Suwannee in a bottle

I am thinking that I should have taken this trapped Suwannee River water and released it.

Santa Wasp

Do not know what he was up to, flying through webs perhaps.

Fit for a bride

 

In the Horsemint

Looking for creatures in the horsemint, I spotted this anole and a strange wasp with white antennae.

From the far side

Crossing over, climbing up the steep bank, I did look back for one last shot of the falls.

Above the Roaring

On the return trip, I gingerly stepped across the upper falls. Earlier I had crossed below the sandbar downstream, sinking in sand. Here, I stepped in a hole and almost got my foot stuck.

The aftermath

Deposited upon the shore downstream, many logs and sticks from the recent high water levels.

Into the light of Suwannee

The light came from behind the cloud cover and lit the big shoals today.

Light unto these Shoals

The corners cropped due to the stacking of filters causing the barrel affect.

Cypress Abstraction

The foam swirls from the big shoals at the mouth of Roaring Creek on the Suwannee.

After Carlton

Saw a grand photograph by Carlton Ward of a Tupelo on the Suwannee with the red tannic in the foreground. I had his photo in mind when I took this.

Roaring Creek Falls

Took an early afternoon visit to the Roaring Creek Falls and Big Shoals today. The water levels have receeded enough where I was able to hop the creek. The sand and mud deposited in the creek bottom from the recent high water levels was thick and soft in areas.
I did not bring a tripod, which I later wished I had. At the Big Shoals I stacked filters only to get the circle affect in the corners, requiring cropping, which I do not like to do.
I am currently going through one of the many slumps I have where nothing I produce is satisfying. I had stopped posting to Facebook until I feel my level of my own like has returned.
I do not get enough likes anyhow to bother, at least I need to like to myself.