The Very Ornate Gates Of A Remote Cemetery Near West Cote Blanche Bay In Louisiana

The Wild Images Team spends a large amount of time exploring areas without a definite itinerary. We find this to be especially useful in our quest for great photographic opportunities, since you never know when you may encounter an unexpected scene around the next corner, or perhaps down the path that is not often followed. With that thought guiding us one day, we found ourselves deep in the bayou in south central Louisiana, far west of New Orleans. In particular, this day found us in the area of West Cote Blanche Bay, one of the many marshy bays that form the shoreline to the Gulf of Mexico in this remote part of Louisiana. Coming out of the thick trees, we were surprised to encounter this isolated cemetery. Similar to the land around New Orleans, in this region the water table is also very high, meaning that holes dug around here will immediately fill up with water and become a pool. For this reason, coffins are not placed in the ground but rather they are laid into above ground stone mausoleums, creating a common sight in the cemeteries of southern Louisiana. Seizing the opportunity, we spent some significant time there taking photos of the various features. In this direction we were struck by this view of the white statue through very ornate gates. The gates are of extraordinarily intricate design. Close inspection of the above image will reveal that the flower vines lacing their way through lattice of the the front gates are themselves also part of the iron work! The vines are painted green and the flowers are oxidized into reddish hues. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in the bayou such as the alligator with cypress tree reflections, a group of alligators with dragonflies, a very large cypress tree and Spanish moss, a thick cypress tree grove reflects in the still water, a large swarm of dragonflies congregate on a marsh plant, a very red sunset through the cypress trees, and a reflective sunset through the Spanish moss, each of which is available for sale in our store. Another image captured further away to the south along the Gulf of Mexico coast is this very remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay, and much further away to the north up the Mississippi River is the Myrtles Plantation front yard walkway, each of which are available for sale in our store. We have also documented much of our time in Louisiana in many different blog posts such as in the Atchafalaya Basin where we encountered an open style honeybee hive and Spanish moss and down near the gulf coast with another view of the remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images much further away to the east in New Orleans including the prominent Hotel Monteleone and surrounding buildings, beautiful French Quarter ironwork view through the cornstalk fence, intricate designs of a house facade and lamp shadows, nice reflection of a bridge in the Louis Armstrong Park, dynamic view as a Canal Line streetcar passes a St. Charles Line streetcar, the eerie nighttime view of Pirates Alley of the French Quarter, an example of an urban art sign stenciled on the wall, the distant building and colorful lights of the French Market, chance encounter with a teddy bear silhouette in French Market window, more north can be found an ornate mausoleum of Greenwood Cemetery, elsewhere is a heavenly scene over Cypress Grove Cemetery, more south was a sunset over the Mississippi River delta, all of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts of New Orleans document the midnight crowd at always busy Cafe du Monde, the dimly lit stocked shelves of Loa Bar in the International House Hotel, the colorful French Quarter Wedding Chapel at night, the happy couple leading a wedding procession on Chartres Street, far down the French Quarter where intricately colorful balconies stand above Chartres Street, the moment when entertainers welcomed crowds to the Jax Brewery, the street performer human statue Uncle Louis poses with a visitor, the pink hues of a rare colorful mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, the long shadows of bikes chained to old pump lamp posts, reflections of the bus commuters in front of a St. Charles Line Streetcar, a view of the city reflected in the Steamboat Natchez searchlight, the nighttime view of lighted tugboats along the Mississippi River, the steampunk view of the PBF Petroleum Refinery along the Mississippi River, the St. Charles Avenue Irish House Guinness Toucan Time For A Pint clock, the humorous but serious condominium listing warning that the place for lease is haunted, the listing that creates relief by being not haunted, our always entertaining Team Coordinator Christina in Cafe Maspero, and again our Team Coordinator under the Guinness Toucan clock.

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