This past April, 9 of us – 7 students, instructor Peter Essick, and myself – braved the crocodile-infested waters of the Okefenokee Swamp and the feral horse colonies of Cumberland Island to bring you these images. We arose way before dawn in order to record the sunset over Chesser Prairie, out in the swamp, and returned again that evening for full moon rise/sunset just as the gators were setting out for their nocturnal feeding frenzy. 🙂 The next day we caught the early ferry for a 6-hour sojourn with Mike our van driver as he steered us to out-of-the-way non-touristy areas, as well as the more famous Plum Orchard and Dungeness Mansion, complete with the wild horses Cumberland is so famous for.
It was a great group of people, and I’m always pleasantly surprised at how differently 8 people can “see” one thing.
We hope you enjoy the galleries and hope you’ll join us on a workshop soon!
Nancy
Lynne Buchanan
Cumberland Oaks ©Lynne Buchanan
Fledgling Hawk ©Lynne Buchanan
Full Moon and Reflection Over the Okefenokee Swamp ©Lynne Buchanan
Heron Flying ©Lynne Buchanan
Lizard ©Lynne Buchanan
Never Wet Swamp Plant ©Lynne Buchanan
Lucie Canfield
Neal McEwen
Untitled ©Neal McEwen
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Untitled ©Neal McEwen
Untitled ©Neal McEwen
Untitled ©Neal McEwen
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Untitled ©Neal McEwen
Molly Faircloth
Okefenokee 1 ©Molly Faircloth
Okefenokee 2 ©Molly Faircloth
Okefenokee 3 ©Molly Faircloth
Celso Gonzalez-Falla
Plum Orchard ©Celso Gonzalez-Falla
Lucie ©Celso Gonzalez-Falla
Maritime Oaks Cumberland ©Celso Gonzalen-Falla
Nan ©Celso Gonzalez-Falla
Okefenokee ©Celso Gonzalez-Falla
Peter ©Celso Gonzalez-Falla
Nancy
The gang on Cumberland – tired folks here ©nmccrary
“Don’t crowd the front of the boat”, they said ©nmccrary
Ladies in pink – gators love pink ©nmccrary
Man’s best friend when in the swamp ©nmccrary
Celso and Peter at dusk ©nmccrary
Nan & Lucie in the canal ©nmccrary
Last light after a great day of shooting ©nmccrary
