Recently I won a photography contest and received a trip to the Barcéló Bávaro Beach in the Dominican Republic for 4 days/3 nights. I decided to go from April 15-18 to coincide with the new moon. This gave me the opportunity to shoot the Milky Way as well.
Here are some of my favorites from the trip.
The last shot I took being showcased first. I had to run for this one.
Sunrise in the Dominican, 2015This first image is actually the last shot I took before I left for the airport. That morning, I decided to go to the beach without the intention of setting up my tripod and shooting. I had my camera with me anyway though. When I got to the beach though, the clouds just had an interesting look. I ran back to my room, grabbed my tripod and ran back to the beach. Unfortunately, where I was standing was kind of uninteresting. Minutes before the sun began to rise, it hit me... there was this pier from before about a half mile down the beach. I ran with tripod and camera in my hand... and caught this literally just in time.
One of the first shots I took. A long, 8 second exposure mid-day with a 10-stop ND.
Annnnd the MILKY WAY!
Milky Way in the Dominican
Some sunrises...
Finally... some evening long exposures on the beach: a 2 minute and 5 minute, respectively.
