Photos from the 02/23/2024 sailing of the Emerald Princess

[optimusprime82]

Photos from our sailing onboard the Emerald Princess from 02/23/24 through 03/06/24 leaving from Fort Lauderdale with stops in Basseterre, St. Kitts, Pointe-A-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Castries, St. Lucia, Kingstown, St. Vincent, Scarborough, Tobago, St. George's, Grenada, Willemstad, Curacao, and Oranjestad, Aruba.

 

Edited March 22 by optimusprime82

[Oscar13]

Wonderful pictures, especially the up close ones of the dolphins.

 

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[phonejock]

Nice You have a great “eye” Thanks for sharing 

[DavidsNana]

Fabulous pictures.  Thanks so much.

[cruisin1357]

Beautiful and very artistic!  

[cnice515]

@optimusprime82Thank you so much for sharing these pictures, they are absolutely fabulous 💗

[lgonquin]

Beautiful pics.  You have a keen eye!!!  Well done.

Were the donkeys/mules from Aruba?  Near Baby Beach?  They love apples 🙂

[optimusprime82]

1 hour ago, lgonquin said:

Beautiful pics.  You have a keen eye!!!  Well done.

Were the donkeys/mules from Aruba?  Near Baby Beach?  They love apples 🙂

 

It was at the donkey sanctuary in Aruba, I don't recall if it was near a beach. We usually have our cab stop at a grocery so we can cut carrots, they love those too.

[Sunset329]

Amazing photos!!!

[In Toronto]

You are an amazing photographer!!!

[ArizonaStorm]

Sometimes I think I'm a fairly good photographer -- until I see photos like these.  It takes a keen eye to really see the photo-worthiness of random objects.  Professional equipment is helpful, but such tools are wasted in the hands of someone with limited imagination.  If I had a hat I would tip it in your general direction.

[optimusprime82]

19 hours ago, ArizonaStorm said:

Sometimes I think I'm a fairly good photographer -- until I see photos like these.  It takes a keen eye to really see the photo-worthiness of random objects.  Professional equipment is helpful, but such tools are wasted in the hands of someone with limited imagination.  If I had a hat I would tip it in your general direction.

 

Thank you. Good hear certainly helps but a lot of what I showed here was shot with a very good, fixed focal length (28mm) point and shoot camera (Ricoh GRIII). I've only been "seriously" shooting since 2016. You can learn a lot on YouTube. My best advice, learn some of the basic rules of photography so you can break them and find things to photograph that interest you, not where all the tourists go. With that said, there's nothing wrong with touristy photo spots but it's hard to make something standout when you're fighting for time and positioning. 

 

Good luck in the future don't be afraid to experiment. 

[Let Me Travel!]

WOW! What a wonderful photographer! The bottle caps! The donkeys! The dolphins! The buildings and the homeless man sleeping in front of the building! Your photos moved me!

[optimusprime82]

1 hour ago, Let Me Travel! said:

WOW! What a wonderful photographer! The bottle caps! The donkeys! The dolphins! The buildings and the homeless man sleeping in front of the building! Your photos moved me!

 

Thank you. I try to remain respectful when photographing anyone that appears housing challenged. With that said, it’s also a part of life that I don’t think we should pretend isn’t happening around us, especially when we’re visiting places that are often beautiful on the surface near the tourist hotspots. Over the years I’ve taken a few other similar shots that I’ve tried to frame in a similar way. Below are examples from Martinique and Chicago.

 

[Let Me Travel!]

Very moving...I have tears for them and appreciation for your eye!

[CLP9999]

Thank you for sharing- absolutely beautiful!