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  • Sunset, low tide, Sullivan's Island<br /> Note the psychotic sky!<br /> An interesting sky makes a sunset photo, IMO...........but this is just too much, smile!<br /> <br /> Have a very good Thursday!<br /> ginger

    Sunset, low tide, Sullivan's Island
    Note the psychotic sky!
    An interesting sky makes a sunset photo, IMO...........but this is just too much, smile!

    Have a very good Thursday!
    ginger

  • Sullivan's Island <br /> Causeway<br /> 1/25/2007<br /> <br /> what is he?<br /> <br /> I did not get a good photo of him in flight. He waited until I left to get another CF card to fly, smile.<br /> <br /> I thought he was an Osprey, but from my book he appears to be a <br /> young Eagle. RTH ???<br /> Thanks, ginger<br /> <br /> This is a hawk hunting. A diff rd, Pitt St Bridge, but same marsh as where this bird here was hanging out. This flying bird is very soft, no pixels, no details. But I am impressed by the wing spread.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1358534/1/125493322/Large">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1358534/1/125493322/Large</a>

    Sullivan's Island
    Causeway
    1/25/2007

    what is he?

    I did not get a good photo of him in flight. He waited until I left to get another CF card to fly, smile.

    I thought he was an Osprey, but from my book he appears to be a
    young Eagle. RTH ???
    Thanks, ginger

    This is a hawk hunting. A diff rd, Pitt St Bridge, but same marsh as where this bird here was hanging out. This flying bird is very soft, no pixels, no details. But I am impressed by the wing spread.

    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1358534/1/125493322/Large

  • Bird........................dog<br /> 1/25/2007<br /> for Saturday

    Bird........................dog
    1/25/2007
    for Saturday

  • Blue Winged Teal<br /> <br /> Saw Lots of ducks today<br /> north of Charleston SC<br /> Tibwin Plantation (kind of)<br /> historic, deserted and falling<br /> apart, kind of.<br /> 1/27/2007<br /> for Sunday<br /> <br /> have a good one, <br /> ginger<br /> Oh, yeah, follow this link to a very old plantation on whose acreage these birds were:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2401689/1/125844889/Large">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2401689/1/125844889/Large</a>

    Blue Winged Teal

    Saw Lots of ducks today
    north of Charleston SC
    Tibwin Plantation (kind of)
    historic, deserted and falling
    apart, kind of.
    1/27/2007
    for Sunday

    have a good one,
    ginger
    Oh, yeah, follow this link to a very old plantation on whose acreage these birds were:

    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2401689/1/125844889/Large

  • Oyster Roast, a low country winter<br /> thing that goes back to the beginning of time.<br /> You all have snow, we have Oyster Roasts. From the most private to the biggest, The oysters are plentiful. Winter is here and life is good.<br /> <br /> 1/28/2007<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Please see the other photos I worked up of this seasonal event.(This is a duotone, the others are in color. I chose this one for its timeless tone, it was a difficult choice.)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/2406180/1/126110006">http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/2406180/1/126110006</a>

    Oyster Roast, a low country winter
    thing that goes back to the beginning of time.
    You all have snow, we have Oyster Roasts. From the most private to the biggest, The oysters are plentiful. Winter is here and life is good.

    1/28/2007




    Please see the other photos I worked up of this seasonal event.(This is a duotone, the others are in color. I chose this one for its timeless tone, it was a difficult choice.)






    http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/2406180/1/126110006

  • Carolina Dog waits............. 1/28/2006<br /> for Tuesday<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Please see new photo of me taken Saturday 1/27/2007 by Ricky Wrenn.<br /> It is a composite photo. I personally did not get a duck that good. For those who want to know, he was shooting with a Nikon. I had a 400mm lens on my Canon, and he had a shorter lens on his camera. In my slim defense, I did not know that "shooting ducks was like SHOOTING ducks!<br /> Photo:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/828746/1/3242303#126426093-L-LB">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/828746/1/3242303#126426093-L-LB</a>

    Carolina Dog waits............. 1/28/2006
    for Tuesday



    Please see new photo of me taken Saturday 1/27/2007 by Ricky Wrenn.
    It is a composite photo. I personally did not get a duck that good. For those who want to know, he was shooting with a Nikon. I had a 400mm lens on my Canon, and he had a shorter lens on his camera. In my slim defense, I did not know that "shooting ducks was like SHOOTING ducks!
    Photo:

    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/828746/1/3242303#126426093-L-LB

  • Birds at last light<br /> They flock hither and yon.<br /> 1/30/2007<br /> for Wednesday<br /> <br /> Mt Pleasant side of<br /> The Sullivan's Island<br /> Causeway.<br /> <br /> Full frame except minor <br /> straightening.<br /> regular photoshop, no <br /> pasting, etc. One shot, <br /> not two.<br /> <br /> A shot of three of these birds resting all puffed up. For ID purposes, here is the link:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1049263/7/126666969#126666969-L-LB">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1049263/7/126666969#126666969-L-LB</a>

    Birds at last light
    They flock hither and yon.
    1/30/2007
    for Wednesday

    Mt Pleasant side of
    The Sullivan's Island
    Causeway.

    Full frame except minor
    straightening.
    regular photoshop, no
    pasting, etc. One shot,
    not two.

    A shot of three of these birds resting all puffed up. For ID purposes, here is the link:

    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1049263/7/126666969#126666969-L-LB

  • Southern Dogs series<br /> 1/25/2007<br /> for Thursday<br /> (my series on Southern dogs, and their "people" if applicable)<br /> <br /> <br /> Here is a different perspective on the birds from yesterday, as I promised. ginger<br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1049263#126752014-L-LB">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1049263#126752014-L-LB</a>

    Southern Dogs series
    1/25/2007
    for Thursday
    (my series on Southern dogs, and their "people" if applicable)


    Here is a different perspective on the birds from yesterday, as I promised. ginger

    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1049263#126752014-L-LB

  • Great White Egret<br /> 1/30/2007<br /> for Friday<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Please see alternate:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1344967/1/126590765/Large">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1344967/1/126590765/Large</a>

    Great White Egret
    1/30/2007
    for Friday




    Please see alternate:



    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1344967/1/126590765/Large

  • Landing In A STIFF BREEZE<br /> Snowy Egret<br /> Pitt Street Bridge<br /> 2/2/2007

    Landing In A STIFF BREEZE
    Snowy Egret
    Pitt Street Bridge
    2/2/2007

  • Dancing Gull<br /> by ginger<br /> <br /> for Sunday<br /> 2/4/2007

    Dancing Gull
    by ginger

    for Sunday
    2/4/2007

  • Dirt Road: long walk home<br /> Santee Coastal Reserve<br /> 2/4/2007

    Dirt Road: long walk home
    Santee Coastal Reserve
    2/4/2007

  • Maximum Capacity<br /> (see the old sign)<br /> Santee Coastal Reserve<br /> 2/5/2007<br /> Anhinga on old wood walk <br /> <br /> <br /> nice place!<br /> have a good day,<br /> ginger

    Maximum Capacity
    (see the old sign)
    Santee Coastal Reserve
    2/5/2007
    Anhinga on old wood walk


    nice place!
    have a good day,
    ginger

  • The Red Tree<br /> and <br /> The Road Less Traveled<br /> (Thanks, Thusie)<br /> 2/5/2007<br /> for Wednesday<br /> <br /> Santee Delta <br /> afternoon walk <br /> to find ducks.<br /> the tree was kind<br /> of a surprise.<br /> <br /> (I used to go to the mountains, <br /> and I would look for a tree like<br /> this in the fall of the year. <br /> Never found one I liked much. So<br /> here, in February, on a piece <br /> of land in the middle of a river,<br /> I find my red tree. I like this.)<br /> It doesn't look like spring bloom,<br /> I have no idea what this is.<br /> <br /> Please see the alternate: <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1239350/1/128127194/Large">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1239350/1/128127194/Large</a>

    The Red Tree
    and
    The Road Less Traveled
    (Thanks, Thusie)
    2/5/2007
    for Wednesday

    Santee Delta
    afternoon walk
    to find ducks.
    the tree was kind
    of a surprise.

    (I used to go to the mountains,
    and I would look for a tree like
    this in the fall of the year.
    Never found one I liked much. So
    here, in February, on a piece
    of land in the middle of a river,
    I find my red tree. I like this.)
    It doesn't look like spring bloom,
    I have no idea what this is.

    Please see the alternate:


    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/1239350/1/128127194/Large

  • Thusie Done Tole Me........<br /> and I shouldn't have listened.<br /> She say, "Go South Man", go where<br /> the warm breezes blow. I am south, at Pitt Street Bridge in <br /> Mount Pleasant, SC. Best address<br /> for birds in the Charleston area.<br /> And the warm breezes, HUH, they are<br /> blowing a gale! Can't be warm when<br /> the wind done blowed the sun away!<br /> <br /> Thusie, Girl, You Come Get Me!!!<br /> before that crazy woman with <br /> the long white guns takes me away<br /> and hides me. I scared, Thusie!!!<br /> <br /> Your ex friend, the Great Blue Heron.<br /> <br /> 2/7/2007<br /> <br /> Please see alternate photo: Come here to get your bird, Thusie<br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2445697/1/128256269/Large">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2445697/1/128256269/Large</a>

    Thusie Done Tole Me........
    and I shouldn't have listened.
    She say, "Go South Man", go where
    the warm breezes blow. I am south, at Pitt Street Bridge in
    Mount Pleasant, SC. Best address
    for birds in the Charleston area.
    And the warm breezes, HUH, they are
    blowing a gale! Can't be warm when
    the wind done blowed the sun away!

    Thusie, Girl, You Come Get Me!!!
    before that crazy woman with
    the long white guns takes me away
    and hides me. I scared, Thusie!!!

    Your ex friend, the Great Blue Heron.

    2/7/2007

    Please see alternate photo: Come here to get your bird, Thusie

    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2445697/1/128256269/Large

  • How That Wind Did Blow!<br /> 2/7/2007<br /> for Friday

    How That Wind Did Blow!
    2/7/2007
    for Friday

  • Blues Man<br /> 2/9/2007<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Other photos from last night, not too many to look at, 5 or 6.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/232384/1/128654371">http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/232384/1/128654371</a>

    Blues Man
    2/9/2007




    Other photos from last night, not too many to look at, 5 or 6.

    http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/gallery/232384/1/128654371

  • KingFisher (MY kingfisher)Good Morning, all!!! Wanted to "check in" with my friend the elusive Kingfisher. He plays "keep away", I play "stalker". We done pretty good here. <br /> <br /> ginger (what happened?)<br /> <br /> It showed up, thank you!!!<br /> <br /> I have now replaced it 4 times. Added a few comments. I have dumped my cash (cache, I dumped my cash a long time ago, smile. Just noticed the "spelling" error.) again today, restarted my computer, waited for a very slow smugmug to let me sign in again today.<br /> <br /> ginger

    KingFisher (MY kingfisher)Good Morning, all!!! Wanted to "check in" with my friend the elusive Kingfisher. He plays "keep away", I play "stalker". We done pretty good here.

    ginger (what happened?)

    It showed up, thank you!!!

    I have now replaced it 4 times. Added a few comments. I have dumped my cash (cache, I dumped my cash a long time ago, smile. Just noticed the "spelling" error.) again today, restarted my computer, waited for a very slow smugmug to let me sign in again today.

    ginger

  • snowy egret<br /> 2/7/2007<br /> <br /> I have to leave, now, will comment later!!!<br /> <br /> Hi, you all. Honest, I am going out today, monday, to shoot. Plan to leave about 8 AM and look for ducks. who knows what we find. It might be cloudy, if that is so, I might go ahead and leave a bit later.<br /> <br /> But I will shoot (something)!!<br /> <br /> ginger<br /> have a good day, too.

    snowy egret
    2/7/2007

    I have to leave, now, will comment later!!!

    Hi, you all. Honest, I am going out today, monday, to shoot. Plan to leave about 8 AM and look for ducks. who knows what we find. It might be cloudy, if that is so, I might go ahead and leave a bit later.

    But I will shoot (something)!!

    ginger
    have a good day, too.

  • Otter<br /> <br /> seen at <br /> The Santee Delta<br /> 2/12/2007<br /> <br /> A little further on <br /> this long morning walk,<br /> there he was again. Or <br /> another. Please see at the link <br /> below<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2465941/1/129328056/Large">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2465941/1/129328056/Large</a>

    Otter

    seen at
    The Santee Delta
    2/12/2007

    A little further on
    this long morning walk,
    there he was again. Or
    another. Please see at the link
    below


    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2465941/1/129328056/Large

  • Getting Down<br /> at the<br /> Santee Delta<br /> <br /> (Pink Toesees, you all)<br /> <br /> 2/12/2007<br /> <br /> for Wednesday

    Getting Down
    at the
    Santee Delta

    (Pink Toesees, you all)

    2/12/2007

    for Wednesday

  • The Cardinal<br /> he posed for me<br /> and I deserved it<br /> miles I walked<br /> <br /> for Thursday (still<br /> recovering and bad <br /> dull weather) This <br /> was Monday towards <br /> the end of our <br /> "forced" march.<br /> <br /> And I have spent <br /> hours tonight worrying<br /> over this photo: the <br /> crop, the color, cloning<br /> a bad branch. <br /> <br /> So, here he is, <br /> for better or worse.<br /> <br /> ginger<br /> (I love those red things<br /> on that and a few other<br /> trees in that area)

    The Cardinal
    he posed for me
    and I deserved it
    miles I walked

    for Thursday (still
    recovering and bad
    dull weather) This
    was Monday towards
    the end of our
    "forced" march.

    And I have spent
    hours tonight worrying
    over this photo: the
    crop, the color, cloning
    a bad branch.

    So, here he is,
    for better or worse.

    ginger
    (I love those red things
    on that and a few other
    trees in that area)

  • After School<br /> 2/15/2007<br /> <br /> Downtown Charleston<br /> South Carolina<br /> (duotone)

    After School
    2/15/2007

    Downtown Charleston
    South Carolina
    (duotone)

  • Thusie, I'se a sad, sad heron.<br /> The pretty lady with the white guns, she told me to to go <br /> North, and I would see you.<br /> <br /> I went north to the other side<br /> of the creek. I don't see you!<br /> I'se so scared. The grass it <br /> helps with the North wind, but <br /> I want to go home.<br /> <br /> That lady, she sure is pretty,<br /> but she scares me!!! And she <br /> lied to me, telling me you were<br /> North. Now I'm North, and I is lost!!! <br /> <br /> Your ex friend the Great Blue Heron<br /> 2/15/2007<br /> <br /> I did take photos today, but I felt it was urgent that I deliver this message from the Great Blue Heron. Since yesterday, when I took this photo, he has moved northeast, and I feel his sense of direction may be lacking.<br /> ginger

    Thusie, I'se a sad, sad heron.
    The pretty lady with the white guns, she told me to to go
    North, and I would see you.

    I went north to the other side
    of the creek. I don't see you!
    I'se so scared. The grass it
    helps with the North wind, but
    I want to go home.

    That lady, she sure is pretty,
    but she scares me!!! And she
    lied to me, telling me you were
    North. Now I'm North, and I is lost!!!

    Your ex friend the Great Blue Heron
    2/15/2007

    I did take photos today, but I felt it was urgent that I deliver this message from the Great Blue Heron. Since yesterday, when I took this photo, he has moved northeast, and I feel his sense of direction may be lacking.
    ginger

  • Friday Afternoon<br /> on the water.<br /> Did I mention that<br /> It is February?<br /> <br /> If March, April and May<br /> are glorious months in <br /> the south, February is <br /> the month we endure.<br /> <br /> ginger<br /> 2/16/2007<br /> for Sunday

    Friday Afternoon
    on the water.
    Did I mention that
    It is February?

    If March, April and May
    are glorious months in
    the south, February is
    the month we endure.

    ginger
    2/16/2007
    for Sunday

  • Breech Inlet<br /> 2/18/2007

    Breech Inlet
    2/18/2007

  • From Bowen Island<br /> worked up 2/21/2007<br /> taken 2/18/2007<br /> for Wednesday<br /> <br /> I have been without a computer<br /> for the last few days.<br /> After trying for months to fix <br /> it myself, I gave it to people<br /> who know that stuff........so<br /> that I could install things again.<br /> <br /> I installed the beta version <br /> of Photoshop CS3. I think it<br /> is wonderful. It has only been<br /> on my computer for a few hours,<br /> and I need a book to tell me how to use it, but other than that, <br /> I love it. I worked this and some other shots up with it.<br /> <br /> g

    From Bowen Island
    worked up 2/21/2007
    taken 2/18/2007
    for Wednesday

    I have been without a computer
    for the last few days.
    After trying for months to fix
    it myself, I gave it to people
    who know that stuff........so
    that I could install things again.

    I installed the beta version
    of Photoshop CS3. I think it
    is wonderful. It has only been
    on my computer for a few hours,
    and I need a book to tell me how to use it, but other than that,
    I love it. I worked this and some other shots up with it.

    g

  • Reaching For The Sun<br /> for Friday<br /> <br /> ginger

    Reaching For The Sun
    for Friday

    ginger

  • Painted Blues:<br /> Light and Color<br /> <br /> for Saturday<br /> <br /> I just have to say that this was simply <br /> worked up. There were no unusual filters<br /> used here. The lighting was so dramatic<br /> that magic happened. (No flash here, either)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Please see other selection<br /> of the same man:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2508097/1/131641869/Large">http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2508097/1/131641869/Large</a>

    Painted Blues:
    Light and Color

    for Saturday

    I just have to say that this was simply
    worked up. There were no unusual filters
    used here. The lighting was so dramatic
    that magic happened. (No flash here, either)



    Please see other selection
    of the same man:

    http://upacreekphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2508097/1/131641869/Large

  • Bowen Island Sunset<br /> sunday

    Bowen Island Sunset
    sunday

  • Woman<br /> 2/25/2007<br /> for Monday

    Woman
    2/25/2007
    for Monday

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