Cumberland Island Photo

Photographer’s Note

Beach Creek is a tidal creek that extends inland from the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway falling short of reaching the beach by only a few hundred yards. The creek is navigable as far inland as the Dungeness ruins.
In the 1880s Thomas M. Carnegie and his wife, brother of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, bought land on Cumberland for a winter retreat, and in 1884, began building a mansion on the site of Dungeness, though he never lived to see its completion. His wife, Lucy, and 9 children, however, continued to live on the island, and named their mansion Dungeness after the Greene's. Dungeness was a 59 room Scottish castle. They also built pools, a golf course, and 40 smaller buildings to house the 200 servants that worked at the mansion. The last time Dungeness was used before it burned in 1959 was for the 1929 wedding of a Carnegie daughter. It is thought that the 1959 fire was started by a disgruntled poacher who had been shot in the leg by a caretaker weeks before. Today, the ruins of the mansion remain on the southern end of the island. The Carnegies owned 90% of the Island. In the 1890s "The Settlement" was established at the north end of the island for black workers. White workers received $1 a day, while black workers received $0.50. The First African Baptist Church, established here in 1893 and rebuilt in the 1930s, is one of the few remaining structures of this community. Sadly, the church and area inhabited by slaves and later free blacks is not accessible to the public.
This is my last posting for a couple of weeks, it is vacation time and I will not have internet access most of the time. I hope to have many nice photos to share from Italy, Switzerland and France in a couple of weeks.

besnard, snunney, Clementi, saxo042, denisn72, jlbrthnn, gunbud, Charo, Cretense, lucasgalodoido, pierrefonds has marked this note useful

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besnard (30670) 2009-06-19 3:43

Bonjour Asa
Un joli cliché clair et lumineux avec de belles couleurs. Un endroit qui mérite le détour.
Merci pour cette belle image et bonne journée.
Nicole

snunney (34884) 2009-06-19 3:51

Hello Asa,
A very nice light over this peaceful landscape, which offers lovely warm colours. Thanks for sharing and the interesting accompanying notes.

Manuel1982 (942) 2009-06-19 5:08

Hi Asa,
well balanced composition with a great contrast between cold and warm colours.
TFS
Best regards
Manuel

Clementi (44091) 2009-06-19 5:27

Ciao Asa,
a splendid angle of heaven, your Polarizer works very well, creating some beautiful very saturated colors.
good job
Giorgio

saxo042 (15680) 2009-06-19 5:29

Hi Asa,
Very good and warm evening colours over the shore here. An attractive capture!
Kind regards
Gunnar

jlbrthnn (37959) 2009-06-19 6:02

Hello Asa,
I appreciate this beautiful image and his light. I appreciate the history such as you tell it. Excel work. I wish you to spend good holidays. congratulations.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

denisn72 (6979) 2009-06-19 6:09

Hi Asa!
I like the atmosphere out there. The contrasts, the calm water, the colours and details contribute to that and the point of view too. Nice reflections! Well done!
Best regards
Denis!

jplebrun (16978) 2009-06-19 7:24

Bonjour Asa
merveille de la nature bien captée avec ce lac bien entouré de verdure
Amitiés
Jean-Pierre

bracasha75 (22117) 2009-06-19 10:16

Helo Asa
Excellent light with good reflection
Intresthing work
TFS
Cheers,Braca

gunbud (27879) 2009-06-19 19:18

Hi Asa,
You have captured this tropical paradise in lovely warm light that renders clear ture color, a stunning reflection and excellent sharpness.
You have a fine vacation and come back with more fine photos.
Regards, Tom

Budapestman (41920) 2009-06-20 2:45

Hi Asa,
Beautiful calm landscape with picturesque colours and attractive composition, the reflections are very nice. Splendid mood. Tfs! Have a nice weekend!
George

Focales (514) 2009-06-20 9:58

Hello Asa,
La lumière sur cette photo est magnifique et les couleurs également. On est envahi par toute cette lumière, on entre dans la photo, j'aime beaucoup.

Charo (31671) 2009-06-21 15:55

Hello Asa,
Peaceful and beautiful place where the light gives a very special color enhancing.
superb reflexes and great details.
Best wishes,
Charo

Cretense (56136) 2009-06-22 5:24

Hello Asa!

Beautiful place, doesn't look a lot like USA, great landscape photo! Great framing and composition, great light managment, beautiful colours! Interesting note, too! Congratulations!

Hercules

jmcl (13809) 2009-06-22 8:44

Hi Asa,

I love the emptiness and stillness of this .. very effective and thoughtful .. the angle works well as well .. you might crop the top down just a smidge to get rid of the vignetting in the upper corners.

I hope this finds you and yours well.

take care,

John

lucasgalodoido (16603) 2009-06-23 17:43

Hi Asa,
beautiful shot for this island, and the golden and soft light was perfect. Great shot.
Regards,
Lucas

pierrefonds (26289) 2009-07-03 10:23

Hi Asa,

The reflections in the water are assets to the composition. The point of view is allowing us to the details and colors of the forest. It is also taking our eyes to the trees in th background which is giving depth to the scenery. Have a nice day.

Pierre

jemaflor (39381) 2009-07-09 10:44

Hi Asa,
lovely light and reflections on watern well taken and presented.

Photo Information

Copyright: Asa Jernigan (asajernigan) (14132)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-09
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 50D, Canon 10-22 EF-S f/3.5-4.5 USM, Sunpak Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-06-19 3:31