Palm Seeds

190/366 Palm Seeds. Last day of VSCOCam Week. These seeds grow in large clumps that hang down along with the palm fronds. I love the colors and textures in this clump.

Tree Top View

166/366 Instaweek. Tree Top View. View of Tampa office park from up high in a parking garage. Taken with Instagram using the Rise filter.

Big Puffy Clouds

164/366 Big Puffy Clouds. Instaweek. In Florida this time of year, it is the rainy season and, the clouds get very tall and puffy. I loved how these were towering between the palm trees. Shot was taken with Instagram with the Sutro filter applied and lux. Then I applied lux one more time to make the clouds pop.

Wet Leaves

159/366 Wet Leaves. This shot was taken with Hipstamatic after a tropical rain using the Watts Lens, Ina's 1969 and no flash.

Green Lib

156/366 Green Lib. This photo collage of palm frond was shot with the native iPhone camera. Two different photos from the original were created in Addlib. Then they were brought into Poly Frame for the framing. Finally, Scratchcam was used for the grunge effect.

Two Shades of Gray

144/366 Two Shades of Gray. B&W Wednesday. This photo of palm leaves was taken with 645 Pro using the 645 back and F4 film. It was post processed in Wood Camera using the London and Gritty 3 filters, tilt shift, vignetting and framing.

And The Band Played On

138/366 Hipsta Thursday. And the Band Played On. Beautiful sunset at the end of a long day. This was shot with the John S lens, Pistal Film and no flash.

Island Church

132/366 Island Church. This is really a Lutheran Church in downtown Clearwater, but photo makes it appear to be a church or government building on a tropical island. Photo was shot with iPhone camera, with crop and color adjustment in iPhoto. Sharpening and the textured filter were applied in Iris Photo Studio.

Palm Pods

130/366 Palm Pods. B&W Wednesday. These palm seed pods were shot with 645 Pro. Post processing was done in XnView FX for sepia tones and sharpening; framing was done in Snapseed.

Soaring Palms

124/366 Soaring Palms. Hipstamatic Thursday. This shot of palms soaring above the trees was shot with the Jimmy lens and BlacKeys B&W film. No flash was used.

Dances With Palms

116/366 Dances With Palms. B&W Wednesday. Sometimes you discover the most beautiful things while window shopping. This lovely dress, perfect for a prom or wedding, was found in a storefront along St. Petersburg's Central Ave. Photo was taken with 645 Pro. Pp occurred in Qbro.

Picnic Island Beach

109/366 Picnic Island Beach. B&W Wednesday. Picnic Island is located on Tampa Bay at the southern tip of Tampa at the port. This was shot with 6x7 and pp'd in Instagram.

Playful Palms

92/366 Playful Palms. Shot with 6x6 and pp in Painteresque, Painterly and PhotoViva.

Bubbles of Fronds

67/366 Bubbles of Fronds. B&W Wednesday. This photo is the underside of a cascading palm frond apped in KyoobikHD and Twist Cam.