Walking through the old sections of southern marsh cemetery.
Every walk should be a slow meandering trip here. You will miss things like this.
Rust, and some ruin, have hit the old wrought iron fences. However it just adds a bit more interest and beauty.
Great Blue Heron passing by low over a marsh pond.
So…
This is called a pond in the Lowcountry, in Maine too. Elsewhere it’s a lake. To add confusion one large, miles long side turns into marshlands. So technically it’s a marsh pond.
One of the many things different down here.
Above a Great Blue jumped up and passed by quickly. The angle from the dike was perfect for a simple background. I was able to catch several Herons flying by right here, as well as back over in the (real) marsh.
Lately the Great Blues have been out further in the reeds, but now Storks and Spoonbills moved closer. That’s about how it works every fall.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
I don’t think I will ever get tired of watching them.
It’s still special to walk along and casually share space.
Not much has changed since my last walk through this Main Street. I believe it was around 2 years ago.
We can’t blame this on the Pandemic economy. It was exactly like this before Covid.
Outside of these towns the strip malls, some shopping centers, are filled, a few thrive.
I shoot in B&W for drama, so that needs to be considered when viewing images like these. However it doesn’t change the fact Main Street is broken.
Can’t beat the view here.
Donnelley WMA, South Carolina.
Looking down the side of a marsh early light.
The structure is a trunk connecting two marshlands with flowing water. The Egret was almost hidden in the reeds, and the black birds are Grackles.
And yes… I cut the tip of a Grackles beak in the shot.
Looking out, and down. The important item is looking ‘down’ from a hill.
This may be one of the highest spots around. For normal environments this means nothing.
We are the Lowcountry…. sea level.
Maps show this spot at an altitude of 75 feet. A mountain !
We do shoot higher locations though Click here to view
It was a good day.
Roseate Spoonbill.
