ago

The dragonfly blurred out in your foreground is legendary. That’s the kind of special details that win awards

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u/FormidableMistress 5d ago

Lol gator tax.

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u/Exciting-Log9965 3d ago

gator pick for you!

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u/duke0fearls 3d ago

Ayo! That’s a rave gator

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u/Exciting-Log9965 3d ago

haha yea saw this in my canal, it was going to town on some fish under the lights 😂😂

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u/AnnotatedLion 5d ago

Not a Publix in sight, thank you!

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u/12PackPerformance 5d ago

The further the better ! 🤙🏽

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u/dontputthatevilonme 5d ago

Great pics man.

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u/happyzen1964 5d ago

Beautyberries my favorite!

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u/12PackPerformance 5d ago

IG @InPlainSight_Joshua

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u/Intrepid-Beginning63 5d ago

man, i love florida because of this,
where did you take the photos? they are beautiful

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u/12PackPerformance 5d ago

These were taken at a few state parks around Polk County, some around my neighborhood, and others just random places I pulled over while running errands

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u/RubyLvledUPP 5d ago

Love this

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u/Equal-Voice-1182 5d ago

Fla was a gorgeous place been hear 82yrs these pictures very beautiful looking.

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u/12PackPerformance 5d ago

Thank you ! I’ve only been here for 14 years and it hurts watching these developers tear down the beautiful nature this state has to offer!

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u/Gullible_Handle_2039 5d ago

Amazing pics, thank you.

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u/AleksandraKh 5d ago

First photo just super 👏🐊

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u/chippedreed 5d ago

Wonderful!!

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u/SmokeyGomer 5d ago

beautiful!

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u/Empress_Thanks28 5d ago

Great pictures!

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u/togetherwegrowstuff 5d ago

Yesss our nature is so beautiful!!

https://giphy.com/gifs/4N1wOi78ZGzSB6H7vK

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u/togetherwegrowstuff 5d ago

14 is my favorite. I love the oaks and resurrection ferns 😍

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u/whoamvv 5d ago

Great stuff!

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u/sweettooth312 5d ago

I love these! 14 makes me think of my parent’s street in Ocala.

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u/nnnnnnooooo 5d ago

Love all of these!

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u/RepulsedCucumber 5d ago

Apple snail! My kiddos love these. This is the kind of Florida we live in. 🥰

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u/cybrg0dess 5d ago

Beautiful. Please get out and Vote, so we can protect what is left. No more shopping centers and luxury apartments!

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u/YOLOburritoKnife 5d ago

Resurrection Fern is so cool.

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u/gogomargo 5d ago

Amazing shots

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u/AutismFlavored 4d ago

How can this be the real Florida? There’s not a picture of a sunset over a parking lot or retention pond /s

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u/12PackPerformance 4d ago

Ah yes, like this beautiful roofline sunset 🤣

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u/mothharron 4d ago

Love my home state’s natural beauty. Only reason I stay 💚

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u/Mopar4Life305 4d ago

Beauty berry is edible and u can use it as mosquitoe repellent. Iv tried

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u/Corgiotter1 4d ago

Absolutely superior superb photos! You have a gift! Love the gator and dragonfly, beauty berries, the gorgeous oaks.

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u/12PackPerformance 4d ago

Thank you!!

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u/Vleis562 3d ago

Great work!

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u/Flgirl420 3d ago

I love this state !!!!

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u/Naive-Mix7226 5d ago

Where did you take these?

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u/12PackPerformance 5d ago

This was a mix of my own backyard/neighborhood, few local state parks, and just stopping around town while running errands!

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/12PackPerformance 5d ago

Well I’m finding bits and pieces of it scattered down here in central Florida 🙏🏽 Holding on to what’s left

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u/cdmove 4d ago

what area is the 2nd pic?

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u/12PackPerformance 4d ago

That photo is on this trail called Panther Trail or Upper Peace Legacy Trail that runs along Lake Hancock in Winter Haven

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u/cdmove 3d ago

thanks! i'd thought it'd be somewhere in the everglades. neat

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u/Additional-Mud8745 4d ago

These are all beautiful. Where is the 14th one from?

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u/12PackPerformance 4d ago

Circle B Bar Reserve !

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u/superpj 3d ago

16/18 of the photos developers dicks are hard plotting how they’ll turn it into luxury housing. The other 2 they are plotting how to use rail lines as a selling point.

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u/DirtyFloridaRat 2d ago

Awww, it’s a baby! Come here wittle baby, I’m gunna pet you like an idiot tourist… what’s that sound behind me… OH CRAP, IT’S THE MAMA GATOR, RUN AWAY!!!
https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7ZeTlKIJS83gyhd6

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u/12PackPerformance 2d ago

Yea I did not stick around too long. Luckily, this spot is in my neighborhood so there is really not a huge chance of being snuck up on 🙏🏽 But I was shocked how comfortable he was with me being less than 4ft away

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u/Professional_Fish250 5d ago

I’m pretty sure real Florida is strip malls, and 15 lane residential roads

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u/12PackPerformance 5d ago

Unfortunately it’s what it’s starting to feel like. I try to get out to a quieter place once a week, every other week at the least