This place is just outside of my property, everyday when a go out I can see the green iguanas feeding in the mangroves. It is the first time a draw it, so I had to pay attention on some details I never saw before.
The spot looks always the same, even the iguanas they don't really move a lot, what is different everyday are the birds, different kind of herons and egrets come and go. Many small birds were singing and passed flying.
Drawing from the photo was easier than drawing from nature because you can have all the time you need, specially if you are drawing something that moves like a bird. To draw the shapes was easy and difficult to make the shades and lights. When you look at a photo first of all you get the central object like the bird, then when you start drawing there are details that show when you are looking for them, like the texture of the branches. I think that when natural journaling you instinctively search for all of this textures, shades, colors and details.