Sanderlings

Sullivan's Island. Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

sanderlings: tread lightly

sunset stroll

Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina.

This was yesterday afternoon.  We were walking off some Thanksgiving Day intake.  Is there a better setting for it?  The weather was cool... but perfectly beautiful.  The breeze was comfortable.  The beach was calming.  We watched the sunset over John' Island and eased our way back toward Fort Moultrie.  Forever remembered.

Thanksgiving Day 09.

Thanksgiving Day 2009.

This is the Thanksgiving feast pulled together at my mom's house this year.  For fun I pulled this together in honor for everlasting homage. YUMM.

petal me softly

She Dances

She tells her own story...

sunfire III

28mm 1/1000s f2.8 ISO100

Bright afternoon sunlight rained down on this zinnia.  The detail offered in such clarity and brilliance was not to be missed.  I worked at capturing a unique view of an everyday flower.  "Take the photograph that no one else sees."  Thats my declaration for individuality.

Step Into The Light

Brothers Sullivan

Sullivan's Island.  Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

These are five random images taken on this serene beach a few weeks ago.  As I sat here tonight looking over them I remembered a story from my Navy days... "The Brothers Sullivan."  Their namesake unrelated to this island.  The story is a powerful image... more than some random photographs.

The story starts..."The five Sullivan brothers enlisted on January 3, 1942 with the stipulation that they serve together..."  

The story ends... "The Sullivan brothers were all killed in action during or shortly after the sinking of the light cruiser USS Juneau, the vessel in which they all served, on 13 November 1942 in World War II."

Please find the time to read over this one time.

The Sullivan Brothers (US NAVY)

Embrace

Come on everybody... make this interactive.

Every photograph tells a story.  What is your story here?  Leave in comments your story...  what do you see here?  What are you reading?  Thank you.  Jason.

Coloring Sticks

Lumix DMC-FZ18

4.6mm f2.8 1/30s ISO200

Contrast Adjusted & Balanced

Color Enhanced & Balanced

Oil Paint Filter Applied

First Catch Defined

Linville River. Crossnore, North Carolina, USA.

She had never been fishing.  She wanted to go for her birthday.  She had never held a fishing pole in her hands before.  She didn't know how to cast.  She didn't know how to retrieve the lure.  She didn't know anything about how to do what she wanted to do.  Somehow still the same, some fifteen minutes into it all...  she hooks up with a 19" brown trout.  She beamed.  She giggled.  She did it all again 4 minutes later with a 15" brook trout.  TWO TROPHY TROUT within twenty minutes of starting to fish for the first time in her life.  It just is not supposed to happen like that.  On this birthday the trout gods smiled down upon her.  Allison was happy.

Morning Catch

Breach Inlet. Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, USA.

Sunrise fishing as the tides change at the inlet mouth.  The manipulation and processing on this image is extreme.  Photographs don't all have to be true and realistic as captured.  Photographic images can change medium and art form with different tools, processing and presentation techniques.  Appreciation varies between the viewers, some more than others.

Wildflower Buzz

dogwood no.87

This collection of leaves was collected at the same time on the same day from the same dogwood tree.  Different areas received different sun amounts and that changed and controlled the leaf transformation.  First hand, it was bewildering and simply amazing to see.

Ida Kissed Charlotte

Tropical Storm Ida slowed to a crawl as it reached the U.S. Gulf Coast earlier this week -- but it’s been dumping plenty of rain on the Southeast, including several wet days in the Queen City.