A few quick shots of a Great Egret that jumped up from a pretty good hiding spot. I never would have seen him without this movement.
The photos were taken in the same general area I have seen all the Night Herons.



This Great Egret must have a nest in the back of this island. Several times I spotted a dance here.
I tested the new Lightroom DeNoise function on this image. It wasn’t overly grainy but it was a good photo to compare with my current version of Topaz DeNoise.
My first thoughts are the LR function worked well. However, it takes much more time than Topaz, does not sharpen if the noise caused a loose of details, and running multiple images may not clear all the photos.
I’ll stick with Topaz for most images.
This day in the marshes belonged to the Wood Storks. There were flocks everywhere. The Storks live and breed here, however it’s still unusual to have large flocks scattered all over.
Storks are calm birds and don’t pay much attention to others joining them. This group had a decent amount of Great Egrets and a few Roseate Spoonbills.
I thought these shots were a nice representation of which animals actually live out there. This is just scratching the surface of the species we find, but it does give an idea of a typical marsh scene.
These photographs were taken in the Donnelley wildlife area within the ACE Basin of South Carolina.
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