I have finally worked my way through editing most of my vacation photos. I would almost rather take pictures than breathe. Then I have so much fun playing with different editing processes which give me all kinds of fun looks. These were taken our first morning at the townhouse. I love the mirror effect on the water. Unfortunately, it started raining a bit later and the weather just went downhill from there.
Monday morning it was so cold there was steam rising off of the water in the lagoon. I thought it was beautiful.
We toured the beautiful Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. I have always loved the gorgeous Spanish Moss that grows on the trees further south, so I was in heaving trying to discover unique ways to photograph it. Here's a couple of my favorites:
We decided to take the self guided tour through their Audubon Swamp Garden and were amazed at all the delights it held. Of course there were gators everywhere, but to see herons and egrets in their natural habitat was incredible. Upon entering the rookery (nursery) we were astounded at the racket (noise from all the babies) and number of nests. How many times do you have the opportunity to see an egret's nest? Me? Never until now. Awesome doesn't even begin to describe the feeling or the view.
One of my all time favorite shots was this one with the many nests in this tree and the gator and turtle snout to snout on a resting platform directly in front of it.
Just a bit further along the trail and we came across this scene ...
Back at the Peacock Cafe waiting for the guys to pick us up after their golf game, this little mother raccoon entertained us eating from the trash can.
That's all for today ... much more to follow.
QB
Beautiful pics!!
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