Once common, but now pretty rare; the Receiving Tomb.
These rock and tabby buildings were meant to be as cool as possible, and hold several bodies while the burial site was prepared. We are in a tropical environment, so a cool place was critical.
However, a wealthy cotton merchant died and his rather ornate crypt was not ready. His body was in this building for 2 1/2 years. 😵💫
Specs; OM-1 (1), Olympus 40-150 r (?), Lightroom, DxO Silver Efex.
On the edge of one of the earliest burial plots in the area is this single stand alone stone. All through this location there are small stones with vague notations. I usually will take a quick shot and later on do some searching. A quick pass, this was just shot Monday, found nothing.
The photograph was finished with a DxO film filter for ADOX CMS 20, a special film, chemical, and paper process used in high quality landscape printing. It’s an interesting look the ‘Google’ told me all about so it must be true.
For about 10 years I’ve looked at this scene. At first there were just a few construction cranes. Over the years the site went from a wild march to a large shipping terminal.
Every time I look, or take a shot, nothings happening. Same look. I just could not get an interesting photograph. They were boring.
The photograph needs the story, which you can’t see, Nothing is happening. The cost of nothing is between $ 1.2 to 1.7 ‘billion’ dollars, for nothing happening.
A union moved into the half built terminal. Charleston has many terminals like this, none with a union. Now one came and halted the final construction. Unions have a place, but they were not here so the costs were not part of the plan.
The large container ship companies at one point decided they did just fine without this terminal. None would contract for the extra fees.
So… The state closed, or never opened, this large deep water facility. No ships want to pay the extra fee when 1/2 mile down the harbor are multiple alternatives.
The boring scene needed a story and it was there all the time.
South Carolina Leatherman Terminal, Charleston.
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100, Lightroom
Old cemeteries and monochrome photography just seem to go together.
The style of these images goes back to when I was shooting the old New England cemeteries, long archived from this web site. I did find a few shots like this taken in South Carolina while we were looking around considering a move here in 2016.
I remember having an online conversation with Keith Goldstein a respected NYC Street Photographer (For Earth Below) about how the look here reminded him of another photographer. At least it confirms I’m not completely crazy.
So I guess my love of old cemeteries goes back a ways and at least I’m consistent on how I visualize them 😊.
The images here were uploaded to the site about a month ago. Just this morning we walked around this area.
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Specs; OM-1 (1), Leica 100-400, Lightroom, custom B&W preset
Wait long enough you won’t need any AI help.
In fairness I did use a spot removal. A little bird poop on his head that bothered me, not him.
Photograph taken February 2026.
The Reddish are a photographer favorite, with or without the red.
Specs; OM-1 mk2, Leica 100-400, Lightroom, DxO Filmpack (Iilford Delta 100).
The Anole, all sizes, have been moving around in all the bushes, plants, or even trees when it’s cooler. Of course they could say the same thing about me.
This mid sized Anole was on a thicker dry plant. These plants have been favorites of the lizards so it’s one of the first places we look. They blend in so well looking at a plant means checking each side.
This photograph was finished using a combination of ON1 and DxO Silver Efex. The integration functions of ON1 have been repaired as of the last update.
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100, GODOX iT32 flash, ON1 Photo Raw, DxO Silver Efex.
A Great Egret walking through a cut in a salt marsh.
The water is low here, I think it was dead low tide.
What we had was wet tidal marsh, late morning. It could have been worse, like high noon. Sun glare is the image killer here.
I did enough to save the photograph by making a B&W image and using DxO Silver Efex. The software only does B&W and it’s a case of doing one thing, but doing is well.
Specs; OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 II, Lightroom, DxO Silver Efex.
