From a walk around town.

The other day while working through (many) images I found several of different birds, flocks, flying in formation.
So I finished several as silhouettes with the open space around them as important as the birds themselves. Probably a love/hate type of photograph.
Plain and simple images that might do well hung in an office rather then a home.
A few times today a Great Blue passed in front of me closer than usual. I think they were preoccupied with getting sticks, and branches, to impress their mate.
This time of year the morning light is a problem so only certain angles and heights can be shot without any glare.
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This is the start of the Great Blue Herons nesting and breeding. The last 2 days we have begun our season too.
It’s a different type of photography and now I remember what the struggles are. Yesterday was the first day for me and my metering was off on many shots. Today was another issue, in flight from dark shadows into bright sun, and maybe back to shadows.
The image here is a Heron, over the swamp shadows, flying off to gather sticks and grasses to begin nesting, and keeping his mate happy.
The huge Live Oaks and Spanish Moss make for haunting images in the old section.
Many of the grave sites are crypts or raised beds for protection from the surrounding marshlands.
In among all the rusted iron fences and old headstones flowers bloom almost year round. A good description of this cemetery is it has charm and character.
Suddenly the Great Blue Herons are searching around the rookeries. Last years nests are destroyed, but the sites are still there. That’s enough for the big birds looking around.
Above a Heron came in low over the swamp and pulled up to land in an old tree. A beautiful sight in the ending light.