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Travel Bob

Jamaica scenes




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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz.

Lara and I made our annual pilgrimage to Jamaica earlier this month. Lots of great Appleton rum, a little bit of dominoes and total relaxation. I can’t even begin to describe how much I look forward to this trip each year. Jamaica never lets me down.

I’ve already shot a lot of photos there on past trips, so this time I shot mostly HDR stuff just to see how the tropical light would play in this format. Overall, the results were impressive, especially given the fact that I wasn’t shooting with a tripod.

Fishermen in Treasure Beach use these boats to motor out into the Caribbean Sea in search of food. Hard to believe, but they often go 90 miles south of Jamaica in these tiny wood craft.

Of the other stuff I shot, I particularly like this shot of moss-covered rocks with a rainstorm in the distance and this one of flowers at Villa Hikaru, where Lara and I stay.

Here’s a link to the entire set.

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Dog Bob

Basset hound savior

Leanne made an appearance on a local TV program called Style to promote her basset rescue group. Even though I’m still tweaked that the TV geeks can’t spell basset, I’d urge you to check it out. Or better yet, help Leanne in her efforts to save these noble critters. (I particularly recommend you take a look at Bogie and Rembrandt if you’re in an adopting mood. I was almost in tears when Lee told me their tale.)

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HDR Bob

Spring in Tennessee




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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz.

This shot is from the second round of my tests of HDR photography. This is my favorite of the magnolia set (that’s a magnolia to the right.) I’m pretty much just using the defaults in Photomatix at this point and haven’t started tweaking the settings much. I also uploaded a few shots of Emma and Anita’s visit.