David Allio

David Allio is an international award-winning photojournalist and visual artist. His professional portfolio ranges from sports, editorial and corporate to glamour, fine art and portraiture. Since 1972, his unique photographs have appeared on album covers, postcards, posters, billboards, calendars, display advertising and in movies, books, catalogs, magazines and other periodicals. This self-taught photographer has been a featured instructor and lecturer at a variety of photographic workshops, seminars, and conventions. His instructional topics range from traditional darkroom techniques to elements of digital sports photography. His audiences vary from high school students to senior citizens, and beginning amateur shutterbugs to career professional photographers. "Be like a rose - Beautiful to those who appreciate your talents and a prick to those who don't." - David Allio www.DavidAllio.com

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Hiding | FL

Hiding Nymphalidae Danaus plexippus Monarch butterfly St Marks National Wildlife Reserve Florida Americana Collection photography by David Allio

Monarch butterfly – Americana Collection

“A buttefly’s range depends more on the availability of host plants for larvae than on nectar plants for adults, so protecting larval hosts is a higher priority for butterfly conservation than is protecting the nectar plants that appear in many butterfly gardens.”1

Although studies are inconclusive, it is suggested that the Monarch butterflies Danaus…

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Monarch habitat | FL

Monarch habitat | FL

Monarch butterfly – Americana Collection

“Urban and suburban development is eliminating monarch habitat by supplanting agricultural landscapes where an estimated 90% of milkweeds occur. The increasing use of herbicides in agriculture is also leading to milkweed loss. The widespread use of genetically modified crops, such as herbicide-resistant corn and soybeans, exacerbates the problem because it…

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Kaleidoscope | FL

Monarch butterfly – Americana Collection

“To develop appropriate habitats for monarchs, we need to move beyond thinking only about particular host species toward a focus on planting native communities. Backyard butterfly garden programs usually do not encourage gardeners to consider nearby plant communities (forests, prairies, or parks) when choosing plants for their gardens. Such programs often…

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Monarch butterfly | FL

Monarch butterfly | FL

Monarch butterfly – Americana Collection

Because of the warm climate and continuous availability of host plants, much of Florida’s monarch population stays in the state year-round and breeds continuously throughout the year. Year-round residents are more common in southern Florida, as cold winter temperatures in northern Florida can kill monarchs at any life stage. In addition to resident…

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Pollinator | FL

Nymphalidae Danaus plexippus Monarch butterfly St Marks National Wildlife Reserve Florida Americana Collection photography by David Allio

Monarch butterfly – Americana Collection

“The monarch Danaus plexippus is one of the most abundant and widely recognized butterflies in the world. Like most butterflies, monarchs are pollinators that play an important ecological role in maintaining biological diversity.”1

camera: Nikon D500 | lens: AF Nikkor VR 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED with Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC14E III focal length: 420mm |…

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Singing Sand Dune | NV Big Dune of Amargosa Valley, Nevada, is culturally important because it is one of a number of sand dunes in Numic territory that are considered singing sand dunes.

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Star Shape | NV Nevada’s Big Dune of Amargosa Valley is a star dune, produced when the dominant wind blows a steep side of the dune and results in an arm.

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Critical Concern | NV Big Dune in Amargosa Valley, Nevada, is located on United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management-administered lands.

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Mining Claims | NV Radiocarbon dates eolian silts and sands banked up against range flanks of Big Dune at 4,100 years.

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Sacred Place | NV Big Dune cover five square miles of Nevada’s Amargosa Valley at 2623 feet above sea level and is a very sacred place to the Southern Paiute and Numic Speaking peoples that lived in the Mojave Desert.

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Variety | IN Since Indiana’s early history, agriculture has played an important role in the state’s economic development and cultural identity.

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Crop Choices | IN Researchers at the University of Illinois estimate that a farmer growing crops on rented land in northern Illinois will lose $64 an acre of corn next year, versus $95 an acre of soybeans.

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Veteran's Day Parade | FL

Veteran’s Day Parade | FL

Veteran’s Day Parade – Americana Collection

2018 November 12 | Monday: The people of Monticello, Florida, celebrate their neighbors, family, and community with a parade on Veteran’s Day to honor those who served in the United States Armed Services. It is one of three annual parades in the seat of Jefferson County government.

Monticello is prototypical small-town American South where the Pledge…

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More Corn | IN American farmers hit by the US-China trade battle are preparing to reshape the US Farm Belt by planting more corn and less soybeans next year over a land mass potentially equal to the size of Connecticut.

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Last Stop | FL

Last Stop | FL

Andrew Gillum – Americana Collection

2018 November 05 | Monday: Mayor Andrew Gillum, candidate for Governor of Florida, speaks at the Monticello Opera House in Monticello, Florida, his last campaign stop before election day. At that stop, Gillum predicted victory to the enthusiastic audience.

camera: Nikon D500 | lens: AF Nikkor VR Zoom 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED exposure: f/3.2 – 1/200 – ISO 10000

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Open Trade | IN "Farmers are fiercely independent, hard workers. We prefer to sell a quality product in a fair, open trade environment," Sarah Delbecq, President of the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA), said.

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | SC A Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Pterourus glaucus shares a Tall Thistle Cirsium altissimum with a variety of bees in the buffer zone of Lake Blalock in Upstate, South Carolina.