I have joined the Barbados Photographic Society. I have a new camera - a Sony Alpha 65. The society invited all of it's members to meet out at Codrington College this morning at 5:15 am. From there, we would all go to Conset Bay for photos of the area and the sun rise. While waiting on all the group to arrive, I stood in the cool darkness of the morning, taking in the fresh air and the sound of the day coming into life. I really think that people should take moments out of their day to do this. It doesn't matter where you are in life - you should be able to stop somewhere and just breathe! The above photo was shot at Conset Bay prior to the sunrise. The society wanted to be able to walk amoungst the little bay areas - but after getting to Conset Bay - they realized that the water level was too high to do this. So, they decided to get back in the cars and go to Bath beach which is just one area over to the left. The cars were driving really fast to get to Bath, and I was having a hard time keeping up - but, I realized after the fact that the reason was - that we were going to miss the sunrise if we didn't hurry.
Here is the sunrise at Bath. It was a cloudy morning, but you can see the sun rising behind those clouds.
The society didn't talk amongst themselves or socialize, it was everyone going about taking pictures of the sunrise, the beach, the waves, the shoreline, the old train tracks - anything that intrigued them. I really enjoyed being there and becoming part of this group. It is a way for me to go to parts of the island - that I otherwise would not do on my own. One of the experienced photographers gave me some good advice this morning on how to get a photo of that water splash that I am trying to capture. I will show one photo below of my first attempt at this, but hopefully I will improve and get just the right one before we leave.
Here is a good picture of the starting point at Bath of the railway that used to be in existence that ran from Bath to Bridgetown. What a shame that it was allowed to deteriorate and stop running. I can just imagine the thrill it must have been to ride alongside the east coast with the ocean on one side and the lush countryside on the other. The ability to see some fabulous locations along the east coast - that are hard to find and get to otherwise. (Sigh)
I almost titled this Blog "Something's Gotta Give." Have you seen the movie? Gary and I watched it last night and even though I had seen it before - enjoyed some of the parts of this film. If you have seen the movie, do you remember the spot where they were walking along the beach and she would stoop down and pick up the white stones? He jokingly picked up a black stone - representing him in their new relationship. She started picking up the black ones from then on. I just love the following picture of a beach scene taken this morning - representing humanity - some of us are white, some are black, some are coral, and some are a mixture. And I wasn't referring to the color of our skin in this last statement. :)
One of my water shots - exposure: 1/2000; max apperiture 4.96 This picture in the blog does not do this justice, but can you see the water droplets at the top?
Another one:
One of my fellow photographers mentioned how nice the sea weed can look up close. Almost like Christmas Holly.
Piece of coral:
Coconut Husk - probably didn't need to even explain that one.
Sea sponge
Sea Fan
I don't know what this is, but it is all over the place.
On the other side of Bath beach is the chalky hills - I think this is limestone. Each year Barbados grows further up, out of the sea. You can see this with these limestone areas - where there will be lines and ridges from where it was once at sea level. Interesting.
And so, another day has begun.
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