F/1.0

Had a wonderful vacation, some well needed downtime/R&R.  Lots of beach/eating/sleeping and not much else :-)  Not a lot of photography either, but a few interesting shots.  First were the *enormous* iguanas that were roaming the pool area by my family’s condo.  Seriously these things were huge… just kind of strolling around like they owned the place

A quick shot from the balcony of the hotel we went to for the evening of the 4th…

(this was shot at iso3200… I am absolutely floored by how clean and detailed the 5d is at 3200.  it is light years ahead of any crop-sensor camera I have used)

Finally one evening we had a spectacular lightning storm… the view over the ocean and the bay was fantastic as we watched the lighting move across into downtown Miami

(yes the second one is a bit blurry as I didn’t have a tripod, but the bolt was so cool it was hard to pass up)

Finally a few random snaps from here and there (along with the above, couldn’t figure out how to separate them out!)

Had a great shoot last weekend, messing around in old city with Stephanie. We had such a good time, we wound up shooting for > 4 hours without even noticing! We also got a ton of rubberneckers as we invaded the streets of old city - a group of touristst ran up to try and snap shots of Stephanie too while we posed in front of the first Bank of the US.

Anyway, came back with some nice shots and we’ll be heading out again for tomorrow’s Strobist meetup!

Another street shot with the G9 - the light was just perfect - I took virtually the same picture the next day at the same time, and it was totally flat and “blah”.

I was actually somewhat dissapointed with my work from the St. John trip, but I did get a few decent images. (not counting the photoshoots with Vicky and Sasha, some great stuff from those!)

click the pics for larger views on flickr.

“2 Pelicans” - Maho Bay, St John

“The Silver Lining” - taken from the balcony of our villa.

“Driftwood” - Cinnamon Bay, St. John