Bahamian Dawn... (Image heavy)

Hello again all. I thought I would post some more pictures from my holiday (apologies for posting a load - I may have got carried away). Having had a good time in New York (see earlier thread) we spent a week in Grand Bahama. I took the opportunity for one or two early(ish) mornings to escape on my own for the odd hour to capture the dawn, and I thought I would post some of the results... In general the weather was beautiful during the day but there were some overnight storms which left some decent clouds in the early morning to add some texture to the sky, and the colour variations were amazing:

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I hope you like these - any C&C is appreciated as ever. All were taken with the K7 and either the kit lens (18-55) (Nos 1 - 6 I think), DA15 (7 & , or the DA21 (9) - I also used a polariser and a big stopper for the long exposures (7 & 9), fired off a lightweight tripod (Velbon Luxi - which was fantastic to travel with) using a cheapo cable release designed for a Canon (according to the pack).

Cheers

I really like 2 and 9.

2 for the texture and colour - everywhere you look there's interest and detail.

9 for the minimalism. The beach line - with the parallel gentle wave - takes my eye out to the distance, and the horizon continues around. Then, where normally a great expanse of flat sea can look very dull and featureless, between the angle formed by the beach and the horizon, the subtle gradation in colour brings my eye right back to the foreground. Very satisfying.

Some lovely ones here and very colourful - however #1 is bonkers! and not in a good way

conversely i like 8 a lot , probably clone the dust bunny just below the horizon LHS.

If The bible were illustrated these would be in Genesis. (apart from #1 which belongs in Revelations!)

All wonderful, but I like no. 7 the most, closely followed by no. 8 - beautiful subtle colours and tones. Only thing that lets no. 8 down (slightly) is the band of exposed sand at the bottom, which I want to be a uniform width! OCD

nice set....regards jeeess

Beautiful pictures, I like them all except no:1. It looks errm! Not quite right. Not to my taste at all.

4 is my favourite

I like all of them but 4 stands out for me.

Many thanks everyone for the comments. Much appreciated.

Regards

A lovely set indeed !

I really like #2 but would have liked it much more if you have made a pano of that sky whilst there ! #8 looks very serene and attractive because of that.

Thanks Frogfish! here is a shot I took a little earlier than No 2, on the same day...




I think it has a little distortion which I should probably sort out, but is a landscape version...

Cheers