Tranquility of a lovely sunset at Lewes Beach

This past Saturday, I went back to Lewes Beach to catch the sunset again. Now that I have finally found a place, somewhat close by, where I can catch a sunset at the beach, it is becoming one of my favorite spots to photograph. The sky turned orange as it was on fire. The colors were so intense, so spectacular. The clouds added such drama. Many were there to watch the sunset and savor that incredible moment. When I see a beautiful moment in time, I always feel this strong urge to grab my camera and try to capture that moment before it vanishes; however, one of those days, I will manage to leave my camera in the car. In stead of painting the moment in a form of photograph, I will sit on the beach, will not think about aperture or shutter speed and just watch, just relax and inhale that peaceful moment and savor the tranquility of the lovely sunset as the day ends. One day . . .

One man's trash is another man's photo opportunity

There are plenty of trash cans available yet people still litter. Some are just incapable of cleaning after themselves; shame!!!

Sunset at Lewes Beach

My husband and I enjoyed the sunset at Lewes Beach this past Saturday. I did not know one could catch a pretty sunset there. It was a delightful surprise which we embraced as we concluded our siesta time on the beach. It was a bit cloudy that day so the sun did not have its perfect round shape as it was setting yet the colors were amazing. You know what that means... I need to go back there again to catch the perfect sunset :) Until then enjoy these few captures...

Worlwide Photo Walk in Lewes

This past Saturday, I was in Lewes to attend the Worldwide Photo Walk. Photographer Judy Rolfe has done a great job organizing the walk in Lewes; THANK YOU JUDY. About a 50 nice and a friendly bunch strolled in the streets of historic Lewes and took photos despite the exhausting heat. I, personally, was to exhausted by the heat that I could not really focus on too much other than getting a cold beverage or finding a shaded spot. I had my tri-pod with me but again did not even feel like setting it up until I went to the beach and got in the ocean to cool off. The heat slowed me down in so many ways and made me consume excess amount of liquids and eat ice-cream twice which is pretty much unheard of. During the walk one of the places we visited was the Farmers Market which I absolutely loved. I long for that kind of market in our area. It reminded me of my childhood. I used to go to a farmers market just like that with my mom and dad on Saturdays when I was a little kid. At the Lewes Historic Society Farmers Market, one stand had all sorts of good hearty bread smelled heavenly; one stand had yummy homemade ice-cream that I could not resist trying; one stand had this different types of delish melons; one stand had lavenders and lavender products and the lady gave me directions to their farm so that I could go to capture the butterflies and on the way there I discovered another dairy farm and had more ice-cream. Especially one of the flavors, orange-pineapple was to die for. We had quite a delish lunch at a restaurant called Beach House. After the lunch, I drove down to Rehoboth to go to the Northshore/Cape Henlopen Park to see the two WW II towers by the ocean. Too bad that certain section of the area was closed and that prevented me to get close to the towers and explore the possibilities of capturing them from different angles. I will go there during off season and try this again. I also went to the fishing pier also located in the park. I have done a lot and visited a lot in the area on that steaming hot day, even chased the butterflies at the Lavender Fields; however, because of the heat I just could not perform that well plus the sunlight was way too bright, I barely slowed the shutter with 8x ND filter down by the beach. On the way back home, I managed to stop by at couple of outlet stores and did a little shopping too :) Photography, good food, good company, being by the ocean side + shopping... Despite the fact that the weather was not cooperating that much, I still call this a my kind of day. Lewes is a little historic gem and I will definitely go there again on a much cooler day to explore what I could not on Saturday. Until then I hope you enjoy my photo walk + after photos... The photos below are just the few that selected to upload on this page. You may clik on the above string of photos to see the entire collection via Picasa Web Albums.