Swimming into the Azaleas.
This small hammock had bright colors and across the way was a bench.
Getting Colorful
Category Archives: Swamp
The Dragon Portrait, Great Blue
When they get into a long glide you can’t help but think of ‘Dragons’.
They make it look so easy to fly.
Great Blue Heron.
Swans Dancing
I’ve wondered how photographers capture mated Swans with those heart shaped images. Now I know.
Just wait.
If the birds are in mating season getting close and swimming together is part of the ritual. They do it and a photographer needs the angle. The Swans do the rest.
Passing Through, Great Egret
In mixed rookeries like this one certain times of the day the air gets busy, and crowded.
Some birds stick close to the islands and trees which makes getting focus harder. If you grab a branch the bird is long gone before you can fix it.
I had Company, Alligator
So, I made the turn and there he was. Soaking up some of the heat.
This trail is wide and he wasn’t all that big. He did have someone further down past him a bit stumped though.
Right here a ‘nature train’ may drive past with visiting tourist from the old planation up the road. He would move for that.
I’m not something that concerns him. He probably grew up with that tram and the ohh’s and ahh’s of out of town visitors.
He watched me, I watched him. I walked by, he fell back asleep.
Blue Sky – White Bird, Egret
Lately most shots of Egrets have not had much color in the sky.
I tend to meter on the white bird, helps with details. However the background can be either much less or too much color.
This Egret was further out, a longer shot, and I had basic settings.
I think it worked well until white clouds were behind the Egret at his highest ascent.
Everything is a trade off.
Great Blue Returning To Nest
This time in the season adult Herons can leave larger young alone and go out hunting. Things happen, but most of the time if a chick can walk around the nest they can defend it.
I get less Heron in flight shots now, but the Egrets keep us busy.
Fly By Silhouette
Just as the light goes behind the tree line (behind me here) there is a chance of getting some nice shots like this.
Probably an equal chance of getting nothing too LOL.
But by this time I have typically shot over 500 photographs.