Mangrove Moonrise by Paul Marcellini

Tuesday, 29th December 2009

Mangrove Moonrise

by Paul Marcellini

These Red Mangroves grow in a transition zone from freshwater to salt. This was a great night with Barred Owls calling all around me and not another person for miles.

Equipment: Canon 20d, Canon 10-22

Paul Marcellini

Professional Naturalist and award-winning Nature Photographer based in Miami, FL
Specializing in Everglades Landscapes

www.paulmarcellini.com

13 Comments

Anurag Says:
December 29th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Danse Macabre!?
su Says:
December 29th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Great description, looks quite creepy though!
Pauline Jones Says:
December 29th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Is this the Everglades? I didn’t know mangroves grew there.
Paul Marcellini Says:
December 29th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Thanks for the comments,

Pauline, it is the Everglades and the Everglades actually houses the largest system of continuous mangroves in the world.
Renee Says:
December 29th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Great shot, love the moon in the distance!
Ellen Empson Says:
December 29th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Great employment of light in the FG if you used more than exsisting or reflective….this imahge holds my interest!
I imagine it to look much like it really does. BEen there in the daytime…thanks for the visit!
João Ganhão Says:
December 29th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Nice shot! Scary moment!
mike Says:
December 30th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Perfect picture with the Moon in the sky.
Grete Says:
December 30th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
I had never seen a photo of mangroves, is very well captured. Great photography! Thanks for sharing. Regards from Argentine.
Chetna Says:
December 30th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Fabulous photo, I can almost smell it. The sky is extraordinary with the rays spreading out liek a radial from the horizon. Was the sun setting below the horizon there? Beautiful moonrise…. Ah… wish I was there….So peaceful… homey rather than creepy for me! Thanks for the taste of the sunshine state.
Laurie Says:
December 31st, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Unusually beautiful!

I wonder if anyone will get a shot of the Blue Moon on New Year’s Eve?
Katherine Lee Strassburg Says:
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Sky-blue-pink is one of my favorite colors! Wonderful shot, and unlike most Everglades photos I’ve seen.
Laurie–Central lower Michigan was socked in with clouds and snow-flurries on New Year’s Eve, but the moon was marvelous on the 30th and again on the 1st, with stars and corona–my camera equipment couldn’t even begin to capture it!
Rajib Singha Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Beautiful shot!