Blogging Blahs

Sunset on Lake Moultrie

I know that the posts have been sparse this week. I've just been in a bit of funk and haven't had anything to say. Sorry, I know that makes be a bad blogger. Hope to have something soon ... I hope.

Anyway, the above photograph was taken this past Spring at Lake Moultrie near Charleston, SC. It was the first time I had actually gotten to shoot a sunset. I used a graduated, neutral density filter to even out the exposures between the sky and the foreground. It was also the first time that I had used that filter. I think it turned out really well. I was pleased with several of the shots I got of the sunset. The sky certainly was agreeable and gave use plenty of nice colors and clouds for texture.

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A Good Holiday Weekend

I’m back from the Memorial Day holiday. I hadn’t posted anything because I’ve been processing photographs. I’ve also been busy with some non-photography things. We went to visit my sister’s family. They were having a big 50th birthday for my brother-in-law. Lots of BBQ and lots of their friends came out. My sister had put disposable cameras out on tables for people to use, but no one did. So, I ended up being the only photographer for it. My sister also has a lot of flowers in her yard which made for nice photo subjects We also had a small family celebration of my son’s and my nieces’ birthdays since we were all together for once.

The next day we went out on their boat to Lake Moultrie and the Cooper River. We had a lot of fun and I got a lot of photographs … almost 600 just from the boat. The shots ranged from landscapes, to wildlife, to sports, to architecture, to family snapshots. Later that evening after dinner we went back to the Lake Moultrie shore and I took my first sunset photographs; one of which you see above.

You can see the Lake Moultrie photographs here.
The flower photos are here.

A few more of the photographs after the jump



A Tern Landing


Lining Up


Mystery Heron


Vogueing Anhinga


Banded Watersnake


Waterdrops


Red Sky


That's it. Go to the galleries for all of the shots.
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