SKB 2 - South East Peninsular - St.Kitts

this soft light is very pleasant. nice tones. it is great how you create an image from an apparently disordered scene. very good photo.

My thanks for your visit and nice words. This region in St.Kitts is called the South East Peninsular which is a beautiful undeveloped area but soon to be developed.

 

Just some info about St.Kitts:

 

Saint Kitts (also known more formally as Saint Christopher Island (Saint-Christophe in French) is an island in the West Indies (Caribbean). The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Together with the island of Nevis, Saint Kitts constitutes one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

 

The island is situated at 17°15′N 62°40′W / 17.25°N 62.667°W / 17.25; -62.667, about 1,300 miles (2,100 km) southeast of Miami, Florida, in the United States. It has a land area of about 68 sq. miles (168 km²), being 18 by 5 miles (29 by 8 km).

 

Saint Kitts has a population of around 35,000, the majority of whom are mainly of African descent. The primary language is English, with a literacy rate of approximately 98%. Residents call themselves Kittitians.

 

Saint Kitts is one of the historic centres of the Caribbean. The first successful British colony in the West Indies was founded on the island in 1624, and the island was subsequently used as a base to settle most of the neighbouring islands for Britain. It also became the site of the first successful French colony in the West Indies (with Britain and France splitting the island between them) in 1625, and was then used to settle other Caribbean territories for France.

 

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site is the largest fortress ever built in the Eastern Caribbean. The island is also home to the Warner Park Cricket Stadium, which was used to host 2007 Cricket World Cup matches. This made St. Kitts and Nevis the smallest nation on Earth to ever host a World Cup event.

 

The island is also an education centre, with the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine [1], Windsor University School of Medicine, and University of Medicine and Health Sciences (UMHS).

 

 

Thanks for your input.

Tony...Excellent documentary...A beautiful, softly captured scene with clear details...Looks like you had a great vacation...7/7..Best wishes...Marjorie

Thank you very much for your generosity in your comments and rating. I did have a great holiday and while it was quite hot, the beach (i really enjoy the ocean) was there to cool me off. Give Eli a hug for me. Warm regards,

Remains one of my favorite isands in the caribbean. Very authentic capture with great dof and very natural colors. Compliments and thanks for sharing - El

Beautiful scene! Cheers!

Hello Tony, I like this soft scene, well composed with the foreground and the nice blue waters.

The light in the clouds is well handled.

This is very nice to look at. There is serene mood in this picture.

Cheers!

Hello Tony!

 

This is a very pleasing image. I love the soft colors and the nice clouds. I hope you had a wonderful vacation. I'm looking forward to another enjoyable season here and to the rest of your work from the Summer.

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Dick

An excellent use of the super wide lens. Great depth here from foreground to horizon. I toyed with this one in PS (shadows\highlights) to get a tad more detail in the clouds and a tad more detail in the foreground shadows. (a tad = about 5%). Works for me but may upset the balance you approve of. A light touch is required or the whole scene goes wonkey. (my spell checker tells me wonkey isn't a real word but I trust you get my drift) You must have been in Photographer's Heaven with so much material for your lens and so little time. It's always the way when you're having fun. Best, LM.

thank you very much for your very consistent support and very high opinion of my images which is very much appreciated. I seem to remember that the first image of yours which I rated and commented was a beach scene. I had no idea that you had such a high opinion of St.Kitts or that you had visited there.

 

I had a chat with the developer that will have a major project for the South East peninsular - 90 houses selling for around one million and 40 of them have been sold and the only thing you see for those houses is a stake in the ground with a number. A golf course, a marina with a 'marine village' are just around the corner. Turning the area into a national park will not generate the same level of revenue and jobs. As I write, the bulldozers have started their work. Thanks again for your visit, comments and ratings. Best regards,

I appreciate your frequent visits. have a great day.

I don't think that all images have to be dramatic with beams of light. Sometimes many images have this 'soft' look and I am glad that I was able to capture it given the high dynamic range because of the bright clouds. Thanks for stopping by and I hope mum is OK.

Thank you very much for your visit and I appreciate your input. I had a most enjoyable holiday mostly in the month of July - great weather (a little hot). I did lots of photography and wished I had done more but one must maintain a balance in life. The d300 got a work out and I hope yours got a work-out also. I have just started to use the 14 bit A/d conversion instead of 12 bit. You are supposed to get 'better color' but at the moment I am only getting larger RAW files. The book on the D300 that you are reading - does it mention anything about the 14 bit conversion? Best regards and I look forward to your new images.

Thanks for your visit and glad you took the time to play with this image ensuring that it does not go 'wonkey'. I tend to look at color and it's density as a virtual black and white image and try to assess if it has many shades of gray. There are areas in the foreground that are black representing the darkest B&W tone ranging through the very white clouds. However I will re-look at the image in line with your comments. Best regards

WOW...this is great!! Perfect compositional layout. The elements come together so well. Very, very nice. 7/7 . Thanks for sharing. Scott

Tony, I also shoot in 14-bit RAW but I must admit that it's not easy to tell the difference from 12. Most of my reading seems to indicate that you get a slightly improved color and gray-scale depth and breadth with the extra information. For rapid shooting it slows down the camera's write to the card. But, I haven't experienced that as a real issue.

 

I see you are enjoying your Sigma 10-20. I really like it, but it's a bit tricky to get used to the super wide distortion. DXO OpticsPro software has lens correction modules that can fix it. I tried their free trial, but couldn't get the modules to run on my iMac. I may try it again when I get my own dedicated computer for photography.

 

My D300 got a work out in our month at the lake. But we also did a lot of great family activities and some overdue maintenance projects.

 

Keep enjoying your camera and I'll be looking forward to seeing your work!

 

My best to you!

 

Dick

Outstanding landscape! A lot of elements but seem to fit together in this image. Very dramatic clouds, good detail and great composition. Best regards! - Lester

Excellent landsacpe Tony!, Perfect cut and colors, give a great sense of space and peace ... well done!

I am highly appreciative of your max rating and glad you could spot the circular composition that I tried to achieve with the land elements. Had I chosen a different position, I might have had too much water (empty space) without a boat to break up that space. All the very best,

Dick - thanks for the additional information.

Lester - glad you like the composition.

Fabrizio - thanks for stopping by - your input is also very much appreciated.

Ruud, Dave K, Daniele and Marjorie - thanks for the nice ratings.

Beautiful composition Tony......and thankyou for the History of the Island...it always makes the Photo that more interesting...for me at least. Wonderful foreground, with your perspective leading us into even more beauty............it must have been just lovely there...love your processing, light and overall composition............Wonderful shot to hang on the Wall.....congrats, Gail(my 6's are your 7's. : -))

Lovely composition, Tony ... a really dreamed place. Excellent lights & tones ... My best regards.

Thanks for your visit. All the very best.

Many thanks. Best regards,