We visited many of the barrier islands in South Carolina and Georgia on our way south. The barrier islands all have beautiful sandy beaches on the eastern shore and salt water marshes on the western shore.
In South Carolina, the upscale Hilton Head Island is the best place for riding bikes. We rented a couple of bikes and rode along the hard packed beach and along some of the island’s 50 miles of bike paths. Hilton Head is one of those communities where even the fast food joints have swanky carved wooden signs and there are rules about what colour you can paint things. Over 70% of the island is gated communities. We found out from guy who rented the bikes to us that if you ride along the beach and then take a path up to the road, you can get behind the gates and see all the fancy houses.
Just south of Hilton Head is Tybee Island which is in Georgia. It has a much different atmosphere. While it also has some pretty upscale condos and a gorgeous beach, it also has restaurants and bars and surf shops and was much more festive. It was November so it was pretty quiet, but I can imagine the party atmosphere that must be there in the summer.
It was odd though that at Hilton Head there was free all-day parking in a huge lot right next to the beach and at Tybee we had to pay to park for an hour.
Here is an image I made of the pier at Tybee Island the night of the pastel skies. Click the image to view a larger version.
Next week I will have some images from another barrier island, probably my favourite, Jekyll Island in Georgia.
Fabulous colors & composition on this one, Anne, what a wonderful image!
Hi there Toad, thank you very much for your comments, and I also really appreciate your including my in your lists of the week’s top blog posts. I always enjoy reading your lists to see what I missed during the week and there is always such valuable stuff in there!
Beautifully controlled color – the soft blurring of the foreground works so well.
Thank you very much Andy! I was working on the long exposure thing and it seems to work well with the pier in the background and the motion in the foreground.
Wow another stunning image Anne. I love the colors in the sky.
Thank you so much Edith, the barrier islands were beautiful. Next week I have some more in Georgia.
Great composition and subdued colors Anne. Always wanted to visit there but need to do so soon.
Hi Len, oh yes, you should, the barrier islands are beautiful. Hilton Head is great for bike riding – they are very different places.