Category Archives: Swamp

Wood Stork, Looking To Nest Too

On a Cypress, looking around in a rookery.

Wood Storks prefer an isolated location, with a flock of other Storks to nest.

Wood Stork, Looking To Nest Too
Wood Stork, Looking To Nest Too

Storks will stop where they see other birds building. Check out the neighborhood, and move on. I rarely see them on nests.

Wood Stork, Looking To Nest Too
Wood Stork, Looking To Nest Too

I know of a few Stork rookeries. All are pretty isolated and some protected. That is one of the reason they have made a come back from the brink of extinction.

 

Egret, Collecting For The Nest

These were taken recently on a morning when there was plenty of flight action. Egret nesting to be exact.

Egret, Collecting For The Nest
Egret, Collecting For The Nest

Walking the parameter of the large rookery pond, well dodging direct sunlight, gave me a few different angles as the birds flew past with their ‘collections’.

Egret, Collecting For The Nest
Egret, Collecting For The Nest
Egret, Collecting For The Nest
Egret, Collecting For The Nest

It’s frustrating, but I could show up the next day, at the exact same time and place with no results. When you do get it right this is an amazing show.

Egret, Collecting For The Nest
Egret, Collecting For The Nest

Above an Alligator watched with me.

Unexpected Alligator

A medium sized local who decided to sleep on the lawn (of a plantation house).

Unexpected Alligator
Unexpected Alligator

I noticed him as I walked into the main house lawn area. Probably he was chased back towards the swamp in a short time. A group of picnic tables for the tourists are just off to left side here.

Nobody would come to any harm, but the ‘squeals’ would have been fun to hear.

Main grounds, Magnolia Plantation, Charleston.

Great Egret, Monochrome

Lately I’ve been trying various photo software combinations. The Egret here was completely finished using DxO SilverEfex. Nothing revolutionary here, I think the majority of B&W photographers use SilverEfex.

Great Egret, Monochrome
Great Egret, Monochrome

It seems there are some known issues with Windows 11 and Lightroom Classic. Speed and image stability the main problem.

After finding out it wasn’t just me, and I had done all the things I could do to compensate, it makes sense to review what systems I use and how I use them. Having an IT background doesn’t make it any less painful though.