So, back from 2 weeks in Antigua. Lots of photos. Not too keen on a lot of them but oh well, was the first time I was using the camera heavily again for what seemed like a few months.
These crabs were all over the hotels pier. So much more interesting than UK crabs (generally).
Crab (2) by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Experiment with HDR. Wanted to get more detail in the wood grains. Also tweaked saturation on the door, and cloned out some cables that were pretty ugly.
House HDR 1 by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
At the start of the holiday I was trying to keep the ISO low, and wasn't getting very good shots with the birds. Ended up cranking the ISO so that I'd at least get decent shots, if a little grainy.
Tern (2) by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Tern by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Never seen a mushroom growing on a dock before. Would have thought they wouldn't tolerate the salinity.
Dock Fungus by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Annoyingly halfway through the holiday I dropped my Graduated ND filter, and it broke. I tried to get around this by using my normal ND filter but halfway down the holder. It sort of worked, except it's a bit wonky
Hawksbill sunset 3 by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Polarising filter. Think the clouds are a tad overexposed, quite a typical postcard shot I think, sure I saw the exact same photo (minus clouds) in several shops.
Sherley panorama by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Macro lens and ringflash. These frogs were LOUD but only about 1" big. Also they only came out at night, so it was quite good fun trying to first locate one in a good spot, in the dark, and then focus and expose the flash without scaring the bugger away before getting it right.
Frog by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Lots of lizards too. Got quite a few photos in various poses, but I really like the sharpness in the eyes in this one.
Lizard 2 by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Hermit crab. Think the focus is out on this though.
Hermit 3 by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
When we arrived on day one I saw a hummingbird and that was my mission for the two weeks. Day two was my first chance, and I managed an "OK" shot, though the ISO was a bit too low I think, as these birds are both small and fast. Throughout the holiday though at the hotel we kept seeing them in a certain location so I camped out a bit and lucked out with two different species. Again I just had the ISO up as I didn't want to lose an opportunity, it was also quite late into golden hour, which didn't help trying to get a bird that flaps its wings at up to 80 times a second. Had to manual focus as they were too small for the camera to pick up! (Red flowers are about 1" long for scale)
Carib 3 by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Fort Barrington was about 5-6km away from our hotel. Not too far by normal standards, but in 30degree heat (in the shade) it was quite a challenge. Glad we made it up there though.
Barrington 3 by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Ruin by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Doorway by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Obligatory beach umbrella shot.
Umbrella by
Chris_Moody, on Flickr
Rest of the shots here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpyder/sets/72157637876420023/with/10962501314/
