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Today\u2019s post is about one of my favorite images, Nature\u2019s Watercolor.\u00a0 We have a 16 x 20 canvas printed with today\u2019s featured image hanging in a bedroom in our apartment and l<\/strong>ast week end this same image sold twice in a Christmas Market in Florence, Alabama (USA) as matted prints.<\/strong><\/p>\n Not only am I drawn to the muted, serene colors in this image but I also remember capturing the scene during one of our boat rides on the Jourdan River in Hancock County Mississippi.\u00a0 The Jourdan is a tidal river along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and its brackish waters flow first into the Bay of Saint Louis and then into the Gulf of Mexico.<\/strong><\/p>\n Spending time on the bleached white sandbars along the Jourdan River was one of my favorite things about living in Bay Saint Louis and boating on that river.\u00a0 There are several bridges that cross the river including one that carries traffic on Interstate 10.<\/strong><\/p>\n The actual support posts for this bridge can be seen in the upper left of the photograph with water reflections running in between them.\u00a0 The pink and gray colored posts running through the middle of the photograph are reflections on the surface of the water of the real support posts.<\/strong><\/p>\n This photograph was taken shortly after sunset allowing the soft muted colors of the sunset\u2019s afterglow to be reflected from the sky to the water\u2019s surface.<\/strong><\/p>\n The resulting image projects a rather abstract picture with soft muted colors resulting in a serene scene resembling a watercolor painting.\u00a0 All of this beauty was created naturally and I was blessed to view it and preserve it for others to enjoy.<\/strong><\/p>\n