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I know the spot! Nice job balancing the light and catching the changing weather.

These women in the San Blas Islands off of Panama make their living

selling hand woven Molas which they also use to decorate their

dresses. They hang out on these tiny island where they like to

charge people who visit and take their photos...a fair trade.

These islands are on the Caribbean side of Panama and many are

uninhabited. Within minutes of taking this the whole island fell

under a cloud and we were hammered by rain. It made for tough

lighting conditions. If I had the time I would have used a graduated

ND filter to cope with the bright beach.

Nice use of "rule of thirds". The sky is a little out of focus relative to the foreground. I'd suggest focusing about 1/3 of the way into the shot and increasing the depth of field with a small appeture setting. I like the composition a lot. It seems to compress the clouds to a low elevation.

Thanks for the nice comments. For once the weather gods were smiling on me. I'll soon post a bunch more.

I would have liked some more shadows too, but like they say...timing is everything.

I arrived here at midday for lunch. Obviously some afternoon or

morning shadows and lighting would have added something but with an

average of only 2 clear days a month I couldn't complain. Any

comments are appreciated. Thanks.

Nice compostition but the distorsion from the wide angle lens is quiet apparent in some elements. I'm guessing in the range of 17-22mm. For the tower itself it helps stress the size but the light post in the lower right looks a little odd. With a standard SLR camera its hard to avoid unless you can keep verticle elements out of the foreground. In any case the picture definitely captures the awesome feeling when you first walk up to the tower and the colors also came out well

Great use of perspective. Your timing was perfect.

A little too much sky for me although the clouds add interest. I assume the church is the primary subject and I'd zoom in a little tighter on it. It is nice to place it off center as you have done. The lighting is also a bit flat looking as though shot at mid day.

I was just walking out of a dirt parking area to get some shots of

the Mtns. beyond when I spotted these Guanacos very close by. They

are quite shy and well camouflaged so I had to back up and quickly

zoom in against a contrasting background to see them. No time to

change lens...a herd of tourists scared them off seconds later.

Any comments or recommendations would be great.

Better with the tops of the peaks in the clouds or not?

It cleared as I was standing here.