Landscape Photography
A small, but important detail.
When shooting in the old manor houses my first thought is to go wide. Get as much in a frame as possible. While it makes for interesting historical images, things can be easily missed.
Like this.
A music stand was next to the old harp. I spotted the iron candle holder. It makes perfect sense, there was no other light to read music by.
It’s so easy not to see the small details.
Charleston, South Carolina.
A combination of good sun light and great backgrounds are the common theme here. A few well placed Herons didn’t hurt.
Below two Great Blues in the classic pose. The first in a swamp, then over a marsh. Both photographs are typical Lowcountry environments.
Below a juvenile Night Heron. Tall grass, reeds, and cane are still standing upright. Soon they will lay flat as the new shoots begin.
Last a Great Blue over a swamp. Taken as the sun came down low, and pretty much blinded both of us.
Scenes from the South Carolina Lowcountry.
A Pelican in an early landing.
Taking all the space he wants to slide over the surface.
This is their preferred method, easy and no stress.
Graceful too.
For some reason this Egret felt the need to call out to the world as he landed.
Below he let out one of this signature deep squawks.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
A typical mid morning scene, ACE Basin.
This could have gone very differently.
Even if the Egret had not seen the Alligator as he began to land, once near the water there was no missing what was down there.
As usual all went well.
You just need to wonder why though.
When asked, or talking about the use of a monopod I always stress they are not for birds in flight. Actually not for any moving subject. I need to move and follow the subject, not be planted to the ground.
That said, these were taken with a monopod, on a foggy morning. That’s make three strikes against these photographs;
I like these, maybe because of all the above. Still…
Always exceptions.
The trunk here was open enough to have the water moving back and forth under the dike as the tide changed. Moving water also pulls along small fish.
This guy was just waiting for a meal to be delivered.
