St.Tammany Parish, La.

[RMW]

A new wetlands for me. Where Lake Pontchatrain meets the Gulf of Mexico.
Richard

[David Eckels]

I memory serves, Richard, you've done quite a few of these in B/W, but this is one of the first I remember where you've used color. I may be wrong in my recollections, but this here is a very effective image and quite beautiful

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Excellent!

[francois]

I like the atmosphere of the place with trees covered with hanging moss.
Well done, again, Richard.

[Rajan Parrikar]

Concur with the sentiments already expressed.

[MattBurt]

Some chaos in there but your composition tamed it. Very nice.

[RMW]

David, Eric, francois, Rajan, and Matt: Thank you all for your comments and encouragement.

I felt pretty lucky to get this foto. I'd gone to this same place just a few hours before, but the sun was too high and the shade was too great.When I came back the light had reached under the tree and had lit up the foreground so pleasingly.

David, appreciate your recollections of some past fotos. I've used b&w mostly in order to make these wetland fotos easier to understand.But I "ventured" with color for this one, in part, because the colors actually make the scene more understandable- at least to my eyes.

Matt, Yes I agree there's a lot a chaos, it's the fecundity of these wetlands, and I'm always trying to include more of it in the fotos because I'm more inclined to be a recordist with a camera rather than an artistic photographer. If I succeeded somehow in your view, than I'm luckier than I might deserve.

Thanks again all.

Richard

[kers]

i like it small as i see it on the site- as an abstract.

[RMW]

Kers,
Thanks for commenting.
I can see it that way too. And enjoy it, too.
Richard