Things that make up a swamp, all here.
Here we have the heavy trunk of a Cypress Tree, in the thick swamp water. Spanish Moss is flowing from above. And last the iconic shape of an Alligator.
Photograph taken using OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 II. Developed with ON1, DxO Silver Efex.
Richard Hutson – Founding Father USA
I don’t even know what some of those things are! Many of these roles required him to be in different places, all the time. And… he had to ride a horse there.
The US Revolutionary War is known for the battles and resistance in the northern colonies. Boston, New York, and Philadelphia are the places most written about.
Carolina (north and south) were the scenes of constant fighting. There were as many supporters of the British crown as there were revolutionaries. The British usually seemed to have come out on top most times. Large numbers of British troops were kept here freeing up the northern colonies armies which eventually ended the war.
This porch, exactly as seen below, was important to that effort.
The Marquis de Lafayette hid here before joining Washington’s staff. The British were searching northern ports where he was expected to land. Instead he came to the US through little Georgetown Landing.
Francis Marion, Swamp Fox, came here to rest after skirmishes. His militia tied up General Cornwallis enough to allow Washington to move against New York. Marion is known as the father of modern guerrilla warfare. (Mel Gibson played him in the film ‘The Patriot’)
And finally after the country was founded George Washington went to this rural plantation acknowledging the local militia that had helped him. The southern campaign here may have been more brutal than the US Civil War.
It’s very cool to know they all sat on this porch, of course I’m pretty sure I was the only one in a rocker with a ham sandwich.
A Snowy Egret feathers up and out showing off.
The other day we went to town with family and wandered around a little. It’s actually been a while since I’ve done it. I forgot what great fun this town is.
Each image below has a note on the subject.
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Taken using the OM-1 (1), OM 12-200 mm
Curious… or morbid.
But you’re still here.
Low over a swamp. The surface was not covered in Duck Weed. This made the dark background much easier to deal with.
Great Egret, Port Royal, South Carolina.
Most of my every day photography is around the Ashley River, the west side of the Charleston peninsula. The Cooper River is the eastern side.
Somewhere above Charleston the Cooper splits into two branches. That’s called the ‘T’, a description of how the river splits. The cove below is on part of one branch. And…near the ruins of the ‘Comingtee’ plantation. A locally historically important place in the early 1700’s. The Coming family owned a plantation at the ‘T’ in the river.
I stand and photograph this cove because it’s another piece of the amazing history of the area. This was taken at the far side of the old Lauren’s property in Mepkin Plantation.
