A Green Anole photographed on a metal hook inside a big Jasmin vine. Usually the hook and tall rod are hidden from view inside the thick plants.
The cryptic title here, ‘Do Over’, came from a note I typed with the file. The exact meaning has been lost in time. It’s not like a small lizard hasn’t climbed on here more than once. I liked it enough to keep it though.
There are all types of colorful plants around the outside of the main house at Magnolia Plantation. The Anole hide all around the bushes, however they just can’t blend in on a few of the more colorful ones.
OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 II, ON1, DxO Filmpack
“I don’t want to belong to any club that will have me as a member”; Groucho Marx.
The Freemasons Lodge’s have been around since 1599, formed in Scotland. Rather than have their own cemetery the various Lodge’s have sections in some Charleston cemeteries. There may be a private Freemason cemetery locally since southern cemeteries didn’t really exist like up north. Savannah had the first in 1750, Charleston was this one in 1850.
While most old wrought iron fences are rusting away, the Freemasons are usually well maintained. There is one I know of in Magnolia Cemetery that is damaged.
This is one of the more intricate iron post and fence I’ve seen.
Specs; OM-1 (1), Olympus 40-150 r, Lightroom, DxO Filmpack.
This was one of two young Black-crowns I spotted in some big Live Oaks. I only found a single adult tucked into the Spanish Moss near some Spoonbills.
The Black-crowns nest all around the big cemetery ponds. The young don’t go far even after they fledge. The big salt marshes and the Cooper River are right there giving them an easy place to hunt and fish.
Specs; OM-1 (1), OM 100-400 II, Lightroom.
These are all random shots taken as I walked along the old dirt road running past Lodge Pond, Donnelley. It’s a scene repeated all through the dike roads.
Interesting that I walked no more than 1/4 mile, and found all these locals warming in the sun. I’m sure there were more however parts of the view are blocked by the tall grass.
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Specs; OM-1 mk2, OM 100-400 II, Lightroom.
The golden Fall colors haven’t arrived yet, but the tall grass and reeds have lost much of their shades of green.
I would call this a halfway shot. I couldn’t decide whether to shoot full wide for a true landscape or zoom up close on the Great Egret.
He made the decision for me and started to fly off. So I ultimately got a wide shot of the bird in flight.😆
I’m not really sure why, but the old nondescript headstones I find intrigue me. Most off to the side, on their own, their story long gone.
The least I can do is photograph them, give them some recognition.
Specs; OM-1 (1), Olympus 40-150 r, Lightroom, DxO Filmpack.
On the other side of this tree line is the Cooper River and Charleston Harbor.
The old Magnolia Cemetery winds through the marsh, above ground mausoleums on the edge of the water. Charleston is at sea level and all this could be washed away.
All this land was originally the Umbra Plantation, a rice plantation until the US Civil War.
Specs; OM-1 (1), Olympus 40-150r, Lightroom, DxO Filmpack.
