Duck Dream Swamp

by Don Columbus

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Duck Dream Swamp

Artist

Don Columbus

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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Duck Dream Swamp - The story behind this work starts with my love for nature and the effects humans have on our shared environment when we create our communities here in Florida. This image was shot on a small quarter acre of a "Preserve Area" within the golfing community where I live. It creates an illusion of a being in a vast swamp when in reality it sits between a golf course and a private road. I been driving by this preserve daily for several years and rarely have I seen any birds or animal activity. During the rainy season this little area will sometimes flood with eight inches to a foot or so of water making it ideal for dabbling ducks, egrets and other wading birds. This family of ducks made this their home for three days while the water was present. I stopped by and took many pictures of them, while there I had the feeling that they were their glory and living their dream. I added the treatment to the image in an attempt to create a dreamlike feeling. In reality all the things mankind creates are only temporary, the forces nature will always win in the long run, and nature decides what stays and what goes.

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November 1st, 2016

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