Early on a Saturday in early March, amateur wildlife photographer Jo Gryniewicz was first-in to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary east of Naples. Experienced shooters know that the more people around, the fewer animals stick out their heads.
Gryniewicz walked through the entrance into the slice-of-really-old-Florida, not to take photos of the 800-year-old ancient bald cypress, nor the super-rare, super ghost orchid, nor any other plants that have made the sanctuary an international destination.
For more than 25 years, animals have been her thing. Home is Pennsylvania, where she’s the owner and photographer of a pet portrait shop, in part, to pay for excursions like this one-week trip to Southwest Florida to shoot wildlife photos…