I was hoping to see some wildlife here, nobody home.
I took the shot anyway, it’s a pretty spot. A change to heavy sepia made it just different enough.
Swamp Scene
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Found On A Walk, Charleston B&W
The other day we went to town with family and wandered around a little. It’s actually been a while since I’ve done it. I forgot what great fun this town is.
Each image below has a note on the subject.
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Old Planters Hotel / Dock St. Theater
Common Light By Gas
General Beauregard – Started US Civil War
Charleston Is Just Old
King Street
Taken using the OM-1 (1), OM 12-200 mm
B&W , In Flight Great Egret
Low over a swamp. The surface was not covered in Duck Weed. This made the dark background much easier to deal with.
Great Egret, Port Royal, South Carolina.
Quiet Cove On The Cooper River
Most of my every day photography is around the Ashley River, the west side of the Charleston peninsula. The Cooper River is the eastern side.
Somewhere above Charleston the Cooper splits into two branches. That’s called the ‘T’, a description of how the river splits. The cove below is on part of one branch. And…near the ruins of the ‘Comingtee’ plantation. A locally historically important place in the early 1700’s. The Coming family owned a plantation at the ‘T’ in the river.
I stand and photograph this cove because it’s another piece of the amazing history of the area. This was taken at the far side of the old Lauren’s property in Mepkin Plantation.
B&W Gator
One of the few times when shooting something like this I knew it would be B&W. Wildlife and swamps always have way too much contrast and ‘background’ stuff for a quick monochrome shot.
The flat Duck weed all around made him stand out. What I didn’t know because of all the swamp ‘stuff’ was he had been straddling an old log. Even now you need to close to see it.
First Views Of Strawberry, Black And White
Strawberry Chapel, 301 years old, and one of the last complete chapel of ease standing in the US.
A ‘chapel of ease’ is just that. A chapel that was easy to visit. The Anglican Church Of England has one church per parish. Plantation families could not journey to the parish so small chapels were allowed at times. The actual parish church, Biggins, is right down the road. However there were no roads at that time, so it was a multi day trip.
The original plantation families still own this property, it was on the land of Strawberry Plantation and Comingtee Plantation when built in the village of Childsbury.
The gates were opened to a small group, mostly photographers I think, a week ago. Last winter a long restoration was completed. The goal was to have repairs finished for the 300th anniversary.
I believe the only original feature changed was a removal (about 100 year ago) of a small wooden balcony. The structure is in another church down the road, an African American church centuries old being repaired now.
The graveyards have various brick and rock walls through the property. Family members are still being buried here.
Most everything inside the chapel is original. The banner on the back wall is a repaired piece made up of pine cone seeds. The baptismal water urn is also new.
I counted seats for about 50-60 people.
Strawberry Chapel of Ease, Childsbury (now a field), South Carolina.
Down A Dirt Road… A Pyramid
Charleston, South Carolina.
Note; Photographed using OM-1 (1), OM 12-200. Image in camera custom monochrome, Lightroom, DxO Silver Efex.
Snowy, Black And White
Standing above one of the ponds at the Middleton Plantation I noticed a small Snowy Egret working the water.
Some Snowy’s will fly along the waters surface, drag their feet, and flush out fish to catch. This one was serious about the routine and kept at it for a while.
At first I just watched, I was shooting monochrome with a short lens. After a bit I couldn’t stand it any more and shot to catch the action…long distance.
