Shark Teeth Macro Monday

When we were in Florida last winter we spent some time combing the beach for shark's teeth. We had a lot of fun and found hundreds in just a few hours time.





It was fun watching them wash in and trying to catch them before they were taken back out.





A few people have wondered which beach we went to, well I happened to snap a photo of the sign so I wouldn't forget, lol.

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign MckLinky. :) MM started on Sept 29, 2008 - THANX to all of you for helping make it such a fun start to the week!

shark's teeth

I didn't understand why my husband and son were so eager to hunt for shark's teeth in the sand of a Florida beach when we vacationed there earlier this year, I carried my camera to the beach to snap photos.  But the boys took a lot longer in their search than I did and eventually I ditched my socks and waded in to seek too.  It was a lot more fun than I imagined, watching little triangles wash in in a wave and trying to snag them before the wave took them back out.  I found more than 200 all by myself, topping both boys! :0)~  Now when I look at them I remember laughter and fun with people I love.

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You might as well plan on seeing a lot more of these - now that I've finally gotten around to taking my camera to them I keep seeing more I want to snap.

This is a turkey platter with about 500 shark's teeth on it. We found all of these while in Florida way back in February.

SOOC #18 Here Lizard, lizard, lizard

My son has the best eyes! He always find neat little critters no matter where we go. He found this lizard near our campsite in the Keys. Snapped with the point and shoot. :0)

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Manatee Macro Monday

The manatee. . .tail? These are the last of my manatee photos. I saved the pieces of manatee for macro monday, this is about as macro as you can get underwater on a huge animal, lol.

I call this one Bubbles.

I see you!

Smile!  Looks like he needs a shave.

Snort!

I found their eyes very interesting.

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Swimming with the manatees

Manatees and me

Although the day was cold, we were eager to jump in with the manatees. Dennis and I kept switching the camera back and forth and I really can't tell you who took which photos, but all of the manatee photos were taken by my husband or me.

A sweet baby with mama.

They would come right up and rub against you, or go between your legs, they really seemed to like people. This one is rubbing on Dennis. We were told to not pet them like you would your dog because it's not good for them to think of people too nicely, that's how they get caught in boat motors. We were allowed to touch them, just not stroke them.

Here he comes.

I was a little freaked out when one started nibbling on my foot. It didn't hurt but he did almost pull me under, it was pretty weird to have something that big gently gnawing on your foot.

One happily held onto Susan (a lady from our boat).

See, he's smiling.

Me racing the manatee, who will win?

I lost, surprise surprise.

This is my favorite shot from the day. Haden and the manatee checking each other out.

I was the first one back out of the water. I was so cold! My teeth were chattering. I just thought that even in February Florida would be warm, lol.

Once I got back on the boat I took a few shots from above water.

Manatees

The day we went out to swim with the manatees it was cold, and rainy, but the guide said this was a good thing because there would be more manatees in the area of warm water we were going to. He was right, we saw about 200 that day!

They were pretty amazing! But I was also intrigued by the fish everywhere.

The lack of sun didn't help the photos any, but at least we got some.  Oh, and we bought the bag to put the 40D in, but it decided to stop working once it was in the bag, still haven't looked into what's wrong with it, and haven't got to try the bag out.  All these were taken with the little waterproof point and shoot.

More manatees tomorrow!