This area of the local swamp has a large island, however the back end doesn’t have much nesting. Past years it was a Great Blue spot. Now a solitary Great Egret.
I had forgotten we walked around the Avenue of Oaks at Magnolia Plantation a few weeks ago. An ‘Avenue of Oaks’ is the old plantation roads that lead down into the main house. Usually lined with large oaks and hanging moss. The Oaks are hundred’s of years old, they are slow growers, and spread out far. There is another tree outside Charleston (Angel Oak) estimated to be 500 years old, the branches span 187 ft (57 m) in length.
Magnolia’s avenue is fairly long and wide. Time has added some trees and taken others. The trees are huge and like all the old places Azalea’s are everywhere. It’s been years since I walked the length.
Not what I usually shoot. But I had a shorter lens with me, and Ellen was heading out. I followed along behind….
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Live Oaks, Spanish Moss, Lots Of Color
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Live Oaks, Spanish Moss, Lots Of Color
Live Oaks, Spanish Moss, Lots Of Color
Live Oaks, Spanish Moss, Lots Of Color
Live Oaks, Spanish Moss, Lots Of Color
Live Oaks, Spanish Moss, Lots Of Color
Live Oaks, Spanish Moss, Lots Of Color
Magnolia Plantation, Charleston, South Carolina.
Note; photographed with OM-1 mk2, OM 12-100 f4. Finished in Lightroom, DxO Filmpack, DxO Color Efex.
Roseate Spoonbills, visitors at the local swamp rookery.
This is new, and the first time they have stayed around. This swamp is not Spoonbill friendly. The big ponds are too deep for them to feed, the smaller ones dark and weed covered.
Just the other side of the property are their usual feeding places. Shallow open marshes are what they need.
