Picture-A-Week 2014 - Week 44

Pictures taken between Monday, October 27 and Sunday, November 2.

Great pictures -- I love Paris. Haven't been there in years.

Won't be posting any pictures until we get back on November 27th.

Tom,

You need to find the "direct link" address to you photo. The address you posted was a link to the display page for the photo. Once you have the direct link, you have to use the "inset image" icon on the reply menu to automatically add the

Dave

Tom,

 

 

I got the link address and posted as described.

 

 

 

Dave

Thanks Dave:

Incidentally the series was taken on the A6000 - thanks to your review.

Too many good pictures this week. The Wheel-o-Random-Choices picked Hailee's striking Day of the Dead face paint applied by Aunt Kassi.

Hailee De Los Muertos

If anyone is curious, this was taken with the the 30mm f/2.8 Sigma on the NEX-7. Shot outside after dark with light provided by the F42AM external flash swiveled backwards to reflect off of a white garage door about 5 ft behind me. Not a conventional studio setup, but if it works, it works! :)

Dave

Took a shore excursion from Benoa (Bali) to the Uluwatu Temple. The guide warned us about wearing sun-glasses and hats as the roaming monkeys make it their game to try and snatch these from the tourists - not very comfy in the hot conditions without wearing them :eek:

Surrounding scenery much more spectacular than the 'temple' - mostly high stone steps to traverse and no actual temple building to go into ... an exhausting disappointment :(

Monday, Oct 27 - Eurodam at anchor off Half Moon Cay:

The lovely beach and quiet benches of Half Moon Cay:

And HMC is a good birding spot this time of year too!:

Cape May warbler:

Bananaquit:

Bahama mockingbird:

All shots Sony A6000 mirrorless - first two shots with SEl10-18mm ultrawide lens, last 3 shots with SEL55-210mm lens and DH1758 1.7x teleextender.

Monday, Oct 27 - Eurodam at anchor off Half Moon Cay:

 

The lovely beach and quiet benches of Half Moon Cay:

 

And HMC is a good birding spot this time of year too!:

Cape May warbler:

 

Bananaquit:

 

Bahama mockingbird:

 

All shots Sony A6000 mirrorless - first two shots with SEl10-18mm ultrawide lens, last 3 shots with SEL55-210mm lens and DH1758 1.7x teleextender.

You were lucky that you got to stop at HMC.

On our 21 Collectors Cruise -- we didn't get to stop either time.

Our stops were on Nov 4 and Nov 23.

Winds were very high -- seas rough.

It was so bad on the 23 that the Half Moon Clipper with all the island workers didn't even make it to the island.

Our captain was in touch with the Royal Princess and she also decided to skip their private island that day.

Our punishment for getting to Half Moon Cay at the beginning of our cruise was that we didn't get to stop in Key West on the last day - winds were the same problem. Sadly, that was the one stop I wanted most on the whole cruise - haven't been there in a while and thought that was a nice excuse to take the 7 west cruise again.

Nice images...

Our punishment for getting to Half Moon Cay at the beginning of our cruise was that we didn't get to stop in Key West on the last day - winds were the same problem. Sadly, that was the one stop I wanted most on the whole cruise - haven't been there in a while and thought that was a nice excuse to take the 7 west cruise again.

That is a shame you missed Key West.

I would rather visit Key West than HMC. We have been to HMC dozens of times.