I hadn't made an official entry yet for the Catch the Sun theme...
Just a few of the many, many sunset shots from Aruba. I used a ND Grad for almost all of the sunset shots when there. No doubt the conversion & compression will lessen the color of the clouds as it was the color of a perfectly soft-boiled egg! No better way to describe it!
A cloud shot like we were just talking about:
Not the sun, per se, but how it affects the pastels on a beach in Grenada at noon:
And finally, a rainbow shot from Grenada:
The one striking thing about rainbows in the Caribbean to me was how much of the green and blue you could see. In the states you can only see some red, orange and yellow, but the rest are absorbed by pollution somehow.It seemed like someone had taken some highlighters and drawn across the sky, they were so bright and clear.
I've since ditched the lens that I took these with, but even with a mid quality lens I hope they convey what a calm and serene place the sun makes these islands of paradise.
The sun shining through a mysterious pine tree in St. Lucia?
A sample sunny smile from St. Lucia!
Taking a break during the hottest (sunniest) part of the day...
The ship that was used in the Pirates of the Caribbean sailing into the sunset (under motor power, by the way!):
Sailing into the Sunset on the Black Pearl
Some sort of watermelon sun god, perhaps?
You know what they say...
You can do anything with sardines!
The water was so clear, sunlight went all the way to the bottom and back over 20' deep!
Little fish catching the sun in Barbados
All these images are un-retouched, uncropped, and right off the sensor. Also, no need to comment on any/all of them... just meant to be the submission for the challenge! :)
hmmm, #2 could use a little leveling out; I like Granada at noon but the lake is running dry here too; Ahh, that's a nice rainbow!; That is some pine cone, nicely composed; Smile is nicely done but I would have PS'd the background. Maybe you might not have PS.; My, what a long neck mr Siesta has ;-) now listen, the Pearl didn ha no engines! Just ask Buccaneer Bruce!; And what cruise line was that Top Banana on; I just read something on underwater photos. Something like no more than 18 inches to a foot away? Not sure, but it was close, lots of added light too.
There is a lot to say for right off the sensor especially for composition which you did well with except for running a couple of oceans dry, but post processing now takes the place of actual darkroom processing which was used a lot, and some enhancement or corrections are just fine in my book. Of course my book hasn't been published. Thanks for sharing.
- So shoot already!!
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- the EYES have it
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- A quack with an camera
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