Showcase Ocean Photography

The Makena Beach at South West corner of Maui is one of the best place I like to take beach photos and turn them into HDR. It’s hard to resist the blue sky, white cloud and deep ocean and the beautiful beach. You can over look the other island including the Molokini island, which is one of the best place to see sea turtle.

This is my second shot of Lonely Boat since a long time ago. This photo has not been modified or retouched. It’s an actually border patrol boat to guard the place and watching our cruise ship leaving the harbor. It definitely demonstrates how big the ocean is and how small we are.

Loney Boat In The Ocean

This is the last photo of Mahogany Bay Roatan, where we left the colorful ghost town behind. The Rain is coming our way and we just left at the right time. You can see there is another cruise ship (Carnival Glory) in front of us at the end of the horizon line. This place is beautiful and newly opened for Carnival cruise line. The nearby airport is about 4-6 hours drive, so the easy way to get here is by cruise. We took our zip-line excursion here and we had good time screaming in the jungle. 🙂

At The End Of The Line

We were leaving the Ghost Town At Mahogany Bay Roatan and this little oasis isn’t too far away. I like the color combination and it does show much more dynamic color and the rain in the far distance after processing it into HDR image.

Oasis In The Ocean

OK. OK. I promise there is no more Cozumel Beach For Two photos (See 1, 2, 3). Cozumel Beach is really a heaven for two of us. This is also the last HDR image I processed for Cozumel Beach. It’s the heaven when there is no one else on the beach. I wished I had full day to spend on the beach, so I can see the sunset. This image is so far the best HDR image I produced and liked. I know I can do much better job in the future. I have to admit that processing HDR image that has only few simple color is hard. You either end up with too much noise or too much shade.

Heaven at the Cozume Beach

Camera: Canon 7D

Software: Photoshop, Photomatix Pro

I promised you two days ago that you will see more beach for two photo on Cozumel Beach in Mexico. This photo is also processed into HDR image to show more detail in the cloud. I have to admit that I am still not a master of Photomatix Pro. The image is still too BLUE. I hope there is a ways to partially process just the cloud. Maybe some HDR experts who see this image can give me some hints.

Regardless, I am never tired of posting blue sky and white sand beach photos. There are more to come. 🙂

HDR Cozumel Beach

Camera: Canon 7D

Software: Photoshop, Photomatix Pro

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Isn’t it nice when you visit the a beach where there is only two of you? It did happen when we visited Cozumel Beach in Mexico. In that 100 yard beach area, there is only two of us. We really enjoy the view, blue sky, blue ocean and nice white sand. This is also one of my HDR beach images.

HDR Cozumel Beach

Camera: Canon 7D

Software: Photoshop, Photomatix Pro

This is the second photo of the sea shore taken at Yan Tai City in China. The smoky Yan Tai has two oceans join together. It’s the China’s lands end like Cabo San Lucas in Mexico. I specifically like this photo because of the rock and fishing boat are all line up together.

Yan Tai Sea Shore 2

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