I still find it amazing that I can go from thick swamps, to wide marshes, or rest by the ocean… in the same day.
Dune At Sunset
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Atlantic Ocean
A Matte finish, just because.
Fall Sunset, Charleston, South Carolina
There were large tidal pools reflecting what was an ordinary sunset. The pools and old trees made this into a nice image.
The day before Charleston had record high tides, which around here means flooding (and pools).
Exactly one year ago, in this same spot, I shot this scene, with the same people. In fairness hurricanes and storms have changed the contours a bit.
Waiting For The Sun To Leave
Standing there waiting…and waiting…
Soft White Pelican
I don’t think I have photographed a White Pelican quite like this before.
The mood of this image seems to fit their personality.
The Pelicans Have Arrived
It’s that time of year and they have started to slip into the back marshes. It’s hard to close to these flocks. This group landed in a location that had no access… except by air.
They glide in with little noise. The final ‘splash’ down gives them away.
I much prefer wide and long shots like these to closeups. The fall reeds and pines add so much to the images.
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The Pelicans Have Arrived – click to enlarge
The Pelicans Have Arrived – click to enlarge
The Pelicans Have Arrived – click to enlarge
Gibbes Mausoleum, Magnolia Cemetery
This mausoleum, the Gibbes family, has an unusual earthen roof. James Shoolbred Gibbes is buried here. He died in 1888 but other family members lie here also.
Before his death he had the angel statues carved in Italy. The plans for this building are in the US Library Of Congress and it is registered with the National Historic Registry.
James Shoolbred Gibbes, donated $100,000 to the Carolina Arts Association upon his death in 1888 for the “erection of a suitable building for the exhibitions of paintings.” The donation was the start of the well known Gibbes Art Museum in Charleston, South Carolina.
A New Perspective
A place I have seen and photographed hundreds of times. If you visit this web site you too have seen it. (Click here to view a recent shot).
I don’t remember ever taking a photograph of that spot from one of the dikes.
Above was taken as I walked down the side of this marsh, actually it was a remote plantation rice field a few hundred years ago.
The island has a single (and shaky) dead tree. Here it is filled with Roseate Spoonbills and a Great Blue Heron. Another Heron is fishing in the shallows, and what you can’t see is the scores Alligators in the marsh grass.
Scenes like this just reinforce how beautiful the Lowcountry wild lands are.