A Skywatch Friday Tribute to Klaus

This past Saturday I attended a photo memorial walk for Klaus Peter. Klaus was the creator of My World Tuesday and Skywatch Friday. He passed away in August, leaving a big hole in the nature photography world in Florida. A group of his close friends put together a photo meetup at one of his favorite parks, Circle B Bar Reserve, in Lakeland Florida. We met early in the morning in the dark and hiked out to the best part of the lake to get sunrise pictures. This was my first sunrise at the park. I rarely get up that early in the morning but knew I had to do this because Klaus always said sunrise was the best time. I had to stop letting sleep get in the way of photography. After a specatular sunrise, we all headed to the nature center and watched a slide show of Klaus' nature pictures as well as funny pictures of him with his friends. There were several members of his family that came from Germany for the event.

For a beautiful post and more pictures on the event, please visit one of Klaus' close friends, Michael, to see his post.  Michael's post

For more skyscape photography from around the world, visit Skywatch Friday

In memory of Klaus Peter.

I'm preempting my usual post about nature to talk about one of the most beloved bird photographers in central Florida. I did not know Klaus well. I met him in December of 2009 at my first Florida Outdoors flickr meet up at Circle B Bar Reserve. I had been following his pictures long before I met him.  Later, I would run into him on my trips to Circle B Bar Reserve and Gatorland and he was always so friendly talking about what he had seen out on the trails. He died recently of an illness. I don't think our meetups will be the same without him.

I spent a morning walking the trails with him in December.  Below was my post on the walk.

Post on my walk with klaus

Below is his blog. You can see his amazing pictures here.

Klaus's website.

Below is a picture of Klaus (on the left) with a friend at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland Florida.