The city council meeting room for Charleston, South Carolina.
You could almost expect the members to walk in with powered wigs and waist coats. And yes, that painting of George Washington is an original.
BTW, some of the light bulbs are original Thomas Edison Co. bulbs. I mean really, who uses the original inventors first light bulbs 😳.
So, I said to myself, I need something different.
I’ve been getting some good opportunities with wading birds. The web site still could get stale no matter what the bird photographs produce.
I walked out back…
… and suddenly there was that something different.
It’s a Grackle, in a swamp. And that’s the problem.
Grackles have black beaks. This one doesn’t, in any of the photographs.
The obvious here is the swamp mud he is in.
This last image is classic Boat-tailed.
I felt the need for something different, so a little southern Gothic – Victorian look seemed right. 😆
Found on a walk…
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Photographed with OM-1 (1), OM 12-100 f4, OM 12-200, Olympus 40-150 r
It’s a small canal like strip of water. There are plenty of birds, but none anywhere near him.
Maybe this is what an alligator quiet place looks like.
Sitting Here In Case I Should Cross Over – Alligator
Good looking fella by gator standards.
It’s the colors with these small frogs. Look at that vivid green.
Best viewed large.
Working on close subjects, without a long lens. I’m seeing more options and angles with a mid-sized lens. It’s easier to go wide, or tight without standing on your head or breaking your back.
OM-1 (1), OM 12-200.
I felt eyes.
The Lowcountry has been terribly dry, almost no rain. Now the southern heat has arrived. Fun is.
The weather is exactly what Anhinga love, and I’m thinking the Duck Weed does too.
That solid green throughout the photograph is water. Covered in Duck Weed, but still water. It looks solid enough to walk on doesn’t it.
Duck Weed is one of the smallest flowering plants in the world. It floats along the surface  of still water and multiplies very fast.
