This was near the Wreck of the Ten Sails. The rocky area in the foreground has an appearance similar to Hell but it is a lot more colorful and dramatic, plus you don’t have to share it with bus loads of cruise passengers. You can’t buy a T-Shirt here though. ?

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Thanks kurtis – The sun was close to directly overhead. I prefer shooting when there are more shadows and I have some shots with shadows taken later in the day at Rum Point. I’ll post those a little later. I stopped using filters when I switched to digital because I can apply them with Photoshop. I like to take as pure an image as possible and then apply the filter during cropping and color correction. In this case, I used an electronic filter that would be equivalent to adding a polarizer to reduce the glare from the reflection of the sun on the water. It also took away about 2 f-stops on the highlights so the sky appears darker than it actually was. I liked this effect though because it gave the clouds a little more depth.

Photography purists would call this enhancing and altering the images, and I guess they are right. I call it saving a lot of time out in the hot sun changing and adjusting filters and polarizing lenses to achieve a result that can be obtained in a few seconds in Photoshop. It gives me more time to concentrate on camera settings, lighting and composition. ?

Thanks jpep – I used a wide angle for the last shot, set as wide as possible. The 10 Sails Wreck is right in front of Portofino and I’ve got a lot of pictures of that. I’ll be doing a separate topic for Portofino after this. We stopped there and had their delicious Sunday brunch and I took a lot of pictures. ?

Sue – This is from the CI Chamber of Commerce site:

In 1794, a great maritime tragedy took place on the East End of Grand Cayman. “The Wreck of the Ten Sails” is still legendary on Grand Cayman, recalling the tragedy of the Cordelia, part of a convoy of merchant ships headed to Britain from Jamaica. Cordelia ran aground on the reef at the East End and frantically sent a signal to other ships to warn them off the dangerous coral. Sadly, the signal was misunderstood and, one by one, they all ran into the reef. Residents of East End were credited with their quick actions that left no life unsaved, an act that King George III later recognized. Various stories explain that King George III granted the islands freedom from conscription and other versions say that the king gave the islands freedom from taxation.

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THE WRECK OF TEN SAILS

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I took that exact same photo standing on the deck at Portofino. I’ll be posting it soon.