MUSTIQUE – We saw a rare double rainbow today and managed to capture it – rainbows are notoriously difficult to photograph so I count myself as lucky. Following the rainbow is the obligatory shot of the sky. Both taken with my Hasselblad H4D-60
On this day last year: Home theatre, Coccoloba. “Coccoloba” is the name of the house we stayed in last year. Here’s a link to it on the Mustique Company site – the photographs of the house are mine.
MUSTIQUE – So here we go, onward in our survey of skies in the Grenadines. This is three frames taken with my Hasselblad H4D-60 and stitched in Photoshop.
Day 466 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day one year ago: A not very good image from Firefly, one of the three places on Mustique that serve food to the public.
ON BOARD THE SHROUD DANCER – So I’ve decided to focus on skies this trip. In color. Using a circular polarizer which in the general direction of 90˚ from the sun darkens the sky dramatically. In other words “the hell with not hackneyed”. Maybe even a bit in the direction of kitsch.
Here we are sailing to Bequia on board a friend’s boat, the Shroud Dancer. Take with my Hasselblad H4D and a 28mm lens. This is two frames stitched.
Day 465 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year: Guess what – Mustique!. This is the post with my self-important note about color in the tropics.
AIRBORNE BETWEEN BARBADOS AND MUSTIQUE – The places that you get to in a small plane seem to be the best. I guess that’s because there are enough people who say “I’d never fly in one of those things” to keep the crowds small. Or maybe its the landings – places where small planes go tend to have funky airports. Here we are on the last leg of the full day trip from snow-bound Manhattan to Mustique, a paradise island in the Grenadines. Here’s a link to one of the three places where the public can buy a meal on the island: Basil’s Bar. Basil Charles OBE, the owner, is a friend and has the good taste to have purchased one of my prints. No kidding on the OBE – its in recognition of his important contribution to education in St. Vincent.
Mustique appears to have become our island paradise of choice. This is not a result of a conscious decision but we were there in June 2010 at a wedding and in January of last year when I said “I almost always do tropical setting in black and white” to avoid hackneyed images. Yeh, right. We’ll see about that. This statement has made me rethink what I’m going to post over the next few days. 100% color. “Not hackneyed” is over rated, anyway.
Don’t look for a Jimmy Buffet vibe when you get here. It’s paradise, and you can buy a cheeseburger but that’s about the only connection.
Day 465 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year: Jet Blue terminal at JFK. On the way to Mustique.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I watched a remarkable light develop out my office window. Rain wet Third Avenue reflected light that seemed to be shining only on it. Another demonstration that there are pictures all around us if only we watch for them. Four exposures take with my Lecia M9 and a 90mm Elmarit lens stitched in Photoshop.
On this date last year: The Standard Hotel.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I took a walk after a meeting on West 12th Street. St. Vincents Hospital, which recently closed, was the where may of the first casualties came. This is an ad hoc memorial in the block south of St. Vincents.
On this day one year ago: Sunrise in Boston.
BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS – A parking area recessed into a building, for some reason painted black. Leica M9 and 35mm Summilux II lens.
On this day last year: Boston again.
