MISTY SUNSET

It was a beautiful summer afternoon in New England and I was on board a cruise ship sailing out of Newport, Rhode Island when I noticed these breathtaking sceneries before me. The sun was close to setting and everything around was turning golden orange. It rained briefly that day so the warm summer air created the perfect recipe for some afternoon mists. From my stateroom balcony I could see the curtain of clouds shrouding the many magnificent beach mansions lining up the rocky shorelines just like the opening scene of a mystery film. I knew as soon as I saw it that I needed to photograph the beauty before me. I had to do some tweaking with my camera settings in order to perfectly capture the mists, the afternoon lights and the shadows. I also intentionally kept the photographs a bit darker to evoke a sense of mystery and suspense.

OF LIGHTHOUSE AND SEA OATS

I have always been fascinated by these rice looking grasses growing along the shorelines of South Florida beaches and love how they turn gold during the summer reminding me of rice fields back in the Philippines during the harvest season.  I recently learned that this grass is named sea oats and is mostly found in the southeastern United States from Virginia to Florida. I took this photograph in the island of Key Biscayne from across mainland Miami and in the background is the historic and 191-year-old Cape Florida Lighthouse. It was quite a struggle taking this photograph as my autofocus was going insane switching focus from the sea oats in the foreground to the lighthouse in the background.  I tried to be creative with this composition and I’d like to believe I did okay on my first try. What do you think?

MORNING HAS BROKEN

 As the sun rises from the horizon each morning, it brings us the new hope of a better day filled with new opportunities and new adventures.   With the new year just a few days old, we ponder on what’s in store for us and at the same time make resolutions to make better decisions this year.  I am therefore posting this photo I took in South Beach of the sun rising from the Atlantic Ocean to represent the new year and the great things that awaits us.  This man happened to be fishing and I thought it would be interesting to include him in my photo composition.  They say that in life it’s the early bird who catches the worm…hope he was able to catch a lot of fishes. LOL!  Every morning, life blesses us with a brand new set of opportunities…I hope this year will be generous to each one of us!

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