Cable Beach camels at sunset

Eek—so sorry I missed your comment, Debra. Mea culpa. Thanks ever so much!

Bellavista2, sorry this reply is so late…duh! Thanks so much for your supportive comments.

Well, better late than never in a reply…thank you for stopping by and so sorry this is so late!

magins, thank you for your kind comments. I apologize for being so tardy in my response!

Thank you, Vulcan Spark. So sorry this is such a late reply!

Thank you! Whalegeek

Many thanks!

Thank you, Alyson.

Taking that photo from the back of a lurching camel was “interesting.” Despite the lumpy gait of the camel, it all managed to come together. Thank you, mc27!

Thank you ever so much for this honor! You’ve made my day.

Thank you, lorilee for having a look.

Thank you for this honor! Whooooooeeeeee!

Brian, thank you for your comment. I got a kick out of you living near the Spam capital of the world. My dad survived on Spam during WWII. I don’t like Spam at all until I had nothing more to eat other than Spam and scrambled eggs during a very nasty typhoon.

Enough reminiscences…you have a fine eye for color as witnessed by your portfolio entries. Love that fiery watertower sunset!

Hello, dear Barbara. Someday I hope to return to Cable Beach in a less jet-lagged state of mind. Frankly I’m surprised I didn’t fall off the camel’s back as I rode along in a time zone fog! It’s such a special, uniquely Australian place.

Thank you very, very much Karen for your vote of confidence. Most kind of you to write.

Thank you, auntydakine!

Thank you, George. It was ever so difficult to level the horizon when lurching along on top of a camel’s back. Egads, I’m amazed anything even turned out on this photo at all considering the unsteady gait of my mount.

Oh, Marilyn I sincerely hope you go to Cable Beach some day…promise me you’ll spirit me away in your suitcase when you go, okay? Thank you ever so much for your support!

Julia, thank you for stopping by and commenting. Most appreciated!

Thank you, Kay. That was a fun experience although my days of enjoying a lurching camel ride have passed into history!

LjMaxx, I truly appreciate your comments! Thank you for stopping by for a look. You have some wonderful whale images. I have quite a few in my portfolio…can’t get enough of them. No doubt you understand that very well!

So very happy you liked this image. Thank you for your sweet comments and the Fave! Much appreciated.

Thank you, blamo!

You brought a big smile to my face! Thank you ever so much for taking the time to write such nice words.

I have to laugh, gabryshak…the scene is indeed rather romantic but lurching around on a camel’s back definitely is NOT. Thanks for your kind comments.

John, thank you ever so much!

Thank you very much, Joel. Thank you for stopping by for a look!

Most appreciative thank yous to you, Xenia!

Lorena, thank you ever so much!

Simmone, thank you ever so much! Cable Beach and its surrounding area are indeed gorgeous. I hope to return some day.

Ramy, thank you. I was very fortunate to fire this shot off in that beautiful light. From my perch on top of a lumbering camel, it was rather difficult to keep my camera from jiggling. Should have a word with that camel about that!

Thank you very much!

WOW! That’s fantastic news. Thank you very much!

Thank you, Deirdre for stopping by to comment!

Brandie1, thank you ever so much!

TanyaS, thank you so very much for commenting!

You and me both, Steve. Thanks for stopping by to have a look.

Thank you ever so much!

Thank you, Melanie. Yes, that was one colorful sunset. I’ll always treasure that memory.

Thank you, Sharon. Mahalo nui loa!

Thank you, Sharon, for the invitation. Will do and much obliged!

Thanks ever so much, kathy! Glad you enjoyed it.

Loisb, you have written such kind words…thanks for the big lift today! This is one of my favorite images due to the colors as well as the memories it evokes.

You and me both when it comes to keeping horizons level. I seem to have a tendency to slant horizons so I’m always working on that. Watching whales, this can often be a problem when on the deck of a pitching boat.

When you mentioned working on whites in your photography, do you use custom white balance? Many people just correct white balance in Photoshop but I prefer getting the color correct when I take a photo, thus I use a custom white balance as much as possible. I use a convenient Expodisc; it’s a fancy, convenient gray card. Perhaps you are already doing this but I thought I’d mention it just in case you wish to look into this more. Expodisc info is on the web.

Take care!

Good luck with your experimentation, lois. I don’t use Photoshop nor even know how to use it but rely on the simple fix its in Apple’s iPhoto. That being said, I am a firm believer in getting it right the first time so as to reduce editing time. The more you play with your camera’s settings, the more natural it will feel. Do look into setting custom white balances as that will make a huge difference in the color you achieve in your images. Have to run….an early morning departure for more whaling awaits. Keep on adding to that 100 a day challenge. You rock!

Thank you, kellimays! This was a fortunate moment…that darn camel I was sitting atop kept rocking about as well as lurching at the most importune moments. It’s amazing to me that this image even worked out considering horizons were rocking all over the place and the photographer was being bounced all over.

Aw, thanks a bundle. I’d love to return. Wanna come along?