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JohnBrew

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Hurricane Matthew
« on: October 25, 2016, 03:11:04 »
Famous Folly Beach tree a victim of Hurricane Matthew. We had to evacuate (twice!) from this storm and as usual (whew) it was not as bad as predicted. After we returned to our little island I went down to the west end to see the damage. The tree pictured has been a photographic subject of mine since 2001. Originally it was around 150 ft. from the beach, buried in sand dunes with only the tallest branches showing. Tides, storms and beach re-nourishment have all conspired to make it appear as if the tree moved forward and backward as conditions warranted. I have seen many images of this monument taken by visiting photographers on various websites over the years. It was a popular subject. Unfortunately the tree is no more.
I feel this image is fairly representative of what once was. D700, 35 1.4G stitched.
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Re: Hurricane Matthew
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2016, 06:54:49 »
Hurricanes (typhoons for us) are indeed of great annoyance and concern.

Aside from that, this tree image looks impressive.  The leftmost branch partially buried rounds out the balance.
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Re: Hurricane Matthew
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2016, 10:29:00 »
Really nice rendering and a spectacular story about nature!
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Re: Hurricane Matthew
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2016, 11:20:38 »
The moon in the background is making this beautiful image even more special.
Keep on shooting your monument, it is very photogenic :)
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JohnBrew

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Re: Hurricane Matthew
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2016, 16:41:02 »
Thank you all for the kind comments. Here is another. Forgive the lousy scan. 2008. M4, 50 Summicron, Pan F.
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Andrea B.

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Re: Hurricane Matthew
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2016, 16:46:21 »
John, excellent photo in the first post.

You certainly did have some excitement during Hurricane Matthew. I'm happy you had no lasting damage. The floods elsewhere were awful.
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JohnBrew

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Re: Hurricane Matthew
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2016, 18:00:29 »
Hi Andrea. Thanks for your comments. We actually evacuated twice. On Wednesday we left the island and went to downtown Charleston. Then we left Charleston Friday morning for Pinehurst, NC. We saw some of the NC flooding and it was as bad as the flooding from Hurricane Floyd only a little further south, and we lived in Raleigh when all that went down. This was our first evacuation since moving here 16 years ago. And another first was our cats first road trip - not especially good for the first few hours! Then they settled down and mostly slept.
But for the most part (well, I did record 10 inches of rain) we dodged a bullet. The only other happening was my koi pond was wiped out. Kinda miss the fish but less maintenance is a good thing as I get older
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