Driftwood Beach B W

by Bee Creek Photography - Tod and Cynthia

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Driftwood Beach B W

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Bee Creek Photography - Tod and Cynthia

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Driftwood Beach B W - Sunrise on Driftwood beach at Jekyll island was a spectacular site on the early morning at the beach in black and white along the Georgia coast. I love this image in black and white with only the driftwood tree still hanging on in morning surf as the tide came in with the sunrise as it rays shoot into the sky through the clouds in this seascape. We did a long exposure so we could capture the water with this soft silky look. It was difficult because the water was up to our knees and with the tide moving in and out our tripods kept sinking in the wet sand but in the end we got the image. We have been wanting to come to Jekyll island to see the driftwood beach or boneyard beach as some call it for all the dead driftwood that wash up on the beach. There are many pieces of dead driftwood just laying around on the beach some were full grown dead trees and some just limbs and other pieces of deadwood. I think the most interesting part was the trees that were dead but were still standing upright and would be pounded daily as the surf and tide would flow in and out yet they still managed to stand. We did a long exposure to capture the surf as the tide came in creating this soft smooth surface around the tree. It was difficult because the water was up to our knees and our tripods kept sinking in the wet sand but in the end we got the image. It was a lovely morning except for the midge flies biting. Evidently they don't mind Off! They call this area the Golden Isles barrier island and jekyll is just part of this group of barrier islands in the Alantic coast. We hope that these dead trees can hang on for a long time in this unique beach landscape on Jekyll Island Georgia.

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January 12th, 2020

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