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Florida Conservation Photographer
🔸 Nature Lover🔸Storyteller🔸Nikon🔸
PRINTS AVAILABLE:
📍Franklin Anderson Gallery, Crystal River
📍Keyhole Artist Gallery, Cedar Key

10/25/2026

Trusting Mama
Wide awake and curious about me, a days old Gator Hatchling rests on Mama's snout. I lay quiet in the muck, so quiet was I, that Mama got some shut eye. The next day, heavy rains from Hurricane Isaias flooded out this location, and all the hatchlings scattered.

In New England, we go "leaf peeping", in Florida, we go "hatchling peeping".

10/23/2026

Autumn in Florida: A days old Gator Hatchling rests in the stillness of the shallow swamp. I love the leaves submerged under water and the reflections of the amber leaves on the water - its a quiet but vivid scene of seasonal change and stillness.

10/23/2026

During the rain from Isaias a week or so ago, this area near a parking lot flooded and created a huge pond. We normally see Limpkins with apple snails, their primary diet, but they also eat earthworms, insects, frogs, and lizards.

10/23/2026

I got up early looking for some foggy swampy images and caught this gator crossing under the bridge. Because it was so heavy with fog, my Nikon overcompensated the Auto White Balance, turning the entire scene misty orange.

I like it! As an artist, I am always looking for ways to do things different than I have done or seen before. I also like a minimalistic image. Gators are challenging in many ways, so any time I can get a "stand out" image, I am quite happy!

10/23/2026

Blanketed by fog from the heat and rain, and just back from a fresh catch, a pair of Crested Caracara's share a meal as the early morning sun glistens in the background.

I am not sure what he caught, it definitely wasn't a rabbit like the day before!

10/22/2026

Sublimity in the Swamp

A juvenile and adult White Ibis share the limelight as they pick and preen~

"In the wild, I look for light and framing, then wait for the moment. It's like I am in this big ,big world, and my camera is the little square that I use to create a piece of Art",
~ Rachelle Vance

10/20/2026

After the rain last week, on the main road, late in the day, a Red Shouldered Hawk sat perched on a Speed Limit Sign. I passed up the opportunity to get a "great close up portrait shot". I waited, parked on the side of the road, and waited.

I waited for this! Eventually, he lifted off and flew into and under the trees across the road, and I spotted him here.

FB crops, tap twice

Environmentally beautiful, surrounded by his natural world, in his habitat, backlit by the low light of the day, framed by the fan-shaped leaves of the sabal palmetto, and the direct eye contact demanding my full presence.

Link in BIO to my Website - Thanks!!

10/19/2026

Super excited to get my Certificate for the Florida Master Naturalist FRESHWATER SYSTEMS Course!

I graduated from this course on Saturday 10/17/2026. My goal is to take all three Master Naturalist Courses: Freshwater, Upland and Coastal. The instructor for my Freshwater Course was Karen Rose and I would highly recommend her!

The Florida Master Naturalist Program (FMNP) is an adult education program developed by the University of Florida and provided by participating organizations. FMNP training will benefit any persons interested in learning more about Florida’s environment, seeking educational contact hours, or wishing to increase their knowledge for use in education programs as volunteers, employees, ecotourism guides, and others.

https://masternaturalist.ifas.ufl.edu/

10/19/2026

Least Sandpipers, having a bit of a huddle.

"You must not mind bug bites, rough knee caps and elbows, laying/crawling flat in the mud/bird poo, getting sand all over oneself and ones Nikon" ~ Rachelle Vance Photography

10/17/2026

The Green Swamp

Bald Cypress, Live Oak and Saw Palmettos. oh, and Sunrises.

Happy Saturday!

Address

1425 NE 58th Ave
Ocala, FL
34470

Website

http://www.rachellevancephotography.com/

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