Love my drone…. video from my last visit to Aruba’s Palm Beach.
Cayman Pool
This photo and almost everyone I’ve posted in the last few months are from a better time…. We’ll get back to better times at some point. Until then, I’ll keep posting images that remind us of happier days and amazing places.
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Post Cayman Sunset
This is the beautiful sky about 20 minutes after sunset in Grand Cayman. The amazing pool and resort are pretty good as well. Good times……right now I’d love to be back at this spot. But like everyone else I’m doing my part to limit the spread of COVID-19….so no travel for a while….
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Bonaire Sunset
Very simple photo for you tonight. I took this from a over the water restaurant in downtown Kralendijk Bonaire. We had dinner and drinks here watching the sun disappear into the sea.
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Early Morning
As I’ve said before, I often get up very early on vacation to photograph the location (resort, beach, ship, hotel, etc…) before the rest of the tourist wake up. That was the case with this spot as well. I wanted to capture this spot without anyone in the way.
This is from a resort north of Cancun Mexico from last February.
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Hotel Pool
Keeping my streak alive for 5th post….another “water” photo. This one is from our hotel pool in Long Beach California. It wasn’t a very pretty location during the day, but it beautiful at night.
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Blue Spot
This is the infinity pool at the Grand Palladium Resort north of Cancun Mexico. I took this photo just after sunrise. I was one of only a few people who climbed out of bed to see this beautiful scene. What a great morning…. Can I please go back????
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Beach Pool
This will be my 2nd post from Mexico in a row. I usually mix them up a little. I took this photo with my drone hovering over the bar looking down this extremely long pool towards the beach. We had an okay sunrise that morning…but it was way better then the couple days of rain prior to this morning. We spent many hours at this spot lounging in and out of the pool. Good times at the Grand Palladium!!!
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Travel Sunrise
It is so cold and dark in Pittsburgh this time of year. So I’m posting this photo from a past Mexico trip. Maybe it’ll help me get over this thing called winter.
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Ocean and Lagoon
It was chilly in my area this weekend, which makes we wish for either warmer weather or a trip to a warm weather spot. As I scrolled through photos looking for something to post, I had that in my head. Therefore, you’re getting this photo I took from the Bahamas. This was a great spot to spend the day, with the Caribbean Sea on one side and a beautiful lagoon on the other.
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Dream Spot
I don’t know about you, but I love being in and around water. Pools, lakes, ponds, rivers, seas, oceans, etc… I love them all. This specific spot is from a resort south of Cancun in Mexico. I got up super early to capture this sunrise photo.
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Morning Sun
I can’t speak to what’s happening in your areas, where ever you are, but today in Pittsburgh it is hot, hot, hot!!! So I was flipping through photos looking for something that would display cool, cold, or refreshing….and I came across this photo I processed and left to rot on my computer for the last year or so. It just makes me want to jump into that pool and cool off. Have a great weekend and a happy holiday.
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Pool Side Fun
We’ve been to Mexico so many time and honestly, it’s always a great time. We’ve never had any issues and it’s hard to beat the value. At this specific resort, I captured a ton of wonderful photos. There was one amazing sunrise after another and the facility and pools were beautiful.
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Reflections and Tile Work
As I currently sit at home and watch it rain outside (by the way it’s also cold out there), I wish I was in a warmer spot. I want to be back to this spot….. warm, relaxing, fun, beautiful. But I’m not. So, I’ll have to enjoy the photo and remember what it felt like to be at this location.
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Palm Tree Reflections
Another photo from the Grand Bahia Principle resort near Tulum Mexico. I took this photo this yesterday morning just after the sunrise, but before the morning shadows disappeared. We’ve had a great time, but if I was rating this resort…… well, I’d rather not say. Anyway, I always enjoy getting up early on vacation to catch sunrise photos and I try to get creative so that it isn’t always the same standard view of the ocean with a large ball of orange in the distance.
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Photolumer - Mexico Resort
Last post, I share some information about a new very simple and cheap photo editor called Photolemur. As part of that post, I shared a before and after portrait photo I processed with this software. Tonight I am sharing a landscape photo from Mexico that I also processed using the new software. I am sharing the original photo right out of the camera, the Photolumer processed photo and a screen shot of the software user interface.
Note about the location: I took this photo in Puerto Morelos Mexico when we stayed at the Ocean Coral Resort. It is a pre-sunrise photo with the resort pool in the foreground.
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Processed with Photolumer
Original photo out of the camera
Photolumer User Interface
Isla Mujeres Lighthouse
Today’s photo is from our last Mexico trip. We took a day and traveled to Isla Mujeres to do a little exploring. I took this photograph on our way to the island from the mainland. I love the blue colors in the photo.
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Great vacation spot
Morning Sun
The beauty of waking up early for a sunrise is that normally I’m alone. Or mostly alone. The popular beach is abandoned. The resort pool is vacant. The Lido deck on a cruise ship is quiet. You get the point. It doesn’t seem to matter where we travel to, I can count on this phenomenon. Which allows me the opportunity to capture great photos without tourists in the way. And I’ve come to the realization that people around the world, all like to sleep in….
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Sangrias
During our last trip through Fort Lauderdale Florida, MJ and I had lunch at this beach side restaurant and bar. To my surprise, they had an huge neon Yuengling inside the place. So getting a Yuengling was tempting, but I went with this extra large drink instead.
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Mexican Blue Hour
Here is another photo from the Ocean Coral Resort in Puerto Morelos, Mexico. This is one of five pools at the resort. I took this photo right before we had dinner at the restaurant on the left side of the photo.
Ocean Coral Resort