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  • Great Blue Heron<br />
Magnolia Gardens<br />
2/26/2007<br />
for Tuesday<br />
<br />
There is a night heron there, too.  They appeared to be engaging in a stand off.  Heaven only knows what this blue heron was saying.<br />
They may still be there, neither one was moving when I left.<br />
<br />
I did, I saw signs of spring.  <br />
I hope to share some of that later on.  Just the presence of these two herons is a spring thing.<br />
<br />
ginger

    Great Blue Heron
    Magnolia Gardens
    2/26/2007
    for Tuesday

    There is a night heron there, too. They appeared to be engaging in a stand off. Heaven only knows what this blue heron was saying.
    They may still be there, neither one was moving when I left.

    I did, I saw signs of spring.
    I hope to share some of that later on. Just the presence of these two herons is a spring thing.

    ginger

  • Afternoon Walk<br />
3/4/2007<br />
<br />
we went down this trail to overlook the harbor this afternoon.<br />
<br />
The thing I have the most trouble photographing are trees and woods.  I hardly ever try, if I do, they aren't worth working up.<br />
<br />
This afternoon I lucked out, and I have this shot of the trail walking in that I really like.  <br />
<br />
What struck me the most was how unspringlike it was.  Not only was it chilly and breezy today, this woods looked dead.  It ought to look very nice when the new growth starts to come in.  I noticed one bush with the beginning of spring...I really enjoyed the light play on the bare trees, though.

    Afternoon Walk
    3/4/2007

    we went down this trail to overlook the harbor this afternoon.

    The thing I have the most trouble photographing are trees and woods. I hardly ever try, if I do, they aren't worth working up.

    This afternoon I lucked out, and I have this shot of the trail walking in that I really like.

    What struck me the most was how unspringlike it was. Not only was it chilly and breezy today, this woods looked dead. It ought to look very nice when the new growth starts to come in. I noticed one bush with the beginning of spring...I really enjoyed the light play on the bare trees, though.

  • A Shout OUT, <br />
spring starts in March.<br />
3/5/2007

    A Shout OUT,
    spring starts in March.
    3/5/2007

  • Great Blue Heron <br />
3/5/2007<br />
for Wednesday

    Great Blue Heron
    3/5/2007
    for Wednesday

  • Photographing A Magnolia<br />
Cemetery Ghost<br />
3/6/2007<br />
<br />
Bill said,<br />
"She thanked me for capturing her soul so she could take proof of her return back to the "other side"<br />
<br />
not much backstory.  I was photographing flowers, felt a "presence" and there she was beside me.  Never have seen her before.  I smiled, she didn't, I said, "hi", she didn't.  Next thing, I turned around and she and Bill were like this.  I snapped the shot just in time.  Then she left...........<br />
maybe she was just shy......or maybe she was a shy ghost, I just like the shot of the very old Magnolia Cemetery.  A few new graves of family members of the original family, but in general she wasn't dressed in the clothes one would expect from most of the "residents" of that cemetery.<br />
<br />
Some people find bluebirds, I found this.........and no backstory.<br />
However, that is my backpack, Bill carries it all the time, it is a Crumpler and worth every 200.00 dime.  Really dirty by now.  As comfortable as it could be.<br />
<br />
g

    Photographing A Magnolia
    Cemetery Ghost
    3/6/2007

    Bill said,
    "She thanked me for capturing her soul so she could take proof of her return back to the "other side"

    not much backstory. I was photographing flowers, felt a "presence" and there she was beside me. Never have seen her before. I smiled, she didn't, I said, "hi", she didn't. Next thing, I turned around and she and Bill were like this. I snapped the shot just in time. Then she left...........
    maybe she was just shy......or maybe she was a shy ghost, I just like the shot of the very old Magnolia Cemetery. A few new graves of family members of the original family, but in general she wasn't dressed in the clothes one would expect from most of the "residents" of that cemetery.

    Some people find bluebirds, I found this.........and no backstory.
    However, that is my backpack, Bill carries it all the time, it is a Crumpler and worth every 200.00 dime. Really dirty by now. As comfortable as it could be.

    g

  • Alone, a heron fishes<br />
<br />
You all, this is part of the Magnolia Gardens Rookery.  To get here I/we walk down a trail in the woods, not short, not terribly long.<br />
Then Bill sits down in his chair, if he is with me, and I walk to this road......and I walk up and down it until dark.  Or I walk back to another path, and walk up and down it, always scouting.  <br />
A luxury is to sit on the side of this road and wait for an egret or heron to fly by me.<br />
<br />
Until 5 PM, the plantation area is known to be open and occasionally a train thing, with tourists, will come up this road.  That is the only traffic other than the tourists on foot.  There are more, it seems, every year, but it is still not crowded and I am often there alone.  <br />
<br />
Yet, after 5 PM, fewer and fewer remain, the birds know, they really know, and they come out as this heron has done.  <br />
<br />
It is a magical time.  I am reluctant to leave.  Yet the shooting becomes more difficult, the path back grows black as it is without this last light.  I don't do it anymore unless my husband is with me, as I am still afraid of the dark, smile.<br />
<br />
This was truly last light, my legs were tired, my husband could no longer read and was anxious to leave, but the magic and I, we lingered........

    Alone, a heron fishes

    You all, this is part of the Magnolia Gardens Rookery. To get here I/we walk down a trail in the woods, not short, not terribly long.
    Then Bill sits down in his chair, if he is with me, and I walk to this road......and I walk up and down it until dark. Or I walk back to another path, and walk up and down it, always scouting.
    A luxury is to sit on the side of this road and wait for an egret or heron to fly by me.

    Until 5 PM, the plantation area is known to be open and occasionally a train thing, with tourists, will come up this road. That is the only traffic other than the tourists on foot. There are more, it seems, every year, but it is still not crowded and I am often there alone.

    Yet, after 5 PM, fewer and fewer remain, the birds know, they really know, and they come out as this heron has done.

    It is a magical time. I am reluctant to leave. Yet the shooting becomes more difficult, the path back grows black as it is without this last light. I don't do it anymore unless my husband is with me, as I am still afraid of the dark, smile.

    This was truly last light, my legs were tired, my husband could no longer read and was anxious to leave, but the magic and I, we lingered........

  • Deep in the woods<br />
flowers still grow<br />
they are Magnolia flowers<br />
growing on the rich soil <br />
of the dead.<br />
<br />
g<br />
<br />
Magnolia Gardens Cemetery<br />
3/6/2007

    Deep in the woods
    flowers still grow
    they are Magnolia flowers
    growing on the rich soil
    of the dead.

    g

    Magnolia Gardens Cemetery
    3/6/2007

  • Sweetgrass Baskets<br />
3/10/2007<br />
<br />
You all know about the sweetgrass baskets made from African culture in days of slavery, the art, and it is an art, is passed down in families to this day.<br />
<br />
Those of us who care hope that this art will never die.  It is becoming more difficult to find the materials in the marshes to make these baskets.  And the country roadsides where they have been sold for years, they have become highways.<br />
<br />
The man who is carrying these baskets back to his van, he told me much.  I wish I could have heard more.  He had a wealth of baskets (they are not cheap, after all, each is made with the same care as the ones that are displayed in the Smithsonian).  I asked if he had made them all, he said that he and his family had, I heard that.  They go all over the south selling the baskets.  The world is changing from the slow country roads outside of Mount Pleasant.<br />
The people who make the baskets are trying to adapt.  May they forever be able to find the grasses in the marsh (we talked about that part, but I could not hear what he said).<br />
<br />
ginger

    Sweetgrass Baskets
    3/10/2007

    You all know about the sweetgrass baskets made from African culture in days of slavery, the art, and it is an art, is passed down in families to this day.

    Those of us who care hope that this art will never die. It is becoming more difficult to find the materials in the marshes to make these baskets. And the country roadsides where they have been sold for years, they have become highways.

    The man who is carrying these baskets back to his van, he told me much. I wish I could have heard more. He had a wealth of baskets (they are not cheap, after all, each is made with the same care as the ones that are displayed in the Smithsonian). I asked if he had made them all, he said that he and his family had, I heard that. They go all over the south selling the baskets. The world is changing from the slow country roads outside of Mount Pleasant.
    The people who make the baskets are trying to adapt. May they forever be able to find the grasses in the marsh (we talked about that part, but I could not hear what he said).

    ginger

  • Man reads about Philip Simmons, the blacksmith who made Charleston's gates.<br />
On the left I have added a photo of Philip Simmons signing his name to an inside page from the book.  It is a collage technique in Scott Kelby's PS CS2 book.<br />
<br />
Mr Simmons is one of Charleston's most loved and respected citizens.  Though I do not think he is active as a blacksmith anymore, I think he does have an apprenticeship program going so the art will not be lost.<br />
<br />
He gave a talk, which I did not arrive in time for, then he signed books.  I had taken a photo of him two years ago.  I gave him one, and he signed one for me.<br />
<br />
He has a gate in the Smithsonian, too.  That is interesting as the baskets in yesterday's daily also are represented at the Smithsonian.<br />
<br />
I bought that book that the man is reading two years ago.  It is called "Catching The Fire"  Philip Simmons, Blacksmith.<br />
<br />
Please see photo of the book signing at this link:<br />
 <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/135318738/Large">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/135318738/Large</a><br />
<br />
ginger

    Man reads about Philip Simmons, the blacksmith who made Charleston's gates.
    On the left I have added a photo of Philip Simmons signing his name to an inside page from the book. It is a collage technique in Scott Kelby's PS CS2 book.

    Mr Simmons is one of Charleston's most loved and respected citizens. Though I do not think he is active as a blacksmith anymore, I think he does have an apprenticeship program going so the art will not be lost.

    He gave a talk, which I did not arrive in time for, then he signed books. I had taken a photo of him two years ago. I gave him one, and he signed one for me.

    He has a gate in the Smithsonian, too. That is interesting as the baskets in yesterday's daily also are represented at the Smithsonian.

    I bought that book that the man is reading two years ago. It is called "Catching The Fire" Philip Simmons, Blacksmith.

    Please see photo of the book signing at this link:
    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/135318738/Large

    ginger

  • Night Heron <br />
from the Monday <br />
before last.  stayed home today.<br />
my new laptop was put together.  Phone calls were made.  And as a matter of fact, I still have a bunch of stuff to do and don'tknow when I will get out again.  But I am not a proficient typist on this yet, and it is hot.<br />
<br />
anyway, I chose a photo I had access to that was among my most recent.<br />
<br />
He was a cute little guy.  Actually, he was a little guy, there were two, the other one was much bigger.  I am not crazy about night herons, but this one was kind of cute.<br />
<br />
ginger

    Night Heron
    from the Monday
    before last. stayed home today.
    my new laptop was put together. Phone calls were made. And as a matter of fact, I still have a bunch of stuff to do and don'tknow when I will get out again. But I am not a proficient typist on this yet, and it is hot.

    anyway, I chose a photo I had access to that was among my most recent.

    He was a cute little guy. Actually, he was a little guy, there were two, the other one was much bigger. I am not crazy about night herons, but this one was kind of cute.

    ginger

  • Standing Duck:<br />
I couldn't get a flying duck, <br />
I am not sure what a sitting duck looks like, but I brought <br />
you a Standing Duck.<br />
<br />
ginger<br />
3/13/2007

    Standing Duck:
    I couldn't get a flying duck,
    I am not sure what a sitting duck looks like, but I brought
    you a Standing Duck.

    ginger
    3/13/2007

  • Woodpecker Enjoying A<br />
Spring Tree at<br />
Boone Hall Plantation.<br />
3/14/2007<br />
<br />
This is not where I expected to see a woodpecker.  But it is the<br />
season for them..........and the <br />
perfect tree.<br />
<br />
Please see where I was:<br />
<br />
 <a href="http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/136108808/Large">http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/136108808/Large</a>

    Woodpecker Enjoying A
    Spring Tree at
    Boone Hall Plantation.
    3/14/2007

    This is not where I expected to see a woodpecker. But it is the
    season for them..........and the
    perfect tree.

    Please see where I was:

    http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/136108808/Large

  • Cedar Waxwing<br />
Boone Hall Plantation<br />
<br />
<br />
The only thing more you might want is TWO Cedar Waxwings:<br />
<br />
<br />
 <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906</a>

    Cedar Waxwing
    Boone Hall Plantation


    The only thing more you might want is TWO Cedar Waxwings:


    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906

  • Must Be Spring.....<br />
somewhere.<br />
<br />
My first robin photo in <br />
years.  My first "good" one<br />
ever.<br />
<br />
These little birds are more<br />
difficult for me than any shore<br />
bird or wading bird, or flying<br />
big bird.  I have never shot <br />
"little" birds before, or at <br />
least not to this extent, or this<br />
well.  They may look easy, but <br />
just to have a robin is wonderful<br />
for me, but to "get" him......well<br />
that is a spring miracle!!<br />
<br />
Happy St Pat's day, isn't it <br />
St Pat"s?<br />
<br />
Another Cedar Waxwing, you all might want to see this, pretty.<br />
<br />
 <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/136558380/Large">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/136558380/Large</a><br />
<br />
ginger

    Must Be Spring.....
    somewhere.

    My first robin photo in
    years. My first "good" one
    ever.

    These little birds are more
    difficult for me than any shore
    bird or wading bird, or flying
    big bird. I have never shot
    "little" birds before, or at
    least not to this extent, or this
    well. They may look easy, but
    just to have a robin is wonderful
    for me, but to "get" him......well
    that is a spring miracle!!

    Happy St Pat's day, isn't it
    St Pat"s?

    Another Cedar Waxwing, you all might want to see this, pretty.

    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/136558380/Large

    ginger

  • 6PM on the quiet nature trail<br />
at Magnolia Gardens: Lights (sweet), <br />
Camera (yup), and action!<br />
<br />
motion blur by ginger

    6PM on the quiet nature trail
    at Magnolia Gardens: Lights (sweet),
    Camera (yup), and action!

    motion blur by ginger

  • Too High, <br />
Can't Get Over It........<br />
<br />
Big Live Oak climbing tree at<br />
Boone Hall Plantation.  Kids <br />
love it!!!  This was a <br />
determined little girl.<br />
<br />
ginger<br />
<br />
Of interest.  It is never crowded by <br />
this tree which is in the large plantation<br />
grounds, and by the water.  I love to watch each family approach.  It appears that each discovers it anew and makes that tree theirs.  They climb, put their babies on the large branches, take pictures for memories, then the tree is alone again until it is rediscovered.  Once a child sees it, he/she always climbs it while the parents watch and smile.

    Too High,
    Can't Get Over It........

    Big Live Oak climbing tree at
    Boone Hall Plantation. Kids
    love it!!! This was a
    determined little girl.

    ginger

    Of interest. It is never crowded by
    this tree which is in the large plantation
    grounds, and by the water. I love to watch each family approach. It appears that each discovers it anew and makes that tree theirs. They climb, put their babies on the large branches, take pictures for memories, then the tree is alone again until it is rediscovered. Once a child sees it, he/she always climbs it while the parents watch and smile.

  • Another spring!

    Another spring!

  • FOOTPRINTS<br />
<br />
Little Blue Heron<br />
Dressed in a duotone <br />
he fishes at Pitt Street Bridge<br />
with sparkling footprints <br />
kissed by the sun.<br />
3/19/2007<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The same photograph <br />
in color.<br />
I like them both, <br />
choosing just one was<br />
too difficult.<br />
<br />
 <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/137319418/Large">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/137319418/Large</a>

    FOOTPRINTS

    Little Blue Heron
    Dressed in a duotone
    he fishes at Pitt Street Bridge
    with sparkling footprints
    kissed by the sun.
    3/19/2007



    The same photograph
    in color.
    I like them both,
    choosing just one was
    too difficult.

    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/137319418/Large

  • Bringin In The Catch (fish)<br />
<br />
Pitt Street Bridge<br />
3/20/2007<br />
<br />
Snowy Egret<br />
<br />
Below is a link to what I called <br />
Buds Of Spring<br />
flowers to remind me of my grandmother's colors,<br />
as I remember them.<br />
<br />
 <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/136739567/Large">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/136739567/Large</a>

    Bringin In The Catch (fish)

    Pitt Street Bridge
    3/20/2007

    Snowy Egret

    Below is a link to what I called
    Buds Of Spring
    flowers to remind me of my grandmother's colors,
    as I remember them.

    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2462906/1/136739567/Large

  • Snowy Egret<br />
Pitt Street Bridge Series<br />
<br />
by ginger<br />
(It was natural, it is in other photos from that day and the day before.  Very low tide, tidal pools, mud, green stuff.  All natural, tricky lighting.)<br />
<br />
<br />
Gosh, thanks all.  I saw an unusual egret shot on dGrin's egret fest, I have nothing with which to do an egret like that, but it inspired me to stay up til 4 AM trying out egret shots with dark backgrounds.  I do like this one best.  <br />
Thank you, though!!!<br />
ginger

    Snowy Egret
    Pitt Street Bridge Series

    by ginger
    (It was natural, it is in other photos from that day and the day before. Very low tide, tidal pools, mud, green stuff. All natural, tricky lighting.)


    Gosh, thanks all. I saw an unusual egret shot on dGrin's egret fest, I have nothing with which to do an egret like that, but it inspired me to stay up til 4 AM trying out egret shots with dark backgrounds. I do like this one best.
    Thank you, though!!!
    ginger

  • He Flew Away<br />
above the grasses<br />
of Pitt Street Bridge<br />
marsh.<br />
<br />
(Now if someone had just been there<br />
to take a photo of me in the pluff mud.<br />
and the grasses.  I made my own blind down<br />
there by the creek.  I could feel the water seeping "in".  But it was more than<br />
gorgeous!!  ginger again)<br />
<br />
ginger

    He Flew Away
    above the grasses
    of Pitt Street Bridge
    marsh.

    (Now if someone had just been there
    to take a photo of me in the pluff mud.
    and the grasses. I made my own blind down
    there by the creek. I could feel the water seeping "in". But it was more than
    gorgeous!! ginger again)

    ginger

  • the season of Love<br />
and butterflys and <br />
flowers.<br />
<br />
3/23/2007

    the season of Love
    and butterflys and
    flowers.

    3/23/2007

  • There is still<br />
a small world<br />
with flowers <br />
and butterflys.

    There is still
    a small world
    with flowers
    and butterflys.

  • Path by the side of a stream<br />
in the woods.  Leaves under<br />
foot from the fall of the<br />
seasons.  Green in the trees<br />
for the spring of the year.<br />
<br />
I love the new growth of green,<br />
such a pretty and fleeting shade.<br />
<br />
<br />
In the foreground are roots from<br />
a large tree.  A beautiful place<br />
but I am a bit old for such <br />
foolishness, sad to say.  I made <br />
it back, barely.<br />
g

    Path by the side of a stream
    in the woods. Leaves under
    foot from the fall of the
    seasons. Green in the trees
    for the spring of the year.

    I love the new growth of green,
    such a pretty and fleeting shade.


    In the foreground are roots from
    a large tree. A beautiful place
    but I am a bit old for such
    foolishness, sad to say. I made
    it back, barely.
    g

  • Woodpecker On The Edisto Trail<br />
South Carolina

    Woodpecker On The Edisto Trail
    South Carolina

  • the first bluebird I have ever seen, and the best shot I could get.<br />
<br />
ginger

    the first bluebird I have ever seen, and the best shot I could get.

    ginger

  • Let The Sunshine In<br />
<br />
<br />
Have a good Thursday,<br />
ginger<br />
<br />
(no filters, a straight shot at f22 to get the starburst.)

    Let The Sunshine In


    Have a good Thursday,
    ginger

    (no filters, a straight shot at f22 to get the starburst.)

  • The Waiting<br />
<br />
In summer this pond is full<br />
of Ibis, Wood Storks, Snowy <br />
Egrets and other wonderful <br />
birds.<br />
<br />
ginger

    The Waiting

    In summer this pond is full
    of Ibis, Wood Storks, Snowy
    Egrets and other wonderful
    birds.

    ginger

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