Jamaica - Part 2

I purchased my first SLR, the Canon xsi back at the end of December 2008. Since then, I've looked at the world in a completely different way. One thing I've noticed about myself during these last 3 years is that I look at the sky a LOT more than I used to. I wonder how I didn't notice the incredible colors and cloud variations more regularly before.

One thing I definitely notice (nearly every single day) is the sunset. The colors of everything outside changes for that very small period of time that starts right before sunset and ends about 1/2 hour after sunset. Of course, here in Florida, sunrise tends to be even better, especially when I am motivated enough to wake up at 5:30 and drive 1/2 hour to the beach.

Down in Jamaica, I was lucky enough to see both the sunrise & sunset more than once. Maybe it wasn't really luck, since I planned my evenings around that time. I also somehow managed to get myself up early enough to walk down to the beach with my camera & tripod and I ended up with some really pretty shots one morning.

During the week we were there, we had some really amazing sunsets. I feel like my pictures came out pretty good but they still don't really tell the story of the amazing wonder we saw. The timing did work out pretty well because we ended up going downstairs for dinner right before the sun went down.

Even the night shots were fun. At home, I don't take my camera out at night too often since the view from my house is usually pretty boring so night photography is still pretty exciting for me.