Wetlands

Wintry Wetlands

Black And White Photography, Don, Photography

On a gray Winter’s day these wetlands — rimming the edge of a small lake — have a gloomy, almost foreboding look. Ah, but Spring will soon move gently through, and its sweet breath will bring new vitality. There will be little white blooms as the water grasses feel new life; turtles will be sunning on the logs; and frogs, lurking in the grass and reed, will be humming and strumming looking for mates. And there will be lovely white egrets wading along the edges looking for tasties. With Spring’s elixir, this gloomy little corner will again bubble with life’s ebullience.
 
This photo is a six-frame panorama with an original aspect ratio of approximately 11:5 and a width of 12,000 pixels. The image is cropped to 16:9.

Wetland Deck

Black And White Photography, Don, Photography
The mainland side of Galveston Island is a wonderful wetland rife with wading birds and waterfowl of all sorts. Everything increases at least fourfold in spring as migrators heading back north stop on the island to refuel after an arduous crossing of the Gulf of Mexico from their winter quarters in South America. This observation deck is one of several available that allow folks to enjoy both the birds and the wetlands vista.

Wetland Textures

Black And White Photography, Photography, Steven
Wetland Textures © Steven Willard

The variety of shapes and textures become more evident when reduced to black and white.

Olympus Pen F with 15mm f1.7 Leica DG Summilux processed in Snapseed.

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