Facebook Made Me Do It: Shoot Girls in Bikinis

This wasn't in the plan.

The purpose of the trip to Minna Jima was to shoot the lagoon.

If the tides and lighting wouldn't cooperate, birds were next on the list of things to do.

The way things turned out, birds and lagoons weren't worth my time, today.

A friend over on Facebook gave me this idea.

Shoot photos of girls in bikinis.

Cute.  Ain't they ?

Thanks gals !

Chasing the Blue Lagoon or Birds--Whichever Shows First

Weather Permitting Get on a Boat

 

This time of year the weather can change quickly in Okinawa, Japan.

As long as the skies are blue and seas stay fair, it's best to catch a ferry and travel.

There's a rumor going around that we might see a typhoon soon.

Over two years ago, we went chasing the blue lagoon on Minna Jima.

What I'm hoping for tomorrow is a better shot than this one.

There's not much else on that island that interests me.

They have some birds.  And, sometimes gals running around in their bikinis.

Probably, if the lagoon doesn't look right, I'll just come back with photos of birds for you !

Related Post:  One Good Tern Deserves Another.

Friday Photo: The Gal on the Beach with the Hat

Waiting for boarding time, people get bored and start taking pictures of anything.  Me, too.  This scene was shot on the island of Minna Jima Okinawa, Japan about 3PM June 11, 2011 with my Pentax K5, an 18-250mm lens, tripod and cable release. I was standing in the shade on the balcony of the terminal.

This gal started off snapping photos of the beach, almost directly in front of me.  I liked the contrast her dress made with the glaring sun lighting the baby-powdered sand and I liked her hat.  I especially liked the fact that she was facing away from me.  That meant I didn't have to be bothered with getting a model release signed by her.  So, as she slowly moved from one spot on the beach to another, I took my time and composed some great shots.  I got bunches of them, hah!

When she stopped shooting her pictures and turned to walk back into the terminal, I stopped clicking away, too.  As she approached, being the gentleman that I am, I looked away, avoiding eye contact.  That's when I noticed her husband had been sitting right behind me watching the whole affair.  Ouchie !


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Wildlife Photos: One Good Tern Deserves Another

Saturday three of us camera shooters got on a boat to do some landscape and seascape photography on the small island Minna Jima in Okinawa, Japan

           The scenery we were hoping for just didn't happen so we decided to shoot birds instead.

                     These characters are some fast-flying critters called terns.

                   When they're flying in grey skies it's hard to catch them at any distance.

            But, one tern flew directly overhead in blue skies and was yapping about something.

                             Another one showed up and flew right in front of my lens, too.

                      This guy stared right down the barrel of my lens but, disappeared quickly.

After spending all day Sunday developing photos of Minna Jima and the terns, tonight I decided to get the scientific name of these birds for you.

But, it seems like these guys don't fit the descriptions of any of the half dozen bird channels I've visited, so far, today.  I've just about exhausted all my resources on this one.

It may take a few days for me to send off some photos to the bird ID people.

Maybe one of my readers knows which breed of terns these might be and will holler back at me.   There's a chance that Doc or Ryukyu Rusty got some better photos and did the research.

That would really be nice.  One of them could get the scientific name and give it to me.

After all one good tern (turn) deserves another.  Dontcha think ?

UPDATE: WE HAVE AN ID ON THIS BIRD

It is a Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)