This image was captured in Charleston, South Carolina, near the end of the month of May. It is apparent that the southeastern United States warms up very quickly as the weeks approach the beginning of summer. While there, we were already encountering warm and humid nights when other parts of the country were still experiencing low temperatures below freezing. The members of The Wild Images Team both come from more northern and higher altitude mountain towns. So we prefer cooler temperatures given the choice, and as such we often keep our houses and hotel rooms at a constant temperature around 64 degrees Fahrenheit, much cooler than typical room temperatures. While others may be freezing, to us it feels barely comfortable, any warmer and we would feel hot. It is for this reason that the above photo turned out the way it did. While staying in the Historic District of Charleston, we decided to capture a shot of an alley walkway that caught our attention multiple times during the light of the past few days. We decided that it would best be imaged at night, so we waited until it was completely dark on a warm, humid night in later May. Returning from dinner at a local restaurant, we grabbed out camera equipment from our 64 degree room and brought it out into the warm Charleston night with a mid-eighties air temperature and with a dewpoint near the mid-seventies. Translation: warm and very humid. Our camera lenses quickly fogged up with the condensation that occurs on cold objects in humid environments. As this alley walkway was mere steps from our hotel room, our equipment had no time to adjust to the ambient temperature and defog before our use. To prepare for the series of images, we took a few practice shots of our Coordinator, Christina, while the lens was still completely fogged over, creating a vivid and somewhat exaggerated image of a hot, sticky night. And as always, she takes a moment to ham it up for the camera. Just minutes later, as the lens was still partially fogged over, we captured this legendary sister image available for sale in our store that several people have told us is their very favorite from our entire collection. Sometimes what at first may appear to be a hindrance may come through to be an asset in the end. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in the Historic District of Charleston including the colorful walkway with lights through humidity, a photo of the ornate house through trees branches, and in the bay where the Schooner named Pride sailed through, each of which are available for sale in our store. Charleston blog posts have documented when The Wild Images Team sought refuge from a historic downpour, which subsequently flooded the Charleston streets, that led to the stranding of our Coordinator Christina, photographed on a humid night as Christina poses in the steamy view, and then on a drier day as Christina rides the ferry to Fort Sumter, which formed these reflective wake trails towards the fort, a late night view through the back gate of a house in the Battery District, and then an image of decorative folk art in a courtyard. In the nearby Historic District of Savannah, Georgia, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the haunting photo of houses of Calhoun Square through Spanish moss, this view of an ornate house from Lafayette Square, and the mystical aura surrounding the Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park, each of which are available for sale in our store. Savannah blog posts have documented as a boat is dwarfed by the massive Hapag-Lloyd Budapest Express, an evening view of the Savannah River terminals and the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, the amazing story of the Florence Martus Waving Girl Statue, the very detailed National Maritime Day Monument and a photo of its associated Propeller Club Dedication plaque, the perfectly framed view of the William Jasper Monument, the very functional historic armillary sphere of Troup Square, a lucky shot of a ghostly woman in a green dress standing in the doorway, an image of the geometric spiral patterns that fill a stairwell, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome catching some rays and then doing the backstroke in the rooftop pool. In nearby North Carolina, The Wild Images Team has captured photos such as the Cape Lookout Island scenic backdoor view of the lightkeepers house which is available for sale in our store. Blog posts from North Carolina include the standard vegetation as Cape Lookout Lighthouse is framed by pine trees. In the somewhat nearby Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, The Wild Images Team has captured images including the wispy clouds over ornate Front Gates of the Governor’s Palace and a night time view of Josiah Chowning’s Tavern with waitstaff, each of which are available for sale in our store. Colonial Williamsburg blog posts have documented where dianthus barbatus also known as Sweet William grows in the Governor’s Palace Gardens, the day our Travel Gnome jumped the Governor’s Palace wall, was quickly taken into custody by a guard, and sentenced to serve time in the stockade, to which The Wild Images Team was also sentenced thanks to our Travel Gnome, and during a freer time the moment that a couple is married in a jumping the broom ceremony.
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