Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Now There's Something You Don't See.......

I included a photo in my 'Fish & Ships' post that showed 3 pelicans diving into the water with a pirate ship in the background. Bizarre.

I explained how I'd been tracking the birds down in their dive and when I snapped them entering the water, I was as surprised as anyone to have captured the ship as well. Just one of those things.

Well the following day we had moved a few miles down the West coast of Florida and were all out on the beach watching another lovely sunset. It was a bit cool and so we were dressed accordingly - which meant Daphne was wearing her black 'sheep' and was holding onto her handbag which never left her side the entire 2 weeks she was here. Even in bed. I'm not even sure it COULD come off her arm.

Anyway I wanted a shot of her against the setting sun as it was such an iconic image for me of our time on the West Coast. A beach, the ocean, a glorious sunset, Daphne taking photos and ....the sheep and the handbag.

Just as I'd composed the shot and was about to press the shutter, the buzzing noise I'd been hearing for the last few seconds grew even louder and I was aware that 'something' had moved across the shot at the last second but I didn't know what.

Lowering the camera from my eye, I saw that it was a 2 man seaplane thingy and I was more than happy that I'd caught it on film, so to speak. I took some more with just Daphne in shot but I keep coming back to this one as being the one I'm most pleased with...and once again, like with the pelicans and the ship, it was 95% luck that created the image.



Oh and Daffy and her sheep and handbag of course.

4 comments:

Daphne said...

The "sheep" escaped during Security at Orlando Airport - it just disappeared and was never seen again. I think someone nicked it to start a little flock. I miss it because I very much associated it with this fantastic holiday. Great photo!

rhymeswithplague said...

I would not expect a woman who lives in a country whose reigning monarch has had a handbag on her arm since 1947 to do otherwise.

Debby said...

I suspect Daphne's coat liked Billy's Swamp Safari and made a break for there. I noticed it twitching when we passed the water buffalo.....

Anonymous said...

I like the photo!

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