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While working on a construction project in the Cayman Islands I took advantage of islands beauty. With a hotel room right on the beach I was fortunate enough to enjoy the ocean and the Sun. Given the opportunity to travel there several times and I visited places that tourists rarely see. The biggest challenge I ran into there was motorists drive on the opposite side of road as we do here in the U.S. I tried a few times and I felt the locals there were safer when I had chosen to remain a passenger whenever I wanted to get around. Gratitude and Kindness are prevalent there as I look forward to returning to the islands sometime soon now that I’m retired.
Grand Cayman is the largest of the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. Beaches and vibrant coral reefs are the island’s hallmarks. During this morning sunrise, a vibrant gold orb ascended over George Town, the main city, capital, and a world financial hub.
As my previous post showed, the water was crystal clear - and so were the skies, making the sunsets somewhat less than I was hoping for photographically, but hey, hard to complain while you're in paradise. :)
In his korjaal - dugout - Stefano, denizen of Dan on the Upper Suriname River, and I paddled up Munjanwoojo Creek across the River exactly opposite the village. Lovely day because huge Cumulus Clouds later to turn into Nimbus took away some of the Sun's heat, and we paddled sweatless under the patchy-blue sky. The River itself was low - this is the dry season - and the Creek, too, wasn't contributing much water. Lots of mud- and sandbanks to carefully navigate around. And lots to see.
On a mudbank a midsize dozing Cayman, Vultures circled overhead looking for food left after villagers had used a Barbasco Liana the previous night on their fishing venture, in the mangroves a variety of Herons and other aquatic birds, Butterflies and Insects, and the perfectly round resting places of freshwater Sting Rays in the low sandbanks, and Ever So Much More.
And on a crystalline-pure sandbank this wondrously Blue Oligoclada laetitia, Happy Blue Dragonfly allowed me too snap it.
The Porsche Cayman GTS is a fun little beast
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(Amazona leucocephala) The Cayman Islands parrot is a subspecies of the Cuban Parrot. They are endemic to the Cayman Islands - which means they are found nowhere else in the world. In fact, there are only three other subspecies of this parrot in the world - two in Cuba and one in the Bahamas.
(Amazona leucocephala caymanensis) The Cayman Island parrot is, in fact, one of two subspecies of the Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala). Both subspecies are endemic to the Cayman Islands - which means they are found nowhere else in the world. In fact, there are only three other subspecies of this parrot in the world - two in Cuba and one in the Bahamas.
Cayman's parrots have iridescent green feathers with darker edges over the body, a white eye ring, red cheeks, black ear patches and brilliant blue wing feathers which are only obvious when the bird is in flight. The tail has blue outer edges, with some red and yellowish green underneath.
The Grand Cayman Parrot (Amazona leucocephala caymanensis) in particular has a pink flush to its whitish forehead. The male is slightly larger and more brightly coloured than the female. Juvenile birds have yellowish foreheads, gradually becoming more washed with pink as they mature.
This one was busy preening his feathers while still keeping his beady eyes on me!
Bright and colorful scuba divers next to Macabuca tiki bar and Sundivers dive shop in Cracked Conch, on Grand Cayman Island.
Taken at Sunset on Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands with my iPhone 7plus. Processed with Snapseed, Distressedfx and PhotoToaster apps.
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A beautiful creature, in a unique location, on a spectacular day in the early morning. It just doesn't get any better. Diving in Grand Cayman, using a magic filter, as shot.
The Cayman Class is a new corvette, capable of multirole missions lasting up to three months without support. Crew complement = 9. Hanger bay can hold LL-130 shuttle.
We took the Jungle Boat tour on Gatun Lake, and it was fantastic! We had lunch on a houseboat, and they had two cayman crocs, a snake, a toucan, and a parrot. This little guy didn't even put us a fuss.
The water here on Grand Cayman is so warm and clear! #caymancookout #rcmemories #caymanislands #grandcayman #grandcaymanisland
The fluid shapes of these beautiful creatures provide unlimited photographic possibilities. So much fun!
Sunrise in the Caribbean. By luck, I was able to catch the sun's glare on the patio tiles as it came up over the building.
On a trip with the Caymans Aggressor (Nov. 2009) for the Dutch scuba publication: Duikmagazine.
The males of the Jawfish that have two stripes on their jaw are carrying brood. It's just a matter of finding one (this one was taken at the Fathom Wall or The Mixing Bowl divespot on Little Cayman) and being very, very patient.
Every 10-15 minutes or so the male tosses the eggs for a fraction of a second but you can kind of see it coming. The eggs get a bit of fresh water this way and have a better chance of hatching safely. These eggs are about two days from hatching.
This little guy was really watching me all the time and was very hesitant to do the egg toss but eventually it got used to me (after about 15 minutes or so) and did the thing I was waiting for. Problem with focus is that it moves around going up and down from his little burrow in the sand. You have to refocus constantly so I used the middle focal point for the eggs and did a crop afterwards to get a bit more exciting cut-out (ca. 30-40% deleted from the right and top).
This one was really wort the effort but also have a look at the Spotted Drum Juvenile: it was about 4mm in size (body) and moving constantly: I was surprised to get the shot at all!
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