Winter day-dreaming Photo

Photographer’s Note

Reposted to show wider angle and reduced graininess. Reduced saturation as well. And added the frame.

This shot was taken on a snorkeling trip about an hour and a half's boat ride off of the coast from Placencia, Belize. Two tiny islands in the middle of nowhere. I'm standing on one, taking a picture of the other. Got one of the worst sunburns of my life that day.

I had to brighten the shot a lot, as I over- compensated for the blinding brightness that day (taken with shutter speed of 1/2000th!!!). Cropped quite a bit from the original as well to get the natural framing of the tree.

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DaveLarson (798) 2004-03-15 0:34

Mike,

As I explained in my photo of the Afghan man, I'm an amateur, so I can't say much technical here - I'll just have to limit it to "wow." As my wife just said, your shot looks like a postcard (I hope u take that as a compliment :) ).

Dave

taivo (1840) 2004-03-17 12:34

Great wide scenery shot. Very good framing to put the palm tree in the photo, otherwise the photo would look very "empty". The blue color is fantastic.

EMA (313) 2006-12-18 16:47