Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/1250 sec, f/4.5, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Rock Climbing at the Beach

Despite having a cold during our vacation last week to Amami (a southern Japanese island in the South China Sea), I somehow found the energy to take a few pictures.

I'm busy now with other things lately (have you done your taxes yet?) so I haven't had time to go through our photos from the trip, so here are a few from the beginning, of Anthony playing on the beach in front of the hotel.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/5000 sec, f/3.5, ISO 320 — full exif & map — nearby photos

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/10, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos

There was a bright overcast with only the occasional bit of sun peaking through, so there wasn't much color in the water.

Our hotel was located near the north-east portion of the long, oddly shaped island (there's a map on my intro to Amami post), so we could see parts of it extending down to the south...

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 35 mm — ¹/500 sec, f/9, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/320 sec, f/9, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Sea Sponges Are For Kicking

Well, I don't know whether it's a sea sponge or some kind of plant, but either way, Anthony found it eminently kickable.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 44 mm — ¹/100 sec, f/6.3, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Wet, Squishy, and Smelly

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/1000 sec, f/3.2, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos
I Like “Wet, Squishy, and Smelly”
(and Daddy likes how a thin depth of field can isolate the subject in a photo)

Ah, but those rocks in the background were just waiting to be climbed...

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 44 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/750 sec, f/4.5, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos

The seashell necklace was a gift from the hotel, given to Anthony at our welcome dinner the previous night.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/4.5, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos
View of the Hotel From the Rocks

Our hotel was the Bashayama-mura Resort, which was wonderfully low key and not at all like the high-end glitz that I imagine something like Club Med would be.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/7.1, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos

At the far right you can barely make out the ropes of a couple of swings hanging from a spooky-type tree near the hotel. This was perhaps Anthony's favorite attraction of the entire trip.