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Landscape, Marsh, Ocean Shore, OM System, Swamp, What I Saw

Drought And Frost, Bad Combination

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There are places along the eastern coast of Florida, the inland marshes, that have taken two different types of damage. The changes in some places is profound.

First was a deep frost. The tops of the iconic mangroves froze, now they are dead and brown. This changes the color of the entire landscape.

Drought And Frost, Bad Combination
Drought And Frost, Bad Combination

Along with the frost is a long drought. It’s been going for a while since much of the land which had been underwater is now cracked and hard.

Drought And Frost, Bad Combination
Drought And Frost, Bad Combination
Drought And Frost, Bad Combination
Drought And Frost, Bad Combination

The water and mangroves have always returned. Still you have to wonder what it will look like next.

Merritt Island WMR, Florida.

Landscape, Ocean Shore, OM System, What I Saw

It’s The Colors

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I don’t think I have ever paid much attention to industrial architecture. However we were across the bay from the Port Of Virginia docks and I noticed everything was sparkling clean, vivid colors, and many neat stacks of stuff.

Below is best viewed large.

It’s The Colors
It’s The Colors

Did I miss all the ports looking like this. I live in Charleston, a very big port city. Just down the road is Savannah, more big ports.

It’s The Colors
It’s The Colors
It’s The Colors
It’s The Colors

The light was dull, which can make for great colors. I found this really interesting and colorful.

Port of Virginia, Newport, Virginia.

Landscape, Ocean Shore, OM System, This and That, What I Saw

Morning Boats

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I discovered something recently while in North Carolina. Early coffee and boat watching.

Boats on the inter coastal waterway come in all shapes and sizes. I also don’t know why they don’t run into each other. Some people take their bad car habits and drive a boat the same way.

Morning Boats
Morning Boats
Morning Boats
Morning Boats
Morning Boats
Morning Boats
Landscape, Marsh, Ocean Shore, OM System, What I Saw

Coastal Dawn

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Dawn on the Intercoastal Waterway, North Carolina. A quick get away to photograph something different.

‘The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas. Some sections of the waterway consist of natural inlets, saltwater rivers, bays, and sounds, while others are artificial canals. It provides a navigable route along its length without many of the hazards of travel on the open sea.’ (Wikipedia)

Coastal Dawn
Coastal Dawn

I think this was the best color of any morning last week.

Coastal Dawn
Coastal Dawn
Coastal Dawn
Coastal Dawn

Each morning I tried to use a different lens for the first shots of the day. No particular reason, seemed like a good idea at the time.

Olympus 40-150 (r), OM-1

Alligator, Landscape, Marsh, OM System, What I Saw, Wildlife

In The Swamp Grass

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This was a great spot for him. He was in the swamp grass on the salt marsh side of this dike. I was near standing on the dike, but looking out at the activity in a rice field. The salt marshes are tidal and this was just past low tide, mud time.

It was only when I turned to leave when I glanced back down. I never noticed him when I walked over here.

In The Swamp Grass
In The Swamp Grass

American Alligator.

Alligator, Birds, Egret, Marsh, Swamp, Wildlife

Trouble Brewing, Egret, Alligator

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There was potential here for some Gator/Egret drama.

The light was very wrong, still I had to grab a few images and be ready since things could happen fast. Good news for the Egret he ate that shrimp before any Alligator got too close.

Trouble Brewing, Egret, Alligator
Trouble Brewing, Egret, Alligator
Trouble Brewing, Egret, Alligator
Trouble Brewing, Egret, Alligator

Look close and you can see three floating heads nearby, while the Great Egret waved the big shrimp around. Not a very good idea.

Trouble Brewing, Egret, Alligator
Trouble Brewing, Egret, Alligator

This is tempting to an Alligator. Also, underwater any one of them could have closed  the distance in seconds.

Trouble Brewing, Egret, Alligator
Trouble Brewing, Egret, Alligator

Eventually the Egret swallowed the shrimp.

Crisis averted.