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Viewed by naturalists and other scientists as one of the best outdoor laboratories in the world, this vast swamp, a national wildlife refuge, is nearly 113,00 acres (45729 hectares) in size.
Our first American president, George Washington, was an early surveyor of this landform.
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The swamp is an interesting area in Dumbarton with diverse wildlife.
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Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in southwest Florida is a very unique place, conserving several different biomes in one conserved area. This is the swamp, with the butressed trunks of relatively young Bald Cypress standing in the water.
Each year that my wife and I visit Corkscrew it seems that another of the 100-year old cypresses sadly is lost to the latest large hurricane.
A nice fresh female Monarch butterfly feeding on swamp milkweed. I'm seeing Monarchs migrating south every time I walk in the park these days.
A trek through the brush and rough terrain at sunrise led to a surprise discovery of this "hidden world". I had a hunch there was a wonderful setting here, but didn't know exact;y where until I stumbled across this small lake in the middle of nowhere.
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I've had a lot of luck this year photographing swamp sparrows. This guy landed on a great spot and stayed there long enough for me to get several shots. I wish every bird were as cooperative!
The Prothonotary Warbler. A stunning bird that navigates and lives in the swamp. Very lucky to have finally seen and photographed one recently. Only for a few moments while passing through!
I thought this was "Swamp Milkweed", but my neighbor Katherine corrected me. It's actually called Purpletop Vervain or Verbena bonariensis! (It was in her garden!}
Here's an image from my last trip to Texas to shoot the Cypress Swamp. The sky was pretty ugly white in this image, so I tried the new Adobe sky replacement. It's like magic and it dramatically improved the image. I have so much to be thankful for and feel very luck. Lots to look forward to including seeing and spending time with friends and sharing our modern style of friendship with those I only know on social media. Happy Thanksgiving.
Eastern long-necked turtle
It had its head just poking out of the water. With a tweak to the contrast, the photo came alive.
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ᴵᴺᶠᴼ ( We hope to see you all in the Foggy Swamp during the next 2 months, to have a great time exploring and enjoy the scenery as we tried to do our best in giving you a special Halloween feeling! )
Swamp Smoothies "green Smoothies" typically have raw rotted fruits, vegetables, algae, tadpoles, minnows, protozoa, gator bits, snake skin, and fresh tea colored water.
Highly nutritious smoothies include dietary fiber (e.g. pulp, skin, and seeds) and are thicker than fruit juice, often with a consistency similar to a milkshake.
This sweet swamp scene was somewhere down a dirt road after McCutcheon’s Falls and before Kingston, no GPS on my camera so no way to be sure where its location is. Unlocated but like most of my life’s small but great visual offerings I come on them by happenstance though some would say things are put in our path to teach us. Whether by chance or not it is our choice that determines whether we stop to take in the scene and see the beauty in the everyday or we continue to see through the blinders of our own making that keep us focused on the unimportant.
I took this on Sept 27th, 2021 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70 f2.8 G2 Lens at 24mm, 0.8s, f5.6 ISO 64 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Same individual as yesterday in a more classic profile. A well adapted bird... Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, West Alton, Missouri
These sparrows are winter residents in Missouri, and can be found in large numbers at regional wetlands around St Louis. They like to keep a low profile when possible, but will frequently pop up among the brown reeds. Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, West Alton, Missouri
Another handsome individual. If you are getting the feeling that I saw a lot of swamp sparrows on this particular outing, you are correct! I find them to be attractive and underrated birds, so I'll continue to post the shots I like. Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton, Missouri
The Swamp Sparrow has longer legs than other members of its genus; this adaptation allows it to wade into shallow water to forage. This species even sometimes sticks its head under water to try to capture aquatic invertebrates.
Swamp Lilies are abundant in late summer at Corkscrew Swamp, but this one was blooming in February. According to Sanctuary literature, "white-tailed deer will search this plant out for a tasty snack."
Now it has more intensive colour than it was in October
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My region is a land of swamps. Sometimes it may be attractive.
An HDR pano, taken right before the sunrise, when it's wet, cool and lovely in its own way.
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Stand of trees in a Florida Swamp.
Looking up from near the swamp floor.
Other views of the Stand can be seen in the comments.
A marshy swamp in the mountains? I know, crazy right? This sits at around 3,800ft in elevation between Clay and Macon County in Western North Carolina. I had considered doing a big impressive sunset over the swamp here, but found this composition by the lakeside as the light was waning a bit. So I scuttled my plans to try and get some decent light shooting from the road and hunkered down on the soft wet ground shooting across the swamp into this mountain top in the distance. Found this log in the foreground, unfortunately I ignored my own advice and didn't bend this sapling back and it sits prominently in the bottom right. Otherwise I enjoy this shot, the colors, contrast, light reflections.
ISO: 160
Aperture: f4
SS: 1/125
Focal: 33mm
A K&F CPL to help brighten the blues in the sky, cut through the reflections a bit.. This is a focus stack of 42 images.