Southern Winter
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Seagull in flight
Late Afternoon Walk through the woods
9/1/2006
Please see my other butterfly shot, I chose this one, I wanted the feel of the tree, but the other one is "more" butterfly.
http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/1842530/1/92312162
On The Bounce: Motion Is Stopped....
Is that "still" motion?
Please see the alternative photo
http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1842530/1/92741323/Large
Evening (Scale and colors).
Wild Butterfly On A Flower
9/4/2006
(It wasn't easy!)
Real Me: no make up, hair back and "wet", visible "glow", no computer shenanigans like removing under eye circles, none of that, just ME!
On bridge at Magnolia Gardens, very near the Ashley River. In the pond behind me I often find an egret. He then goes (walks) to the other really pretty pond where I have taken many photos. There are also alligators in that pond and whatever else one would expect.
Bill took this picture, so I guess technically he is the photographer, but I was the producer and director. Also, I played myself in this photo.
Had miles to go, as the man said.
ginger (late today, sorry!)
As an aside: Have any of you ever forgotten that your glasses were on your head?
I looked all over and thought I had dropped them in the water... with the gator!
Looking there, it was certainly possible.
Great Blue Heron In Camouflage Mode.
Taken 9/4 for Thurs/today!
Tears Fell As Rain
taken 9/4/2006 for Friday
worked up Thursday
Kingfisher, as the sun set, later than I should have been there.
My new 30D, first trip out. Wonderful camera. It really is, fits me perfectly! Made lots of mistakes, totally wrong WB setting for one, that was just silly.
I also had to spend time last night downloading the Adobe update so I could even see the RAW 30D files. Tired today, as usual, smile.
Learning curve in general, I have a lot going on this month!
I love that LCD screen!
How does one keep it clean, or any LCD screen, do you all know???
Lots of gold in our evening skies. Will be even more pronounced as we go towards winter!
I Call Him Totem! He Sits By The Creek...........probably hoping all the people would go away! Periodically he comes down and fishes. Great Blue Heron
9/9/2006
Gull
9/10/2006
I already uploaded one of these, it was here, featured and all. Then it disappeared. If there are two tomorrow morning....ignore the other one and "do" this one!
Darn server....or whatever it is!
I have been up for hours on this. Do other people here get to eat dinner, watch TV and read books??
ginger (I was shooting with both cameras today towards the end: diff lenses, so this was taken with the 20D. I just looked, but I adore the 30D. I was after flocks of Ibis, and since I can't photograph them well, I thought it would help to have access to different lenses...........didn't.) You all, Bill has a 20D which belongs to his employer, I have access to that sometimes. And my 20D still works in a fashion, it just has issues.
Turkey Vulture In Flight, he had a prize right down where I parked at Pitt Street Bridge.
(This photo is full frame. I was lucky.)
It didn't look like much to me. Please see this photo...it is linked to dGrin. I like it a lot. It is two together and harder to scrutinized. Please give it a look.
http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1842530/1/94762638/Large
The Children Of Pitt Street Bridge
9/10/2006
for Wednesday
Many families come out to this bridge to fish. These are two of the children.
Little Marsh Bird
taken 9/9/2006 for
Thursday
Man With His Dog enjoying a beautiful afternoon at Pitt Street
Bridge. Mount Pleasant, SC
taken 9/9/2006 for
Friday
Having discovered that I now have many photos on the Pitt Street Bridge area, I have decided to justify that by the idea that I am doing a Pitt Street Bridge Series, and this is one of the most recent photos in that series.
ginger
Shrimp Baiting Season, Charleston Harobor after dark on opening day
9/15/2006
This is for small boats. Poles mark where the bait is thrown in. Then nets are cast to gather the shrimp who are after the bait.
This is a grand, wonderful occasion. I have seen these boats in the harbor every fall since I moved here 20 some years ago.
The baiting is done at night, with lights on and off in the boats. I was fortunate to find a good place to watch the season get under way this year. We stayed to walk out thru the woods after dark. I did not have my tripod, hated to ask Bill to carry it. It is expected to be a very good year for these shrimpers.
thanks for looking, ginger
Also see The Salute
http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1842530/1/95636415/Large
The Waiting
taken 9/15/2006
worked up today for
Sunday 9/17
For information on the event, see the info with the photo below.
ginger
(I sit here and marvel at the groups of three all over that
photograph. I like it. I was following the yellow boat on
the left. I do not often photograph that fort, but the light
was perfect for it. Only cropping was a tad to straighten the
horizon more perfectly. What intriques me is the boats in
groups of three, the poles in 3, shifting thirds, smile.
have a good day all!)
Say CAROLINA shrimp!
9/17/2006
I should get extra stars for placement and posing of birds.
It wasn't easy!!
(hehe)
there is a dust spot, will
take care of it tomorrow, am
tired.......
check out this thread on dGrin. More Pelicans, diff presentations, and one will be my challenge entry. who knows, lots of birds this time.
but this is another shot, thought you might like to see it.
http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=42948
It was a golden morning
9/17/2006 for Tuesday
Great Blue Heron and marsh
at Shem Creek
Sunday Morning Fishing...and a dolphin swims by
(I tried to get that dolphin, couldn't. Then was looking at this photo and there he is, or the top of him.)
I know it is a dolphin as I saw him "play" intermittantly. They are as difficult, or more so, to catch as a flitting small bird.
does look like a shark, though, smile!
The Single Pelican
taken 9/17 for Thursday
(can you see the smile?
Carolina pelicans are
smiling!
Good Night/Good Morning, and have a good one!
My Dogs: Merry Chapel in front and Skye in the back, at the end of an already tiring few hours at the dog park.
Skye, the dog in back, he has hip dysplasia, and the arthritis that goes with it, he is five yrs old. He was quite tired after a short bit that day. He could not climb up the bank from the lake. (I took photos before I helped him, smile).
So, I am delighted to see this photo and work it up of Skye and Merry Chapel running so happily after a bit of a rest. Just delighted.
There may be a bit of blur, soft or motion, but I am happy with it!
For Sunday
See the other shots I worked up from that day. Did it tonight. I have another project that is keeping me very busy.
http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/1719426/1/97413749
Ibis At Low Tide
worked up 9/24 for Monday
Pitt Street Bridge Series
Love Dem Legs!!
Worked up 9/25 for Tuesday.
cropped from this:
http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/photos/98004640-M.jpg
Moja Arts Festival
Reggae Block Dance
9/29/2006
full frame
Please see the gallery for Moja 2006. I worked up three other photos last night.
http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/827456/1/98850877
Taken 9/30 for Sunday. A little girl I found interesting. I took several photos of her, then I was playing around today and they ended up like this.
I always keep the individual ones, too.
I have choices and I would be worried about what to post for my daily, but it is after 4 AM, and I am just going with this, smile!
Enjoy, or not. I can change it if you want.......in the morning! I am sure my dogs will wake me up.
ginger
This is the serious one of her by itself. I was going to use it, but I also like the shot of her running, and as I said, it is late.......I am tired.
http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1865155/1/99010464/Large
If you didn't like the other one of my "backyard", what about this one?
Magnolia Gardens sans bird: from reflections of the cypress trees and their knees to the marsh beyond, golden in that magical hour. Red flowers fill out the "picture".
ginger
have a good day!
Link to the orig daily for today. The Lonely Goat that was passed over. No wonder the kid is lonely.
http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/photos/99334868-L.jpg
Reflected in the window of the Old Jail, in Charleston, SC.
It is said to be haunted...
have a good day,
ginger
Step And Go: Charleston's finest fire dept. Don't forget to pull up the suspenders!
Used to have a dalmation, but then Charleston got too big for that.
I saw these boots next to the truck, saw them yesterday, went back today to get them. The fireman I saw was very nice! This place is the best, it really is, up to date equipment, but very old timey and traditional in feel!!
Big Grin, ginger (These are not for show, they were around in the places needed for the men to get into them.)I did not touch anything, all this is arranged for expedience.
See additional firehouse photos at:
http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/1965576/1/99982200
Pitt Street Bridge series: sunset is behind me.
9/4/2006
This is the orig, brought up from RAW with only an adj so the birds weren't blown. I sharpened it, and got rid of the dust spots that I saw.
Thusie, liked it when I showed it on another thread thing. Some photos seem to me that they would look better large and this is one of those.
The birds are centered, I think, but Thusie liked the photo better............I am not touching it and centering doesn't bother me anyway.
thanks for commenting.
ginger
Marsh Bird: wonder of wonders, he was just settin' on top of a tall bush. I shot a while before he flew off. Never happened before. Even his whiskers are in focus.
10/4/2006
Please look at all the photos taken that afternoon into evening.
About an hour or two this time of year.
They are a part of the Pitt Street Bridge Series. This is the URL for that day:
http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/1970779/1/100307668
Coming Home
Charleston Harbor
10/6/2006
Slightly wet little marsh bird does a short flight, kind of a commuter thing.
taken 9/6/2006 for Sunday
Dancer In The Mirror
10/8/2006
Very grainy, I like them that way, but I know others might not. It was in the studio, the lighting was not that good, plus I was often shooting into a mirror.
too tired now to worry about it.
See More at
http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/1983438/1/101112900
The Great Halloween Deception
Planting Pumpkins in south carolina......
10/8/2006 for Tues.
See, They are bringing pumpkins in in trucks, then putting them on the ground like they grew there. I thought it was funny! Happy Halloween.
ginger (they are all the same size, too) Also, they were not open yet and did not want us there....but they forgot and left the gate open. (The Halloween Scam?) At least, there is no cover up that I know of, smile.
That uploaded VERY fast, thank you smugmug elves!
Rained On With Attitude
Pitt Street Bridge Series
Taken 10/7/2006 for Wed
He may have had attitude, I was just
trying to get a photo in a drizzle
as I hurried back to the car.
Turned out well for both of us.
October Color
Ashley River
October 11, 2006
Taken from
Magnolia Gardens
just before sunset.Ashley RiverMagnolia GardensCharlestonSouth Carolinalow countryfall colors
Dance In Red
10/12/2006
I got home a little after
midnight. I did this one.
I hope you enjoy.
The background was a nightmare
as they did not have sets, I could
not go backstage, but this dance
was very dark which worked to my
advantage, I think. This is the
end of the dance. I kept shooting
as the lights went down.
The Red Bridge
taken 10/11/2006
for today, Saturday!
sorry, I got confused.
I have been trying for years to
get a shot I like of this bridge.
Beautiful bridge, flowers on either
side. It should be easy, but it
hasn't been for me.
here it is!
ginger
A Haughty Egret
doing his thing.....
Pitt Street Bridge Series
for sunday
Daisies Of The Night
(Pun Intended)
For Monday
Migration Restlessness,
or some such foolishness, a few
birds were there.......about this
many. Didn't do anything. I
started to leave, and they took off
on this "fly about". I photographed it. They settled back down, and nothing else happened. I left. It is a strange barren autumn world out there. Few birds, no butterflys.
Strange, I have never seen birds do this before.
Here is another example just before this shot:
http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/955802/1/103510882/Large
HAH! A squirrel as we experience each other, OOF a bit and very wary!
They seemed to like the gloom in the area. Running, playing, until I tried to get this close, closer?, to photograph them, then it was up the trees. Eventually it was into the thick grass and trees around the marsh lake.
I did get to see them play, though.
I don't think I will ever see a squirrel lounge. smile,
ginger
Have a good day, and be very, very careful...a squirrels motto!
My Motto: smart sharpen used selectively can help a lot.
An Impression Of Flowers
shot 10/17 for Friday
Almost dark on a cloudy day.
Bright they were against the mossy trees,
my setting was that I would have used for an egret.
it worked. except for the dof, am going to play with that.
He Musta Spit Out The Feathers
10/20/2006
and I understand the meal happened only about 20 minutes before I got there. A Cooper's Hawk.
he looks for breakfast at Pitt St Bridge just about every morning, I heard. I want that Hawk in my camera!!!
Finally, I have a mission in life, a goal, a raison d'etre.
ginger
Please see the other photo here:
http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/444945/1/104051858/Large
The Photographer
10/21/2006
(I left the horizon, it feels right to me like that) Maybe I should add that this may be a bit soft...... what can I say about that. I still like it, and I wanted to share.
The other choice for today:
http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/416776/1/104350279/Large
Link to a photo of the activity going on behind me. OOF photo, I tried using a watercolor filter and black and white. Neither worked well, wish it had been in focus. But I don't know that I saw the beach for trying to get a photo of every happening........and a wedding besides, smile.
http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/540421/1
Night: Dunes looking east to the sea........
10/21/2006 for Sunday
Sea Oats are protected in South Carolina and other places. They help build the dunes.
Kingfisher
in flight
10/20/2006
for Monday
The wind was so bad,
he got hung up and I had
a chance to get a photo
of him trying to dive.
