Eastern Caribbean Cruise

Michelle and I recently took a voyage on a big boat called the Allure. Not sure where they got the name, but it was quite the ship. The boat was held together by over 1,400 miles of welds, that right 1,400 miles of welded metal, that's a boat load of welds! Here are a few seascape shots from our explorations.


D700, 1/250 Sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
Neet beach on St. Martin


D700, 1/400 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
This is as close as I got to a sunset shot


D700, 1/100 sec, f/18, ISO 200, 14mm
friendly little lizard, got good GoPro video of him too. Our ocean vessel is the one on the right.


D700, 1/160 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
Marina on St. Martin


D700, 1/200 sec, f/10, ISO 200, 24mm
Trunk Bay on St. John


D700, 1/200 sec, f/14, ISO 200, 24mm
Cool overlook on St. John


D700, 1/250 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
St. Martin beach


D700, 1/250 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
A short walk from the ship landed us here


D700, 1/250 sec, f/13, ISO 200, 24mm
Here is our ship


D700, 1/2500 sec, f/3.2, ISO 200, 27mm
How could I not throw in one last shot of my little buddy

Black & White Kauai

I just can't get enough of Kauai, someday I'll move on, but not yet!! Michelle went to bed early tonight so I decided to try my hand at some black and white conversions. All these shots were done in Lightroom, using the greyscale conversion tool.


D700, f/18, 5 sec, ISO 200, 18mm


D700, f/20, 1 sec, ISO 200, 35mm


D700, f/20, 5 sec, ISO 200, 14mm


D700, f/18, 1/60 sec, ISO 200, 14mm


D700, f/14, 40 sec, ISO 200, 14mm

Kauai, Seascapes

I got up every morning at 5:30 or 6:00 to enjoy the sunrise, at was absolutely amazing!!


D700, f/22, 1.6 sec, ISO 100, 31mm
This is probably one of favorite shots of the trip, this was shot threw a 8 stop neutral density filter, 2 stop circular polarizer, and a 2 stop split neutral density filter to block out the sky. Very little if anything was done in post.


D700, f/13, 48 sec, ISO 200, 14mm
It was pretty much dark during this exposure, no post lightening at all, but it took 48 sec during the exposure.


D700, f/20, 0.6 sec, ISO 200, 35mm
To slow the shutter down enough to blur out the water, I again had to shoot through my 8 stop filter, 2 stop polarizer, and 2 stop split filter. This is one reason mornings and evenings are so wonderful.


D700, f/20, 6 sec, ISO 200, 14mm


D700, f/18, 0.4 sec, ISO 200, 24mm


D700, f/22, 1/80 sec, ISO 200, 14mm


D700, f/18, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, 70mm


D700, f/20, 0.6 sec, ISO 400, 18mm


D700, f/20, 2 sec, ISO 200, 14mm


D700, f/18, 30 sec, ISO 200, 14mm


D700, f/18, 1/125 sec, ISO 200, 14mm
This was the first time I really wished I had a wider angle lens, I don't like the crop with the horizon in the middle, but I couldn't bring my self so crop out the sky or the see. Thus the last photo in the post.