Bouyant
This plant occurred in many patches throughout this site. In many places, the plants were floating in the water, loosely
grouped with the floating muck, barely maintaining buoyancy.
Randy said that the last time he had visited, there weren't so many big floating colonies, but that more of the plants
were attached to the shore. It is interesting to
ponder how this community must be dynamic, and how the plants may change their distribution after each major
storm.
Do not think these are easy shots to take. You cannot just set up a tripod and wing off a few shots. Many of these plants
are growing in a slime layer, floating on water so deep I could not find the bottom with my tripod. Often you have to shoot
with your tripod balanced improbably on floating logs, parts of your kayak, and on rafts of free-floating goo.
Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.
