Beach – Page 2

HDR Cozumel Beach

Finally, I got chance to do more HDR image. I am still very new to the whole new HDR world. I still have lots to learn about mastering the Photomatix Pro software. I think I also really need to get my hands on the Topaz adjust software, but I don’t have CS5 to use it yet.

This photo was taken in Cozumel MX as my first stop of Caribbean Cruise Trip. It was a perfect sunny day. The cloud is also in perfect condition. As you can see, some portion of the photo are brighter. I hope there are ways to adjust just portion of the photo. There will be more HDR coming in the next few days.

Run! Emily Run!

I am not a big fan of motion photography, but I often like to take photos of kids moving. Emily is my brother-in-law’s niece. We spent sometime with their whole family in Los Angels, California. Emily was afraid of water, so she was running back and forth on the beach to avoid getting her feet wet. That was the perfect moment to capture her smiling face in action.

BTW, I was the one got wet feet after all. I was paying too much attention to the girls and did not know waves were coming my way.

She and my little Niece – Jessie will soon rule the world!

Camera: Nikon D70S

Blue Cabo San Lucas

This is one of the most beautiful places I have visited in my life. This is our last stop on the Mexico Cruise vacation in 2006. Cabo San Lucas is well known of his “Land’s End” nickname. The lover’s beach is also really famous. Since that trip, we’ve Cabo few times. We saw different color and theme every time. The following photo was taken in the early morning at about 5:30AM, while my wife and most people are still sleeping in their room. I am so glad that I got up early. Otherwise, this photo will not exist. You can find this photo on many page on my personal blog. I created a header image out of it on the about page.

You probably see the following picture all over the Internet. It’s very famous. It looks like a dinosaur is drinking the water. I actually don’t remember the name of this place. You can get on a small boat and land on the lover’s beach on the other side of these rocks.

The lover’s beach is the only place in the world that has two ocean on both side. It will only take you less than 5 minutes to cross from one side to the other side. The rocks on the beach looks like lovers hugging each other.

I would not call this really photography, but they are burned into my memory forever. If you don’t go there once in your lifetime, you would not understand what I mean. My life is good since then. You can read more about my Mexico travel story in the past on my personal blog.

Wave Runner on the Beach

This Water jetski was taken at Ixtapa, Mexico in 2006. The beach is so quiet. The interesting thing is that we have to take a taxi from the cruise ship harbor. It took us 45 minutes to get to the beach. It was a scary ride, because we don’t speak any Spanish and the driver don’t speak any English. So we were so afraid got lost and taken to somewhere dangerous. The cities in between are all very poor and dirty.

Luckily, the drive are very nice. It was a great ride. That makes me live Mexico and their people.

Little Boats on the Beach at Acapulco Mexico

I really like how the boats are lined up. Especially, there is a small white boat at in the water. If I have the Photomatix Pro at that time, I can really turn this photo into a great HDR image. This photo was taken at Acapulco, Mexico. The first stop of our Mexico Cruise trip in 2006. This was taken by my Nikon D70S.

Beach Steak House

I guess I will never feel tired posting the photos I took in Jamaica. There are night shot, flowers, sculptures, and now the steak house restaurant on the beach. Of course, I would NOT post photos at nude beach, which is not too far behind the restaurant. 🙂 You can also find the Jamaica Video (including nude beach and topless girl) taken by the same camera.

Really. I wish I know about HDR photography at that time. Otherwise, I will take several shots at this spot and turn that into a nicer photo. There is a lot of details in this photo.

This steak house photo is actually used on WordPress Restaurant website as sample photos of building restaurant website using WordPress.

Camera: Canon 7D

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