It's been a while since I posted on here. But I'm back and I've got a lot of photography to post. I'd like to start off with my most recent shots in the swamps of southern Louisiana. I took these at the Jean Lafitte wildlife preserve, just around the corner from my house. That's right, I pretty much live in a swamp. Everyone kinda does down here.
Anyway I went when there was a little overcast, it had been raining all that night and most of the morning, so things were pretty sloppy.
The trail I followed is a few miles long and goes straight into the swamp and ends right at the marshlands. It's quite a sight to see. There's really nothing quite like it. Swampy grass for miles. It's quite strange really because at first glance it looks like solid ground. But really it's just grass on top of water. No way I was stepping in that. My biggest concern though was the gators.
I had a lot of fun getting these shots, I had to jump a few railings to get a few of them and I broke a couple of rules. I was lucky enough to get there at the right time because I felt it could have started raining at any second.
I didn't really face any problems here except for a few blown highlights because of the sky. I probably could have fixed it if I had brought my tripod but I made due. I think I'm getting better at this but I feel I need to practice more. My main concern is that I'm not producing enough keepers. Of the 100 or so shots I took I only kept about 10 of them. I am highly critical of the shots I take so that might be just me.
