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Sun rays fan up into a deep blue sky from below the horizon, over a calm Atlantic at Hutchinson Island, Florida, with a few dark clouds along the waterline.

Cape Coral, Florida · Metal prints

Florida wildlife and coast, printed on metal.

Shot in natural light. Hung without glass.

Photographs by Bobby Scott Craig from the places he keeps going back to: the Myakka marsh, Six Mile Cypress Slough, Cape Coral's burrowing owls, and the sand at Hutchinson Island. Each one is a WHCC metal print you can order today.

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Summer SunriseHutchinson Island, Florida

Six to start with

Featured metal prints

Each print opens on its page in the Cape Photo shop. Choose Wall Art, pick the metal size and a White or Clear base, and the Buy panel shows the current price before anything goes in your cart.

A crested caracara with a red face and black cap stands on a thick live oak limb hung with Spanish moss, holding a scrap of its meal in its beak against a bright blue sky.

Finally, the Caracara

Myakka River State Park

Years of near misses. Then on October 20, 2026, one landed on a live oak and sat still, too busy with lunch to leave.

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A young burrowing owl stares straight into the camera with bright yellow eyes, rim-lit by warm evening light against a deep red background.

Hooty McGrumpypants

Cape Coral

A young burrowing owl, one of Cape Coral's best-loved residents. This one clearly has opinions, and most of them are about me.

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A wave breaks into white foam that spreads in a lacy line across smooth wet sand at Hutchinson Island, Florida, under a gray-blue sea.

Foam Line, Hutchinson Island

Hutchinson Island

The wave does its shouting offshore. This is the quiet part it leaves on the sand, the part most people step over.

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A female and a male wood duck swim side by side across dark, still water, both mirrored perfectly beneath them, at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve.

Woodies on Glass

Six Mile Cypress Slough, Fort Myers

Two wood ducks in step, and the slough so flat it printed them twice before I did.

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A dark adult male snail kite perches on a single stem of tall golden grass above the marsh, with blue water glowing in soft focus behind him.

Watcher of the Wet Prairie

Myakka River State Park

An adult male snail kite on one stem of golden grass. Endangered in the U.S., and a picky eater: it lives almost entirely on apple snails.

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A huge moss-draped live oak sprawls its limbs over green marsh grass, with cabbage palms beside it and a thin blue line of water on the horizon under a clear sky.

Old Florida at Myakka

Myakka River State Park

A live oak sprawled over the marsh with cabbage palms for company. My favorite place in Florida, and on a day like this it's easy to see why.

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Want to see more before you pick? The full galleries are on the shop.

Wildlife gallery Landscape gallery
Detail of two wood ducks and their reflections on still, dark water.
Woodies on Glass. Still water and no glass in front of it: nothing to catch the lamp across the room.

Why metal

The picture is in the aluminum, not behind glass.

Printed by WHCC
White House Custom Colour is a professional photo lab. It infuses each image into a specially coated aluminum sheet using dye sublimation.
No glass, no separate frame
The print is a thin aluminum panel. Color sits in the metal, so it wipes clean, and there's no glass to glare.
Arrives ready to hang
A float mount holds the panel off the wall about 3/4 inch, on a block with a sawtooth bracket.
Made for a Florida house
WHCC says its metal prints resist moisture, scratches and fading, and do fine in humid rooms like bathrooms. They're made for indoors and keep their color longest out of steady direct sun.
  1. Open the photographEvery print above links straight to its page in the shop.
  2. Choose Wall ArtThen pick the metal size and a White or Clear base.
  3. Add it to the cartSmugMug runs checkout. WHCC normally makes a print in 2 to 3 days, plus shipping.

Price depends on size and base. The Buy panel on each photo shows it before anything goes in your cart.

I photograph the coast I live on, mostly early, mostly waiting.

About Cape Photo

I'm Bobby Scott Craig, and Cape Photo is my work. Home is Cape Coral. The beat is Southwest Florida: the marsh at Myakka, the boardwalk at Six Mile Cypress Slough, the owls that dig in on Cape Coral lots, with the occasional run to the Atlantic side for a sunrise.

Most of these frames came from the same method: get there before the light does, learn where the bird likes to sit, and stay put. The caracara alone took years of near misses. I'd rather tell you that story than tell you what's in the bag.

Every print is made from the full-size file, sent by SmugMug to WHCC, and shipped to your door.

Bobby Scott CraigCape Photo · Cape Coral, Florida

Before you buy

Fair questions.

Will it look sharp up close?

Every print is made from the full-size file I uploaded, not the web preview you're looking at. SmugMug sends that file to the lab, and the lab sizes it for its printer.

What if it arrives damaged?

WHCC, a professional lab in Minnesota, makes and ships each metal print. SmugMug runs the checkout and the customer service for this site. If a print arrives bent, dented or scratched, SmugMug's print guarantee covers a reprint or a full refund, whichever you prefer. Photograph the print and the box, keep both until it's sorted, and email help@smugmug.com (or use the contact link in your shipping email) with your order number. Report it within 30 days of delivery. Lost packages are covered the same way.

Will metal look cheap, or fade?

WHCC prints these by dye sublimation: heat and pressure drive the dyes into a polymer coating on an aluminum panel, so the image is sealed in the surface instead of sitting on top of it. There's no glass or acrylic in front. WHCC says its metal prints resist moisture, scratches and fading, and do fine in humid rooms like bathrooms, which counts for something in Southwest Florida. They're made for indoors and keep their color longest out of steady direct sun. To clean one, dust it with a dry cloth or wipe it with a damp microfiber cloth. For a stubborn mark, use a non-ammonia glass cleaner. Skip paper towels, abrasive cleaners and metal polish.

Can I ask about a size or a different photo?

Yes. Email me at scott@capephoto.us. The full set of photographs is in the Wildlife and Landscape galleries, and the Prints page covers sizes, bases and shipping.

Hang a Florida morning on your wall.

Pick a print, pick a size, and WHCC does the rest.

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