Good Friday

Last night: Under a dark sky, members of various churches such as Saint Agatha and Divine Providence marched down the streets of Sweet Water (Miami, Fl.). Along the way, they reenacted the steps that lead to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Members of Saint Timothy Catholic Church gathered in a parking lot in Westchester this morning. The procession is a traditional among Christians. It is done to observe the day of Good Friday.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

William Lyman Phillips was leading landscape designer of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in South Florida during the 1930s. The garden is made up of an outstanding collection of taxonomically arranged and well-documented tropical plants, emphasizing on palms, cycads, flowering trees, vines, and fruit trees. This photograph was taken in their rainforest exhibit.

For more information on Fairchild Tropical Botanic
Garden check out their website:
www.fairchildgarden.org/

Dazzed and Really Confused

Sorry I haven't been posting the last few days. I've been running around the last week catching up on just about everything.

I took this photo on my way home on Friday. I think the image does a great job at showing the way I was feeling.

The image was created in the camera; no Photoshop!

If you look closely you can see me in the center of the image.

Enjoy the photos,

Armando-Raul

Only In Miami!

Where else in the world can you find Saints and half-naked women in the same window?

Wall of Wind

Caption comming soon...

The Demolition of the Miami Orange Bowl

There's no turning back know! The demolition of the Miami Orange Bowl is well underway. Excavators make easy work of removing the bleachers and workers use cutting torches to do away with the steel stairways and platforms.
Decommissioning & Environmental Management Co. (DEMCO) of West Seneca, NY, is in charge of the dismantling. Hundreds of tons of scrap metal (aluminum, steel, iron, etc.) will be recycled from the site.

In The Shadows

North American zoos manage Clouded leopards through a Species Survival Plan, or SSP, administered by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.
This leopard presides at Miami Metro Zoo. It is one of two in it's collection.
Clouded leopards are faced many threats in Southeast Asian. Their forest habitat is experiencing rampant degradation due to logging and the development of agricultural areas, including vast palm oil plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia.

For more information on Clouded leopards and Species Survival Plan check out:http://www.cloudedleopard.org/

Yellow Traffic Lights?

The work of a photographer is not always exciting. Today was a prime example. I was asked to photograph traffic lights for a magazine cover. Not just traffic lights, but yellow traffic lights.

Giraffe Neonatal at Miami Metrozoo

Miami Metro Zoo's newest reticulated giraffe under went a neonatal on Thursday morning. Several Zookeepers restrained the calf while Dr. Christine Miller performed a complete physical exam: Blood drawn, antibiotics, vaccinations, weighed, and was ear-tagged too.
The calf was restrained manually because it's safer than using sedatives; at least for the calf. The calf was then reunited with its mother; which was eagerly waiting right outside the barn doors. She has had numerous caves in the past.
The new calf will be out on display for the first time this weekend.
Quick fact: Giraffes generally weigh about 150 pounds and are between 5 and 6 feet tall when they are born.

Wedding at Vizcaya