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  • BIG CYPRESS GALLERY 12 © 1992
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    At the southwest edge of the Everglades lies one o At the southwest edge of the Everglades lies one of the world’s most productive and biodiverse estuaries, the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge. 

This coastal wetland, spanning 35,000 acres, is a labyrinth of mangrove islands. Mangroves contribute to a rich source of nutrition in the form of leaves, bark, and twigs—debris that becomes colonized by microorganisms and eaten by small fish, shrimp, crabs, and their larvae. 

The plant’s ability to trap and accumulate debris creates new islands and habitats for other vegetation, allowing juvenile creatures to flourish.

The mangroves, with their sprawling, submersible root structures, offer a hiding place to a diverse array of inhabitants from both larger predators and the pounding destructive forces of seasonal storms. 

These sturdy barriers are essential in protecting the coastline from tidal surges and pounding waves as hurricanes and tropical storms roll through.

📷 INDIAN KEY PASS 6 © 1997 | Everglades National Park, FL 
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    Established in 1906 by Ted Smallwood, this Trading Established in 1906 by Ted Smallwood, this Trading Post served a remote and isolated area buying hides, furs, and farm produce in exchange for providing the goods required to survive. 

Ted Smallwood’s Store was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, it remained opened until 1982.  When the doors were shut, 90% of the original goods remained in the store.  In 1990 Ted’s granddaughter reopened the store as a museum and today it serves as a time capsule of Florida pioneer history.

📷 SMALLWOOD STORE © 2014 | Chokoloskee, FL 
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    Our favorite part of the darkroom process is watch Our favorite part of the darkroom process is watching Clyde’s prints come to life!

📷 Do you recognize this photo? Leave a comment to guess which photograph is shown here.
    We named our backyard pond Whilden’s Pond in hon We named our backyard pond Whilden’s Pond in honor of the man who owned the property before us, Leon Whilden. He was a hermit who lived in Big Cypress and turned the property into an orchid and exotic plant nursery. 

During the winter, so many birds spend time in our pond that it’s like having the Discovery Channel right outside the swamp cottage window! Watching all of the birds made me long to photograph them; however, capturing them with a large format camera is nearly impossible because of the slow shutter speeds. 

Generally, animals don’t wait around to have their photo taken. I resolved my dilemma by using Niki’s 6×7 Pentax camera with a 1200mm lens.

I was working downstairs when I looked outside and saw a beautiful egret standing majestically on a log in our pond. I ran upstairs to where I had Niki’s camera all set up and waiting, then very slowly opened the window so I wouldn’t scare the bird, and took the photograph. 

So, I tell folks that my bird photography is done in the comfort of my own air-conditioned home…I just open the window and take the photograph!

📷 WHILDEN’S POND 1 © 2002 | Big Cypress Gallery 
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    "The goal is to discover your nature and nature he "The goal is to discover your nature and nature helps you do it." Maxime Lagacé

📷 SILVER PALM 2 © 2016 | Florida Keys
    This was the first photograph Clyde took after the This was the first photograph Clyde took after the death of his son, Ted, who, at 17 years old, was killed by a drunk driver in 1986. Out of Clyde’s sorrow came the light of seeing the world around him in a different way. 

In his time of grief, Clyde disappeared for days at a time into the Everglades. He seemed to become one with the land. This time spent in nature brought him to the turning point in his career. 

Realizing color photography was not his passion, and it was not expressing what he felt, Clyde decided life was short, and if he wanted to do black and white, he should at least try.

📷 MOONRISE 4 © 1986 | Western Everglades 
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