Bayou Desirard Before Hurricane Gustav
Uploaded: September 01, 2008
Calm Morning On The Bayou As We In Louisiana Await The Hurricane. Bill Knaps
Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: -0.67, ExposureTime: 625/100000 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 150.00 mm, Model: NIKON D80
Carolyn M. Fletcher September 01, 2008
Good luck!! I hope it misses you. #989978Bill Knaps September 01, 2008
Thank You Carolyn. I think it is almost too late for it to miss us. Bill #6394113Renata Gusciora September 01, 2008
Wow,great image and pov,Bill!Yes,hope it won't be so strong and devastating they say! #6394115Dominick M. Dimacale September 01, 2008
Great image of the bayou here, hope Gustav is as not as destructive than Katrina, Bill.Dominick #6394117
Bill Knaps September 01, 2008
Thank you Renata and Domonick. Does not look good with this storm. Bill #6394125Renee Doyle September 01, 2008
Another stunner Bill!! #6394137Pat Gamwell September 01, 2008
Ohhhh dear, my friend! My prayers are with you and others who are preparing for this storm! Please check in, if you can, and let us know you are ok. LOVE all your shots of the Bayou...the tree formations are so unique and beautiful! #6394156Vladan D. Djordjevic September 01, 2008
Fantastic image! I love these trees. Terrific colors, textures and lighting, super composition. #6394159Bill Knaps September 01, 2008
Thanks Pat and Vladan for your nice comments and your Prayers Pat. Storm looks bad for us. Bill #6394169Bill Knaps September 01, 2008
Thank you Renee. Appreciate you very much. Bill #6394171Janet McNeil September 01, 2008
Beautiful capture of the calm before the storm! Be safe! #6394230Michelle Alton September 01, 2008
It's one of your recent bests, Bill. Hope you've taken your camera to a safe place to wait it out. Good Luck...thinking about you since yesterday! #6394232Anita Hogue September 01, 2008
Glad you got this BEAUTIFUL capture before. You will be in our hearts and prayers. #6394298Margaret R. Barry September 01, 2008
Beautiful capture, Bill. Good luck, I hope it's not as bad as Katrina. You're in my thoughts and prayers. #6394303Joy Rector September 01, 2008
love this shot #6394324Patricia Seidler September 01, 2008
I love your Bayou pictures Bill. Be safe! #6394329Carol Sawyer September 01, 2008
Beautiful capture!! I will be praying for you, Bill Stay safe!!! #6394404Jeanine M. Bailey September 01, 2008
Beautiful image!!! Hope it withstands the storm! Saw Michelle Frick's dedication for you yesterday, praying that you and your wife remain safe as the storm hits land!!!!! #6394497Claudia Kuhn September 01, 2008
Looks so calm and beautiful now... good luck with the storm, hoping it misses you. #6394801Bonnie C. Lackey September 01, 2008
Beautiful work, Bill. Our prayers are with you and your beloved bayou. Stay safe... #6394813Barbara E. Sturgis September 01, 2008
Beautiful capture!!!before the storm,stay safe...Barb. #6394863Michael Umbreit September 01, 2008
Bill - Great shot! I hope the after shot is just as beautiful! Best wishes and be safe! - Mike #6395082Sherran Andersen September 01, 2008
Bill, our thoughts and prayers are with you, Daniele and everybody else in danger. As usual, wonderful capture of the bayou... take care. Sherran #6395332Tiia Vissak September 01, 2008
Great tones, light & framing! I read that the storm is weakening already. Hopefully it weakens even more. #6395398Melissa G. Meiselman September 01, 2008
Fantastic shot of the bayou...the calm before the storm, Bill!! Hope you and yours are safe during this mighty storm. #6395713April Riggs September 01, 2008
Hold tight Bill! My prayers are with you! Beautiful shot, again! #6395747Bojan Bencic September 01, 2008
Beautiful shot, Bill. Good luck. #6396064Nancy (Peaches) Harker September 01, 2008
I llove this one Bill, awsome colors and lighting. BEAUTIFUL!!!Bill Knaps September 01, 2008
From Janet down to April thank you all so much for your nice comments, your concern over the storm and your prayers. I appreciate all of you. Bill #6396178Robyn A. Terrell September 01, 2008
My prayers are with you, Bill, as you await the hurricane. As always, lovely capture of the bayou...love the close up! #6396297Bill Knaps September 01, 2008
Thank your Robyn. Appreciate you very much. Bill #6396309Shannon D. Miller September 01, 2008
Stay safe Bill! This is a BEAUTIFUL capture, with AMAZING detail, color and light! Shannon~ #6396337Rajeev 270293 Kashyap September 01, 2008
Beautiful image, Colours & POV...Bill! #6396340Debra R. Harder September 01, 2008
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL, Bill! The details and colors are SUPERB!! Another GORGEOUS addition to your GOREOUS Bayou images!! Hope you're doing okay down there....stay safe...we're all thinking of you...Deb #6396434Bill Knaps September 01, 2008
Thank you Shannon, Rajeev and Deb. I appreciate you very much. Thanks for the well wishes for the storm. Just starting to rain here. Dark outside. Bill #6396496Janet Daniel September 01, 2008
Very beautiful image, Bill! Hope all is well! #6396548Sheila D. Robertson September 01, 2008
Another beauty......thinking of you! #6396864Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 01, 2008
This is a big time favorite Bill. So serene looking!!Wishing you the best, you are in my thoughts and prayers! #6396937
Patrick Rouzes September 01, 2008
Beautiful colors, detail, pov, lighting, clarity & peacefullness captured here, Bill!!!Hope you are all staying safe during the storm,Bill!!! #6397025
Denny E. Barnes September 01, 2008
Beautiful image, Bill! It probably is very wet and windy by now. I pray you and the bayou are doing OK and everything will be the same after Gustav. Be safe and keep dry.....Denny #6397206Bill Knaps September 01, 2008
Thank you Janet, Sheila, Donna, Patrick and Denny. Appreciate you very much. Storm is just now getting so I can hear it blowing and the rain falling or blowing. Had a feeling it would hit us after dark. Hate those kind of storms. Bill #6397412Deb Koskovich September 01, 2008
Good luck to you, Bill -- I'll be thinking of you. #6397421Bill Knaps September 01, 2008
Thank you Deb. Bill #6397435Lorna Shutter September 01, 2008
This is one of your best Bayou images, Bill! It's just gorgeous! :)I hope you're all right! I'm very concerned about you and your wife. I pray you will get through this storm safely and that there won't be much damage to your home or the Bayou! Take care, my friend! :) #6397873
Stefania Barbier September 01, 2008
spectacular place and capture Bill! #6398349Angela Pound September 02, 2008
Beautiful photo Bill. I will say a prayer for you and all who live there. Your photos of this wonderful place are so gorgeous. #6400053Melissa Olsen September 02, 2008
I LOVE THE CLOSE UP on this one Bill. #6400130Bill Knaps September 02, 2008
Thank you Lorna, Stefania, Angela and Melissa for your nice comment and your prayers. Thought we had missed the Hurricane and about that time it hit us. We are lucky. We only have small tree limbs in my yard and lost the lights from 9 PM or a little later last night until just now. We just got the electricity and water back. Bill #6400236Sam Britt September 02, 2008
Beautiful image, Bill. I'm glad you stayed safe through Hurricane Gustav. #6400323Patricia A. Stalter September 02, 2008
So happy to hear that Gustav was not too unkind! So now you need to go capture some more of your lovely images! #6400410Bill Knaps September 02, 2008
Thank you Sam and Patricia. Too muddy to shoot now. Still raining. It had been so dry here, but the ground is saturated now. Bill #6400454April Riggs September 02, 2008
Bill- I am so glad you are ok! I have been thinking about you. I am glad you are back on this morning my friend! #6400583Bill Knaps September 02, 2008
Thank you April. Appreciate your concern. Bill #6400599Judy A. Lawhon September 02, 2008
These trees are so fascinating, Bill. Terrific capture!! We have been praying for all of you along the coast....hope all is well!! #6400943Dianna Murphy September 02, 2008
Good Morning Bill!Bill Knaps September 02, 2008
Thank you Judy and Dianna for your nice comments. I appreciate you very much. Thanks for all the concern and prayers for our safety. We made it through the storm just fine. Only a little minor tree damage. Bill #6401462Summer A. Kozisek September 02, 2008
Another gorgeous image Bill, great comp, details and colors. So glad to hear you made it through the storm ok! #6401577Lynne Morris September 02, 2008
Absolutely gorgeous image Bill, great colours and comp. SO glad the storm wasn't nearly as bad as we all feared, glad you are safe my friend. #6401593Bill Knaps September 02, 2008
Thank you Summer and Lynne for your nice comments and your concern over the Hurricane. I appreciate you very much. Bill #6401606Datha Y. Thompson September 03, 2008
BEAUTIFUL!! Love those trees/textures and colors Bill :0) I sure am glad you guys are safe!! :0) #6406434Bill Knaps September 03, 2008
Thank you Datha for your nice comment and for your concern for us over the storm. Bill #6406501Barbara Waldoch September 03, 2008
These trees are so beautiful, Bill! #6408426Bill Knaps September 04, 2008
Thank you Barbara. I appreciate you and your nice comments very much. Bill #6409332Bill Knaps September 04, 2008
Thank you Janet. Too late, Hurricane already hit us. Bill #6412076Vicki Tinnon Brock September 04, 2008
Bill,As you know, I love the bayou shots, but this has to now be one of my faves - just something about it!!
Glad to hear that Gustav did not cause too much trouble for you - my family lived in Ocean Springs, MS during Katrina - bad news...
GREAT SHOT!
Take care.
Vicki #6412232
Bill Knaps September 04, 2008
Thank you Vicki. My cousin lived in Waveland for Katrina and had to swim for his life because of his paintings and he lost all of them. Thousands and thousands of dollars worth. He would never let anyone he did not know well in his house because of his paintings. Bill #6412399Susan M. Campbell September 04, 2008
Nice catch. I just love those trees. #6412855Bill Knaps September 04, 2008
Thank you Susan. Appreciate you nice comments very much. Bill #6412925Ellen Hodges September 05, 2008
The comp is superb on this beautiful image, Bill!! #6416547Jim Baines September 05, 2008
Bill, your bayou shots are magnificent! You certainly never run out of scenery there! Nice gallery!! #6417142Erica Murphy September 06, 2008
Beautiful image Bill!! So glad you're ok. #6419778Bill Knaps September 06, 2008
Thank you Ellen, Jim and Erica. I appreciate you and your nice comments very much. Thank you for your concern about my well being Erica. Bill #6421119Esther Smith September 11, 2008
Really beautiful capture Bill- love the colors and textures. #6441928Bill Knaps September 11, 2008
Thank you Esther for your nice comment. Appreciate you very much. Bill #6442522Anita Hogue September 12, 2008
Congratulations on your editor's pic on this beautiful image! Hope you are doing okay! #6446117Bill Knaps September 12, 2008
Thank you Anita. Doing OK. Will just take time. I was very close to this Uncle. Bill #6446314Lisa J. Boulden September 13, 2008
Gorgeous! Really spectacular, Bill!Bill Knaps September 14, 2008
Thank you Lisa. Stormed here all night and more coming. Ike left a bad tail behind it. Bill #6452565A P September 14, 2008
I send Zen your way that this is the end of these storms. Lovely calm peaceful scene and congrats on your well deserved EFP, Bill #6454502Bill Knaps September 14, 2008
Thank you Ann. Appreciate you very much. Bill #6454509Ellen Hodges September 14, 2008
Really liked the way you framed this beauty, Bill!! #6454755Bill Knaps September 14, 2008
Thank you Ellen for your nice comment. I appreciate you very much. Bill #6454907Jane E. Kirn September 18, 2008
Nice Bayou shots, as I have never been in that part of the country. I hope you keep your camera by your side for safe keeping. Fabalous gallery Bill. #6471164Bill Knaps September 18, 2008
Thank you Nadine. I never travel without my camera back of my seat where I can reach for it. LOL Bill #6471326Colleen Farrell September 18, 2008
Wonderful close-up of these fascinating bayou trees, Bill! I see you have so many new, terrific photos in your gallery! I'm still "away" from BP for two more weeks, but wanted to pop in to say hi. :) Got my computer fixed, now just waiting till my kitten is better. #6473084Bill Knaps September 18, 2008
Hi Colleen, Nice to hear from you. Hope your Kitty gets better very soon. Thanks for your nice comments. I appreciate you very much and I appreciate the help you have given me. Bill #6473151Candice L. Carter September 21, 2008
Yet another EP! Lovely! #6484259Bill Knaps September 21, 2008
Thank you Candice. I appreciate you and your nice comments very much. Bill #6485421Kaye Burazin September 22, 2008
One of my favorites for sure. There is a certain serenity in trees. Beautiful! #6495508Bill Knaps September 22, 2008
Thank you Kaye. Appreciate you very much. Bill #6496052Peggy J. Maguire October 02, 2008
Bill Knaps October 02, 2008
Thank you Peggy. Appreciate you very much. I will be leaving in a little while. Cousin Died and I will attend the funeral. About a 5 hr drive. Bill #6542679Max Aureli October 06, 2008
Another beautiful angle of all those series, Bill!! Beautiful capture, tones and light!! #6559896Bill Knaps October 06, 2008
Thank you Max. Appreciate you very much. Bill #6560537Lisa D. Greer October 25, 2008
Awesome image! #6658008Bill Knaps October 25, 2008
Thank you Lisa, I appreciate you very much. Bill #6658411Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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