Caribbean Photography: Island Hope
06th February 2013
Caribbean Photography
Hope Bay, Bequia
This week I headed off the beaten track and down through the scrub-filled hillside to Hope Bay, on the windward side of the island.
A beautiful sweeping bay, lined with Palm trees and a good sandy beach, with rocks coming out into the sea at either end of the bay... Lots to photograph. Hidden in amongst the palm trees were a couple of small 'shacks', no doubt setup a few years ago by an enterprising local trader to sell what he could find on the beach, which was laden with fan corals.... as well as all the ocean jetsam that gets blown in on the prevailing winds and tides.
As this was my first visit, it was more a reccy trip, finding out what was around so that I can return another time with more colourful lighting conditions.
The winds were blowing and the sea were rolling in, waves crashing across the bay and spray covering the camera and lenses. With the wet, slippery rocky conditions at either end of the bay, it made for challenging mornings shooting. It was a good opportunity to use the strong ten stop filter to slow down the motion of the crashing waves, but I'll cover this in another blog post.
One of the questions I get asked a lot here as the breeze comes down the valley into the main bay, is "does the wind really blow that strong?" I think this tree tells you the answer.
Hope Bay, Bequia
This week I headed off the beaten track and down through the scrub-filled hillside to Hope Bay, on the windward side of the island.
A beautiful sweeping bay, lined with Palm trees and a good sandy beach, with rocks coming out into the sea at either end of the bay... Lots to photograph. Hidden in amongst the palm trees were a couple of small 'shacks', no doubt setup a few years ago by an enterprising local trader to sell what he could find on the beach, which was laden with fan corals.... as well as all the ocean jetsam that gets blown in on the prevailing winds and tides.
As this was my first visit, it was more a reccy trip, finding out what was around so that I can return another time with more colourful lighting conditions.
The winds were blowing and the sea were rolling in, waves crashing across the bay and spray covering the camera and lenses. With the wet, slippery rocky conditions at either end of the bay, it made for challenging mornings shooting. It was a good opportunity to use the strong ten stop filter to slow down the motion of the crashing waves, but I'll cover this in another blog post.
One of the questions I get asked a lot here as the breeze comes down the valley into the main bay, is "does the wind really blow that strong?" I think this tree tells you the answer.