ENTRY DESCRIPTION
I captured this image on a cold morning in November, 2022 on Caddo Lake. Caddo Lake is a 25,400-acre lake and bayou on the border between Texas and Louisiana. I had never been to the bayou before, but had always heard about its beauty, especially when the cypress trees are changing color. To capture this image, I rowed for an hour in a kayak in the dark with a headlamp through the bayou and set-up my tripod in the swamp. At first light I captured the image with a 10 second exposure as the mist/fog began to burn off. It was a challenging trip, especially photographing from a kayak and putting a tripod and camera in and out of the swamp without tipping the kayak over or dropping the camera into the water.

AUTHOR
Jim is a self-taught photographer who began exploring photography in 2007 as entertainment on weekends during long business trips to Europe and Asia. Jim ventured deeper into photography after retiring and continues to hone his craft on the local area's scenic vistas and through an active travel schedule. Jim’s priority is collecting images from around the world, intended to stir awareness and offer glimpses of elements in nature and distant cultures that are rapidly changing, and in some cases at risk of disappearing entirely.

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