Hunting Island State Park

August 29, 2013  •  Leave a Comment

We all knew it would happen... the end of this blog and my life as I know it.  You see, I am getting married this weekend and from what I hear, that is when it all ends for guys.  With knowledge of this, I decided to go to the INCREDIBLE South Carolina Lowcountry and take some photos.  I stayed at the campground of Hunting Island State Park.  My tent site was about 50 yards from the ocean!  Listening to the waves at night was beyond relaxing, and made it very difficult to get up in the morning!

 

Hunting Island State ParkHunting Island State Park For perspective, here is a photo from the beach with my back to the ocean.  If you look closely, you can see a service truck on the left and a structure on the right.  These are inside the campground.

 

Feeling like I wanted to 'mix it up' photography-wise, I decided to rent the Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye from Lensrentals.(Link takes you to Amazon's Purchase page)  I LOVED the lens.  While it isn't super versatile, it has great image quality and the SUPERWIDE perspective is just what I wanted.

 

Hunting Island State Park SunsetHunting Island State Park

 

 

Fisheye view of Hunting Island State Park SunriseHunting Island State Park

 

Hunting Island LighthouseHunting Island State Park

 

Marsh Boardwalk in Hunting Island State ParkHunting Island State Park

 

During one of hikes I took near the Nature Center, I could see lots of palm trees that were backlit by the sun.  Photographing them was somewhat difficult as I WAS LITERALLY BEING EATEN ALIVE BY MOSQUITOS!!  I am STILL itching. 

Backlit Palm tree in Hunting Island State ParkHunting Island State Park

 

Backlit Palm plant at Hunting Island State ParkHunting Island State Park

 

The beach at Hunting Island has quite a bit of variety.  There are marshes by the dune, lots of downed/dead trees near the lighthouse, and PLENTY of space to lay out and enjoy the sun.  Also, like other beaches there are CRABS!

 

A crab on Hunting Island State ParkHunting Island State Park

 

Marsh near the Dune on Hunting IslandHunting Island State Park

 

 

A 4 minute exposure of Hunting IslandHunting Island State Park

 

  Long exposure of rocks and Hunting Island State ParkHunting Island State Park

 

 

 

 

Sunrise on Hunting Island State ParkHunting Island State Park

 And with that, I would like to thank you for viewing this page and wish you the best of luck in the future, as you will never see me post again, since I will now be a full time husband who's only concern is that of my wife:)


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