Castway Resort From Monkey Rock Photo

Photographer’s Note

Castaway Island Resort is 30km from Nadi in the Mamanuca Group Islands. We have been to this beautiful spot 4 times with our family. The water is warm, the people are even warmer. This photo was taken from "Monkey Rock" looking back towards the cocktail bar.

I wanted to capture the blue sky, blue waters and show how clear the water is there.

cherryripe, richwm, MLINES, belido, JPlumb has marked this note useful

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cherryripe (19187) 2007-04-30 15:15

Hi Jamie
This place lookds beautiful and I just love the turquoise transparent water. The image is well composed with the rocks in the foreground and the stunning beach with the palm trees and sailboards decorating the background. I like those billowing clouds on the horizon. As it's not as sharp as it could be, I did a little workshop for you.
Regards
Nikki

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Matthew-Watt (4471) 2007-04-30 22:40

Hello Jamie,
Great shot, I spent some time in this area a few years ago, I remember driving a large boat past this island while the captain had a smoke! The waters here were stunning as you say. I hope you got to visit tiny Honeymoon Island, just around the corner - the snorkelling there was second to none. Excellent lighting, good composition with the rocks and shallow waters. The frame helps greatly in terms of presentation. A sharpen would help, as seen in Cherry's workshop. Well done.
Matt

richwm (1209) 2007-05-01 2:57

Hi Jamie,

It's the beautiful, rich colours that make this such a lovely photograph. Good composition too. The water looks so warm and inviting. I like the line of kayaks on the beach that give the image a colourful focal point.

Thanks for bringing such an idyllic place to our attention!

All the best from England,

Rich

happypoppeye (4064) 2007-05-03 0:49

Another nice composition with good color. I would like to see it a bit sharper (like cherryripe's workshop) but other than that it's really good.

MLINES (10984) 2007-05-08 20:46

Hi Jamie. This is a piece of paradise. Well composed with good details to see and marvel at. Excellent blues. Good work. Murray.

belido (16899) 2007-05-12 10:02

Hi Jamie,

very nice compostion, the predominant blue works very well and the foreground rocks gives it a special feeling. Very inviting picture!
Regards,
Carlos

trips (1537) 2007-05-14 5:18

Hi Jamie,
Nice photo of this wonderful place!
I wouldn't mind to be there for some days... starting tomorrow!

Thaks for the comment and tip on my desert photo...
Best,
Pedro

jonathan_hart (22627) 2007-05-14 13:01

hello Jamie
good composition, nice colours & fine light, i like the POV and the choice of framing, it's an invitation to jump into the water and swin, very nice place, well done
regards
jo

apucci (962) 2007-05-15 10:41

Hi Jamie,
your great photo rememers me that summer is approaching.
Thank you for sharing the excellent composition full of nice colors.

Regards,
Andrea.

Talia (242) 2007-05-17 19:10

nice one Jamie!
I'm freezing in my office right now and this really warmed me up. "Wish I was there" is what the caption should read!
I'm so there!
Of course great shot technically with your exposure settings and comp...but man, take me there!

:) Talia

JPlumb (3153) 2007-05-20 23:16

Hi Jamie, excellent shot of paradise, enough to make me consider a trip. Your composition is very good your colours excellent with very good saturation levels. Depth of field might have been just a tad higher to bring out the boats on shore a little better, or you might do some selective sharpening.

Thanks, John

derek3755 (2341) 2007-05-24 12:34

Hi Jamie

Looks like a beautiful place to relax. Like the composition with the foreground rocks and nice detail, water looks so warm and inviting.

Derek

crhieatt (5145) 2007-07-22 5:10

Jamie,
I'm still giggling to myself at the very idea of Castaway Island "Resort" !!!! :)

Nevertheless, you've done pretty well here, including a couple of layers of rock in the foreground - very pretty rock too - has given a compositional form and depth to the image.
Regards
Colin

cerenguven (204) 2007-07-30 7:37

I'm envy of you. You've been to the paradise.:)

tober (4062) 2007-08-31 3:26

Many thanks for sharing the beauties of this paradise.

Photo Information

Copyright: Jamie Bekkers (jtb1965) (123)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-11-25
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Nikon D100, 24-120/3.5-5.6 D VR, Compact Flash 1 GB, 72mm Circular Polariser
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/320 seconds
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-04-30 9:32