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Content Published April 9, 2016

Neverending

Reaching to the sky, the limbs of Angel Oak seem to go on forever.

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Content Published April 8, 2016

Fog in the Forest

Great oaks witness a veil of summer fog on the Virginia piedmont.

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Content Published April 8, 2016

Sunrise at Wimbee Creek

Stripped of the typical colors of sunrise, the salt marsh shows us its unique character of light.

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Content Published April 5, 2016

Shadows in the Surf

Folding several seconds of reality into a single moment shows us things we'd never notice otherwise.

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Content Published April 5, 2016

Forest Walk

The first warm days of spring in the Lowcountry brings out the bluebells and a softer path to walk upon.

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Content Published April 2, 2016

Chapel of Ease

This solemn old ante-bellum church ruin sits alone amongst a grove of large Live Oaks and headstones along a backroad in the Carolina Lowcountry.

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Content Published April 2, 2016

Exhumation

The certain process of surf removing sand reveals things we shouldn't see.

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Content Published March 30, 2016

Young Palmettos in Black Water

Waxy leaves of young palmettos seem to grab all the sunlight and prevent it reaching places where only shadows thrive.

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Content Published March 29, 2016

Morning Stretch

Old Oak plays a leading role on the salt marsh stage of the tidal Carolinas.

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Content Published March 29, 2016

One Morning at Old Sheldon Church

Some subjects place a heavy responsibility on me to show their soulful side; this was one of those places.

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Content Published March 27, 2016

Sun Breaking

Sometimes fog is so thick it's easy to miss the obvious.

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Content Published March 27, 2016

Sunrise at Wimbee Creek

Order We typically associate watery sunrises with warm rich colors bouncing off clouds and the water, but take away the colors and you see what's really important and new.

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Content Published February 17, 2016

Blair Castle Perthshire Scotland

As almost from a cinematic production, the stark-white castle seemed to emancipate itself from the foreboding landscape.

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Content Published February 4, 2016

Apple Orchard Under a Spring Sky

Spring clouds complement a grove of new apple blossoms on the Virginia Piedmont.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone NP

A salt mound fed by a hot spring over eons of time.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Blackwater Falls at Full Force

A sublime moment in the Appalachian Mountains.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Lowcountry Walk

A mysterious canopy of safety or danger? Safety, I think.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Lowcountry Cypress

Cypress trees become one with the estuary pool and the parasitic Spanish Moss of the deep South.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Convergence

The Little Pigeon River rejoins itself after circling a small island in its path.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Enduring Arms

The magnificently aging arms of Angel Oak, John's Island, SC

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