Photo Archives - Luci Westphal

Flock of terns flying with shadows, Honeymoon Island, Florida

Trail and Beach Photos from Honeymoon Island State Park (Florida)

Honeymoon Island quickly became one of my favorite places as soon as we moved to the Florida Gulf Coast. Let me show you some views from the beaches and trails.

orange and black butterfly with white dots on purple flower, Monarch Butterfly on Lavender, life cycle stages

Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle Stages Photos and Videos

Photos and videos of the monarch butterfly life cycle stages, from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly, all in my Florida backyard over the course of just a few weeks.

nature photo postcards by Luci Westphal, pink flamingo, snowy egret, raccoon, colorful birds, pink blooms, tufted titmouse, aligator, Florida, available via Happier Place

Shiny New Nature Photo Postcards + Satiny Folded Greeting Cards

Exciting news! A whole brand-new batch of shiny, sturdy, sustainably-sourced nature photo postcards featuring my photography are now available via Happier Place! TweetShare147SharePin9Share156 Shares

sandhill cranes flying above palm trees, migration, winter in Florida

Winter Photos from Paynes Prairie State Park (Florida)

Paynes Prairie in North Florida is famous for the flocks of sandhill cranes that winter here among the local birds, wild horses, and bison.

Baby gator sleeping on a log in Shark Valley, Everglades, National Park, Florida

Everglades National Park Photos – Part I: Shark Valley

The Everglades National Park is a wildlife and bird photographers paradise. All these photos I took along just one trail: the Shark Valley Loop.

Roseate Spoonbill, pink, bird, animal, Florida

Featured Photo: Roseate Spoonbill

This Roseate Spoonbill, I photographed on my 2020 birthday in April.

Photos from the Weeki Wachee River and Springs State Park (Florida)

One of the best places in Florida: Weeki Wachee Springs State Park and the Weeki Wachee River and its manatees.

Spring Blooms and Chicks

This spring, I got to travel to North Carolina and various places around Florida. Naturally, I took lots of photos. Over the next few weeks, I plan on publishing several posts (either here or over on Happier.Place) dedicated to specific locations, e.g., Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Photos of Florida Gulf Coast Birds

Since moving to the Florida Gulf Coast in June 2018, I’ve found real pleasure in admiring and photographing the local birds. At times, it seems that my camera is drawn mostly to waterbirds – but then I spent over an hour just standing near a bald eagle’s nest in hopes of seeing a white head.

The End of the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn

Photos from the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn.

First Impressions From My Florida Garden

Leaving behind my thriving Colorado garden when moving to Florida 2 1/2 months ago was especially sad because it was in late spring, just…

Photos of Arches National Park (Utah)

Arches National Park outside Moab, Utah, features so many striking sandstone rock formations that it’s almost hard to believe that they all formed naturally in…

Photos of Homer, Alaska

More and more photos of Homer, Alaska – on top of the ones that I already published a few days ago in this post: Photos…

Photos from the Kenai Peninsula (Alaska)

Quite a few photos I took around the Kenai Peninsula, between Anchorage, Homer and Seward – along the Kenai and Kasilof rivers, Cook Inlet and…

Photos from La Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba

The following are quite a few photos I took in Old Havana, the oldest neighborhood of Havana, Cuba, mostly on my birthday in late April.…

Photos from Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Photos from the shoot of the 1-minute video “Crown Heights – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 173)”. Read more about the Brooklyn neighborhood Crown Heights…