It has been a most hectic week for me since my return from paradise on the Caribbean island of Cayman Brac within the Cayman Islands. I have been busy sending submissions to clients and preparing my entries for the BBC / Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, which closes on February 27th. I held off on entering any images until my return from Cayman Brac as I felt the island held many great possibilities for imagery that would be worthy of entering into this year’s competition – I entered 6 images from my recent trip into the contest.
Each and every morning I would set the alarm to wake me about forty-five minutes before sunrise. I would then walk down to the beach and commence capturing numerous sunrise images. When photographing sunrise scenes it is always a best practice to get into the habit of looking behind you to see what is going on in the western skies, as I did on the morning I created the above photograph. To accurately record the lovely pinkish tones I use my Singh-Ray 3-stop Reverse Graduated Neutral Density Filter and because I was photographing at daybreak just before sun-up my exposure was long enough to pleasingly blur the ocean waves.
During my trip to Cayman Brac I really wanted to travel as lightly as possible, which was made possible by Gentec International the Canadian distributor of Manfrotto Tripods. Gentec was kind enough to loan me the new Manfrotto BeFree Tripod for my trip to Cayman Brac. Please keep an eye open next week for my full review of this wonderful tripod that makes traveling a breeze.
Do remember to click on the image above to see the larger, sharper version.
Lovely light, good luck with the contest!
Thanks Victor much appreciated!
That light is amazing! Gorgeous shot! You’ve got a new follower here! x
Very much appreciated Julie and thanks a ton for showing your support by following along with the blog 🙂
Andrew, Fabulous image! Love the composition of the clouds extending upwards from the horizon & the ocean downward (or forward). I’m sure I missed it somewhere, but what camera and lens did you use?
Thanks very much Nancy!…I used a Nikon D800 with the new Nikon 18-35mm lens to capture the scene.