Cleaning a backup and came across an image…went down a rabbit hole for a while.
I usually don’t do many cloud photographs, however this had some land and shore buildings giving some depth. Not to mention the big single cloud dead center 😄.
OM-1 mk2, OM 12-200, LightRoom, DxO Filmpack
A scene with something for everyone.
There’s tall grass, palms, and pines. The foreground has Snowy Egrets, White Ibis, Great Egrets.
A busy spot.
Circular stairs, 1803.
OM-1 mk2, OM 12-100 f4
The swamp beginning to wake up.
Soon the spring chaos will erupt again. But for now all was peace and quiet.
The house lot was purchased in 1817, the home completed in 1820. Now the buildings and land are preserved ‘as is’ circa 1850.
These photographs were taken upstairs while wandering around the different rooms.
Photographs were created with an OM-1 (1), 12-100 mm f4, and finished the images in DxO Filmpack.
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I haven’t been around the local plantation gardens or main buildings lately. It’s almost spring looking in some parts of the swamps so my guess is the blooms around big gardens must be about ready.
Below were taken along the edge of the swamps here. Some color that couldn’t be passed up.
I think we have some mid 30’ish degree mornings coming, the native flowers should be OK… I hope.
There are places along the eastern coast of Florida, the inland marshes, that have taken two different types of damage. The changes in some places is profound.
First was a deep frost. The tops of the iconic mangroves froze, now they are dead and brown. This changes the color of the entire landscape.
Along with the frost is a long drought. It’s been going for a while since much of the land which had been underwater is now cracked and hard.
The water and mangroves have always returned. Still you have to wonder what it will look like next.
Merritt Island WMR, Florida.
At the far end of this swamp is thick wooded wetlands that is the border between two old plantations. No trails there and not a place to wander. I’ve seen many birds go in and make an immediate U turn back into this swamp.
