Swamp cypress

A reflection of cypress trees in the Cypress Island Preserve at Lake Martin, near Lafayette, LA. Buy a copy of my new book, A Carolina Mountain Perspective.

This was taken early in the morning while kayaking through the LaKe Martin cypress swamp east of Lafayette, Louisiana. This is on the east side of the lake just south of where most people put their kayaks in.

Photo about Cypress swamp in the late afternoon. Image of nature, moss, cypress - 2862834

Bayou Spanish Moss.... #photography #landscape

How to Make Cypress Knee Lamps. Because of their unusual shapes and attractive wood, cypress knees are often made into ornate and useful objects. The cypress “knees” are above-water roots of the cypress tree -- thought to help the tree get necessary oxygen during flood times or act as buttresses. Cutting them from living trees was once...

Photo about Swamp (bald), cypress (Taxodium distichum) in the lake and hanging from a Spanish moss. Image of state, swamp, plant - 27683359

The third day of cypress swamp workshop, we photographed this colorful tree bathing the sunlight. Using Nisi 6-stop ND filter to lengthen the shutter, smoothing the water and reflections. Sony ILCE-1+ 100-400mm @200mm, ISO100, F16, 8s

A private-public partnership is working to protect the enigmatic swamp that has captured Virginians’ imaginations for centuries.