Watch The Birdies....
What can I say, I like taking pictures of people taking pictures!
One of the stops we made on this cruise was Bonaire, which is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC islands, 80 km (50 miles) off the coast of Venezuela, and are outside of the "Hurricane Alley. The islands have an arid climate that attracts visitors seeking warm, sunny weather all year round. Bonaire is a popular snorkeling and scuba diving destination because of its multiple shore diving sites and easy access to the island's fringing reefs.
First time visit for us and since we don't snorkel or scuba we decided to take an island tour. One of the highlights of the tour is driving around Goto Lake which is a saltwater lagoon in the north of the island and is known as a flamingo meeting place. Bonaire is one of the few places in the world where pink flamingos nest and these beautiful birds are easy to observe from the road that passes high above the lake.
Well, it just so happened that there were a couple of flamingo families nesting when we passed by and the bus driver decided to stop for people to get a picture.
Now I've seen flamingos before and there are probably a million and two pictures of flamingos on Flicker but it's not every day you get to see a bunch of people with cellphones trying to get a shot of some flamingos through a dirty bus window so I decided to make them my subject. Now, every time I look at this shot I'll remember Bonaire and the bus stop at Goto Lake. If I want to see flamingos I'll just search them on Flickr!
Watch The Birdies....
What can I say, I like taking pictures of people taking pictures!
One of the stops we made on this cruise was Bonaire, which is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC islands, 80 km (50 miles) off the coast of Venezuela, and are outside of the "Hurricane Alley. The islands have an arid climate that attracts visitors seeking warm, sunny weather all year round. Bonaire is a popular snorkeling and scuba diving destination because of its multiple shore diving sites and easy access to the island's fringing reefs.
First time visit for us and since we don't snorkel or scuba we decided to take an island tour. One of the highlights of the tour is driving around Goto Lake which is a saltwater lagoon in the north of the island and is known as a flamingo meeting place. Bonaire is one of the few places in the world where pink flamingos nest and these beautiful birds are easy to observe from the road that passes high above the lake.
Well, it just so happened that there were a couple of flamingo families nesting when we passed by and the bus driver decided to stop for people to get a picture.
Now I've seen flamingos before and there are probably a million and two pictures of flamingos on Flicker but it's not every day you get to see a bunch of people with cellphones trying to get a shot of some flamingos through a dirty bus window so I decided to make them my subject. Now, every time I look at this shot I'll remember Bonaire and the bus stop at Goto Lake. If I want to see flamingos I'll just search them on Flickr!