My New Nature Gallery

[rowingbum]

When you have nothing better to do....
Here is my new website.
I have not done anything with the buttons at the top so don’t click em yet.
There is relaxing music so turn it up.
If you want full screen, click that little black button screen in the lower left bottom.
Just sit back and watch the slideshow.

David M. Bean Photography

[Patti Edens]

Cool stuff David. I like it. Some very nice photos and the site loads fast and the photos move at just the right pace for me. Nice music too.

[tech1961]

Nicely done David

[rowingbum]

Thanks Patti and Jimmy. Spring is around the corner and a great time to get out there with the gators and birds. I like to kayak for several days and sleep outdoors...all the stuff that goes bump in the night.

[corralup]

I agree. The pace of the photos is just right. My blood pressure just dropped watching that.

[WanaM3]

Originally Posted by corralup

I agree. The pace of the photos is just right. My blood pressure just dropped watching that.

That was a very pleasant presentation with some excellent photos. I spend a lot of time on Armand and have recently started concentrating seriously on taking photos. I'll try to post some photos this coming weekend, but time on weekdays is pretty limited. I paddle a light jade colored Independence canoe. I also have a sand colored Wenonah, but am not out there that much in the tandem. Let me know the type of boat you paddle and I'll be on the lookout for you. Cruise on up and introduce yourself if you see me around. I try to go at odd times to eliminate running into a lot of people. I'm usually there on Friday mornings, but they just put me on overtime and I'll have to shoot for early morning on the weekends. Thanks again for the excellent presentation.

[rowingbum]

Jerome, I have a yellow fiberglass sea kayak, a Solstice GTS. Thanks for your comments. I have been paddling a lot of places and still find Armand Bayou one of my favorites.
We will probably cross paths out there. I like to go way back, sometimes to the area before the golf course. I usually take my Pentax with a telephoto (don't want to ruin my Nikon) and have it around my neck, with the telephoto under the strap from my splash skirt, ready to shoot. There are still some big gators back there. I have photographed wild boar also swimming across the bayou.

[WanaM3]

Glad to hear from you. I managed to sink my canoe once out there so have always carried insurance on all my equipment. I am in the process of upgrading all my equipment and am waiting for the final shipment. When it arrives, I'll call my agent and make sure that everything is covered before I head back to Armand. I notice that you live in Kemah which means that the bayou is almost in your back yard. I am about 25 minutes from the bayou and for me it is the most interesting place that is easily accessible. Having a kayak or canoe is the only way to go.

I've not gone to the golf course since Ike hit. All of the downed trees have kept me from doing that. I've taken a number of photos there and have them posted on my website.

Gallery | Armand Bayou Gators

Hopefully the link to the gator album will work and you can check to see if any of these guys look familiar. I concentrated a lot on gators, but have been trying to branch out to everything that is on the bayou. I'll try to post some of the photos this weekend. If the above link doesn't work, you can follow the link below my signature and just view the gator section under Armand Bayou. Looking forward to meeting you.

Wanted to add that the huge gator that was at the split near Red Bluff was taken out about a year or so ago. Heard he got aggressive and so they sent him to the boot farm. I just called him Big'un. I have also noticed that the large gators are moving much closer to the park. They were always farther up the bayou, but I've seen some pretty big ones very close to the bridge. They may eventually develop the BBSP attitude and start climbing out of the water at the park. Gotta run.

[jfoureyes]

Very nice...I enjoyed the slide show

[lhdvies]

Enjoyed the site-very relaxing!