This statue sits on a small dry island in a plantation pond. The pond and statue have been there for a very long time.
Many people don’t even notice the statue.
However, the small herons seem to like it.
Magnolia Plantation, Charleston, South Carolina.
Found on a walk, his walk.
They will go where ever they want, and probably have a good reason.
Jekyll Island, Florida.
Ellen and I both were out in the rain the other day, and caught this classic juvenile Egret just staring at it.
I admit to finding shelter rather than follow up with more images. Ellen is apparently more adventuresome.
The Playboy, a commercial shrimper, was returning to unload the days catch. We were in the right place and I even caught the boat turning past the entrance buoy to the piers.
Great Egrets had already joined the crew at this point.
The Pelicans and Gulls were already making moves at the stern as she turned.
When she pulled closer I saw they had been cleaning scraps and unwanted fish were going overboard. Pushing and shoving had already started… and they were still in the harbor.
Charleston Harbor
St. Helena Chapel Of Ease on St. Helena island.
Built around 1740 of tabby construction this is one of the few Chapels of Ease the public still has access too. By some miracle there has been no theft or vandalism. A sad but true fact is all the other ruins of chapels are now behind fences.
Members of the Bull family, from Bull plantation, are buried in the nearby graveyard. The church and plantations were abandoned when news came of the invasion of Beaufort and Port Royal by Union troops during the Civil War.
During and immediately after the war the chapel was used to support the freemen (enslaved people suddenly free with no support).
A large forest fire on the island burned the structures and repairs were never done. Until the 1940’s when a bridge was built there was no access to this island other than small boats.
A blurred (bokeh) background gave this simple image a nice look.
A Little Blue Heron doing absolutely nothing.
These photographs give a different perspective than the usual church architecture images.
Where the standard composition is l based on gazing forward, towards the alter, these are looking back out to the rear and sides of the church. This set was provided first to a Charleston historical group and several comments made a point of noticing the difference.
After the comments I reviewed articles on several other historical churches here and found the best photographic series made a point of displaying several different point of views.
Again, it’s most common to work forward only, yet so much is then missed these older buildings. This is something I need to remember when shooting the next series. The time available with an empty historical church is very limited. So … this is a note to self ‘shoot the other direction’.
All the historical churches have tall vaulted ceilings. Some are more ornate than others but the design is consistent.
The family wooden pews are also in most. This has helped keep great historical records on individual members and visitors. In one church the exact seat used by George Washington was easily identified, another was the Marquis de Lafayette.
Now that the pandemic lockdown has ended I think it’s time to visit a few more of the local manor houses also.
Photographed June 2, 2021, Huguenot Church, Charleston, South Carolina.
Two shots taken in Sumter, South Carolina. There is a garden / park with an enormous number of different types of Lilies.
The usual deep purple is there, but so are variations like these which look so much softer to me.
Sumter, South Carolina.
