One of earliest and best selling images from my galleries.
This is one of the first photographs I offered for sale in my original gallery at Fine Art America. It was also one of the first images that was purchased by an art buyer from Newark, Delaware in August of 2014. I has been purchased many times since and on a variety of substrates such as a framed print, on canvas, on acrylic or metal. It is now also available in my Pictorem “Ocean City” gallery.
The original caption reads: “Late afternoon fog enshrouds this island on the western edge of Assawoman Bay near Maryland’s Ocean City resort. This is just on the Maryland side of the Maryland/Delaware state line, just south of the community of Live Bayside near Fenwick Island, DE.”
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These driftwood trees on the beach appear to be having fun.
Well, they are not really dancing but if you tweak your imagination just a bit – they just might be. Dancing, that is, dancing to the beat of a different drummer, one provided by Mother Nature.
Celebrating on center stage are a “couple” of trees that appear to be dancing in the transition zone between the barren driftwood and the lush marshland of Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Driftwood Beach is akin to a “scene from another world” on the northern end of Jekyll Island, Georgia. It is a picturesque place featuring numerous driftwood trees and parts of trees. This mystical place was created by years of erosion that caused many trees to topple into the salt water of the Atlantic Ocean and die. While driftwood is a form of marine debris, or tidewrack, is can also be quite beautiful and even mysterious. The salinity of the ocean water tends to preserve the trees for many decades – if not longer.
Some people ask: “Do you actually display your work in your own home?”
“Of course I do!,” says Bill Swartwout. “If I don’t believe my work is suitable for display in my home how could I expect someone else to purchase it for their home or office?”
Here is a (cell phone) picture of my “Dancing Trees” matted and framed and hanging in a prominent place in our home. It is in a location that everyone who visits will see it. It has received many compliments, which makes me happy that I am displaying such a unique piece for others to enjoy.
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This scene is also available in an Expressionism Presentation and as a simulated Charcoal Drawing. Use the links below to see which you like the best. (I certainly will appreciate your response in a comment below.)
American agriculture remains the backbone of a healthy and prosperous nation. Times do change, however, but old barns serve as a reminder of good times in the growth of the U.S.
This old barn, in a goldtone presentation, stands at a crossroads near the towns of Bethany Beach and Ocean View in southern Sussex County, Delaware. The weathered barn siding, the mottled coloration and the cute eye-like windows present the perfect slice of Americana as a picturesque structure reminding us of the old days of farming on the Delmarva Peninsula.
The colors of dawn, pre-sunrise, can be simply beautiful. Here is a dawn photograph of an iconic lone tree silhouetted against the brightening and colorful sky on Driftwood Beach in Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Driftwood Beach is on the northern end of Jekyll Island, one of Georgia’s Golden Isles, and is a picturesque place featuring numerous driftwood trees and parts of trees. This “scene from another world” was created by years of erosion that caused trees of a marine forest to topple into the salt water of the Atlantic ocean and die. While it is a form of marine debris, or tidewrack, is can also be quite beautiful and even mysterious. The salinity of the ocean water tends to preserve the trees for many decades – if not longer.
Whenever we travel south – from Delaware to South Carolina, Georgia or Florida, we like to take a side trip to Jekyll Island. Any trip to Jekyll means a walk on the beach because it is a beautiful and wondrous place to be, morning, noon or night. Yes, we have done all three – from sunrise over the Atlantic to moonrise over the beach – and all times in between.
Two historic beacons on a breakwater. At the entrance of the St. Joseph River on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan are two lights, the St. Joseph North Pierhead Lighthouse and the St. Joseph North Pier Inner Lighthouse.
These two aids to navigation date back to the early 1900’s to help guide ships safely into the harbor – shared by St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, MI.
The image was presented in an almost “painterly” fashion by Mother Nature. Only a small amount of editing was done in post-processing – just cropping and a bit of contrast adjustment. It is also available in a black and white version that gives this nautical scene a different feel that might work well as wall art in an office.
The 15-star flag flies over Fort McHenry in Baltimore.
With a domain name and site title of U.S. Pictures it is appropriate for the header image(s) to be of an American Flag. In addition the majority of photographs in this website should be from somewhere within the United States of America. Hence: USPictures.com.
My first real success with photographing the American Flag was at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. The first image here is of the Garrison Flag (the large flag) flying over the parade ground at the fort and being backlit by the sun. This flag is spanking in the breeze much like the flag that was flying at the end of the Battle of Baltimore near the end of the War of 1812.
Star Spangled Banner
The second flag I am featuring here is the smaller “Storm Flag” and it is shown against a (somewhat) stormy sky.
Storm Flag Against a Stormy Sky at Fort McHenry
The Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine is located on the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland. It was here that Major George Armistead, commander of Fort McHenry, ordered the large garrison flag to be flown over the fort as a sign to the British that he would not surrender during their attack on Baltimore from September 13–14, 1814. It was during this bombardment that Francis Scott Key, a Baltimore lawyer and amateur poet, saw through the “rocket’s red glare and bombs bursting in air” the American Flag still flying over Fort McHenry. Key recounted his experience later on board a British ship where he was being held captive. He wrote a poem entitled “Defense of Fort McHenry,” which came to be known as The Star-Spangled Banner after repeated printing. This eventually became America’s national anthem.
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I have been a photographer for over twenty years and during this time I have photographed the American flag on a number of occasions. These included photographing a number of historical flags displayed at various museums including, of course, the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Maryland. These two photographs of American Flags were selected to show how it is possible to photograph the Stars & Stripes in different ways that express different moods as well as different lighting. Click HERE for more.
This was posted on a popular forum for artists/photographers: “Where is a good spot to photograph the Miami Skyline?”
There were, as to be expected, several answers and suggestions. The first one was, “from a boat.” Well, of course, that struck home to me – because I did have the opportunity to shoot a Miami sunset from the deck of a cruise ship after we headed south from the Port Everglades Cruiseport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The sun was low in the sky as we glided past the Miami coastline and the cloud cover diffusing the sun gave meaning to the term “Golden Hour” for photographers.
Golden Miami Skyline SilhouetteSouth Florida Coast Sunset Silhouette
There are a few other choices, modifications if you will, for these South Florida sunset silhouette photographs. I have created various post-processing edits to give you a choice of overall tone or color. Use the link(s) below to see them all.
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Some of the other answers from forum members at Fine Art America were to search Google with that exact question or to use Google maps to look for areas.
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Triptych Wall Art of the Indian River Bridge
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