The Cayman Brac Report

Daybreak at Pollard Bay on Cayman Brac
Nikon D800, Nikon 18-35mm lens @ 18mm
ISO 100, f16 @ 1 second
Singh-Ray 3-Stop Reverse Graduated Neutral Density Filter

I returned from my 14 day stay on the Caribbean island of Cayman Brac late on March 19th. Since my return I have been busy getting caught up on various things and processing a few of my initial favorites, from the vast number of images created during the trip. Today’s post will highlight my most favorite photos from the trip and in subsequent posts I will get into the nitty-gritty of what worked, what didn’t work, and the techniques used to create the images.

During my trip there were many lovely sunrises, a few nice sunsets, lots of Brown Booby chicks, reptiles, amphibians, and it seemed like with each day of snorkeling, which was everyday, I found something really cool to photograph in the ocean too 🙂

Here are a few images from this recent trip to Cayman Brac.

Please do remember to click on each of the images to see the larger, sharper version. Hope ya like ’em 🙂

Male Brown Booby with Chick
Nikon D800, Nikon 80-400mm VR lens @ 400mm
ISO 400, f16 @ 1/320 sec.

Hurricane Crab
Nikon D800, Nikon 80-400mm VR lens @ 80mm
ISO 100, f25 @ 1/60 sec.
Canon 500D Close-up Filter

Cuban Treefrog
Nikon D800, Nikon 80-400mm VR lens @ 195mm
ISO 100, f22 @ 1/60sec
Canon 500D Close-up Filter

The Bat Cave
Nikon D800, Sigma f2.8 EX DG 15mm Fisheye Lens
ISO 100, f16 @ 0.6 sec.

Octopus
Sony RX100 @ 10.4mm (28mm equivlent)
ISO 400, f8 @ 1/1000 sec

Rock Iguana
Nikon D800, Nikon 80-400mm VR lens @ 390mm
ISO 100, f8 @ 1/800 sec

Stonefish
Sony RX100 @ 10.4mm (28mm equivalent)
ISO 400, f8 @ 1/500 sec.

 

 

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The Last Sunrise

On Thursday morning I start my long day of travel back home to Ontario from my two week stay on the Caribbean Island of Cayman Brac. This morning’s sunrise was probably the best during my two weeks here. I grabbed a quick cellphone snap of it, to share, using the HDR feature, that I love, on my Samsung Note 2.

See ya soon 🙂

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Cayman Brac Update

Here’s a quick cellphone snap using the HDR feature on my Samsung Note 2. I did a pre-dawn trip to Pollard Bay this morning for sunrise imagery and then explored the rugged coast along the base of the 144 foot bluff located at the east end of the island.

My snorkeling trips have been very productive and I will share those photos with you once I return to Ontario and have time to process the image files. So far I have captured some nice photos of: Octopus,  Caribbean Reef Squid, Stonefish , Sand Divers, and Stingrays.

See you soon 🙂

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Cayman Brac

I have arrived on the beautiful island of Cayman Brac. After some much needed rest after a long day of travel yesterday I am ready to begin exploring the area above and below the sea. Cayman Brac will be my home for the next two weeks ☺

At dusk on the day before I left Ontario the snowy owl that has been over – wintering in the fields behind my house finally landed on a more suitable perch, instead of the usual barn roof or hydro poles. Below is my favorite of the many images I created of the owl. I photographed her until my fingers were numb from the cold, won’t need to worry about that for the next 14 days ☺

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