A Snowy Egret feathers up and out showing off.

Walk through an old pine forest and you will see the scars.
The trees are tall and strong, near the base are small damages, blackened areas, even indentations.
The forest was burned, but a control burn. Dead grass is missing, healthy tall plants are all around. Nothing for a wild forest fire to eat.
Once Burned, Monochrome Monday



Note; OM-1 (1), OM 12-100 f4, in-camera custom filter, Lightroom.
Two simple monochrome photographs of a White Ibis around swamp water.
Usually I don’t do any straight out of camera photographs. However these were cropped and published.


OM-1 mk2, OM 12-100 f4
Ellen and I both relied more on shorter lenses in St. Augustine. The rookery birds ignore people and have been nesting here for many generations. A very unique situation.