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Black and White, Cemetery, Charleston, Historical, Landscape, Monochrome, This and That, What I Saw

Black And White, Old Cemetery

November 17, 2019 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

From a walk around an old southern cemetery.

Above is an old mausoleum sitting among the headstones. Most of these old structures are brickwork, but covered in a thick plaster/cement finish. It is very similar to the tabby work of the 1700’s.

Unlike a modern cemetery the different sections are not in neat organized rows. Here old wrought iron fences and brick work separate plots.

The brick walls have held up, the old iron is now rusted out and in places leaning over.

A group in Charleston is organizing night time visits to these cemeteries. We are thinking of joining one. Besides the fun ‘old ghost stories’ they will tell historical details will be included. That is of great interest to me. Now I constantly dig around web sites looking for small tidbits.

Black and White, Historical, Landscape, Monochrome, This and That, What I Saw, Wildlife

At Church

November 16, 2019 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

Indian Field United Methodist Church.

Outdoors tabernacle in black and white.

Birds, Charleston, Heron, Marsh, Swamp, What I Saw, Wildlife

Great Blue Flight

November 16, 2019 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

This is one of my favorite subjects.

Long, lean, and elegant in flight.

They can be surprisingly fast, especially so if close and trying to fit them into your viewfinder.

This time of year it’s difficult to get these photographs. Early spring is best when they are out looking for nesting sites.

Great Blue Heron, Charleston, South Carolina.

Birds, Heron, Marsh, Swamp, Wildlife

Knee Deep Tricolor

November 15, 2019 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography 2 Comments

For some reason he did not fly off. Just the opposite, he plodded right through the marsh. Tricolored Herons, when adult, have ‘ruby red’ eyes. They are amazing.

I judge a Tricolored photograph by how vivid the eye colors, and neck feathers are. A young bird has a less colorful eye, but more distinct shading on their neck.

I’m certainly OK with this shot.

Charleston, Historical, Landscape, This and That, What I Saw

Shadows And Light

November 14, 2019 Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography Leave a comment

These images are all about finishing the process. The photograph starts the flow, then depending on the subject post processing completes it. Not that all my, or others, photographs get heavy editing. But some will require it.

These are images that I had set aside for a rainy day project. It rained, got cold, hence the project.

Basically the photo was shot in a RAW format, light and contrast updated in Adobe Lightroom, NIK was used for some shading, and finally a bit of fine tuning again in Lightroom.

Not as complicated as it sounds. Over time I have created my own custom ‘themes’, or presets, in all my editing software. I start with a custom set and fine tune from there.