and not a bird in sight.
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
April 3, 2024
Mary’s House Pond, Foggy Morning
Tag Archives: Landscape
Gazebo and Azaleas, And the Long White Bridge
There were splashes of color all around pond on this grey day.
The Crepe Myrtle to the right of the gazebo is heavily loaded with Spanish Moss. It will look remarkably different here when that tree leaves out.
This little statue is tucked in to the left of the bridge with a bright Azalea backdrop.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 22, 2024
The Long White Bridge, Backside In Winter
Spanish Moss is beautiful, but it can be very harsh looking in winter when there are fewer leaves to absorb or reflect some of the light.
Here, I gave the view of the back of the Long White Bridge a nostalgic treatment to tone the light down a bit.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
January 25, 2024
Middleton Place Spring House and Mill Pond
Middleton Place, Charleston, SC
February 2, 2024
Swamp Person, The Sequel
If you follow my husband (TPJPhoto.net) on WordPress you may have seen his Swamp Person Spotted post. Great minds think alike…I didn’t know he was taking my photo but a few minutes later I took his:
January 12, 2024
Late Season Rose
About a half hour before dark, the sun low in the sky, this rose caught my eye.
Then the bigger scene did, including a Spanish Moss draped tree hanging over the marsh behind the fence.
Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
December 7, 2023
Sunrise at Boneyard Beach
It’s an almost 1/2 mile (675 Meter) trek to the beach, most of it through an open marsh with this one dead tree standing at the edge of the walkway.
One small fishing boat cruised back and forth parallel to the beach.
Brown Pelicans and some terns and/or gulls were feeding.
A few dolphin passed by, too, but alas no photo.
Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 19, 2023
Sunrise at Bear Island, Wider Views
A couple more pre-sunrise images of a marsh at Bear Island. I could tell the color wasn’t going to be much so worked on getting the dewy grass in the foreground. While avoiding a giant ant hill.
The water was like glass, but there wasn’t much to reflect in it.
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 21, 2023
Sunrise at Bear Island
It was a cloudless morning so the sunrise wasn’t spectacular. Other than that the not to be taken for granted fact that sun rose another day. There was a nice orange glow for a few minutes.
An Alligator was out moving around early.
A Great Blue Heron announced his presence.
The same GBH passed a pair of Tricolored Herons going the other way.
Just before the sun topped the tree line the orange intensified.
Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 21, 2023
Empty Spoonie Tree and Belted Kingfisher
We didn’t see much for birds on Saturday at Donnelley Wildlife Management Area. The Spoonie Tree, so named because Roseate Spoonbills like to perch in it when they are around, had no birds when we arrived.
The elusive Kingfisher was in her usual spot on the water control trunk.
However, she relocated to the Spoonie Tree when she noticed us.
A wider view of the Spoonie Tree’s spot in the marsh.
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
October 21, 2023