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Charlie Vick
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Initially Posted - 02/21/2005 : 00:28:38

Just spent a week in Playa del Carmen Mexico. Most every morning I was up at 6 to take pics of the sunrise. (Fairly good feat after trying to drink all the tequila they had in town every night)

It's not often I get to take sunrise pics on the Caribbean so I had to take advantage of it!
Someday I hope I'll be able to take them from my sailboat any day I want.
Anyway here are a few samples of the way too many photos I took of the event.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them.

This was a couple of cruisers out just after dawn headed south.

Ah, the life.

CVick
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Ben
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Response Posted - 02/21/2005 : 08:35:40

Way cool Charlie. Thanks for sharing.

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Scotd
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Response Posted - 02/21/2005 : 09:43:45

wow those are beautiful!

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 02/21/2005 : 10:27:04

"Cruisers headed south..."

T-Minus 5 years... and counting every day.

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tinob
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Response Posted - 02/21/2005 : 12:24:10

Great Pictures Charlie thanks. I can picture my boat sliding along under those sun rises

Val on the hard DAGNABIT

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sterngucker
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Response Posted - 02/22/2005 : 00:55:32

Charlie,

Really nice pictures. Are you 100% satisfied with your Canon 20D? Any problems? Just curious. I would like to get one myself, but might have to settle for the Digital Rebel. At least it would be a start and I could upgrade later, using the same lenses.

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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 02/22/2005 : 10:22:36

Charlie,
I really like the 20d except for the weight.
I've been used to my plastic body A2 and the metal body of the 20 is quite a bit heavier.
Not really something you want to be lugging around all day sightseeing, though I did it.
I have an older Canon G2 that I carried around at night while we where out that worked fine for incriminating photos

but nothing fancy.
I think I would go for the Rebel just because its a better all around camera as far as usibility than the 20. Plus its about 6 bu's cheaper!

(edit) I was kinda disappointed when I got to work this morning and saw how dark the photos look on my monitor here.
I hope they look better on everyone elses.

Edited by - Charlie Vick on 02/22/2005 10:25:43

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Response Posted - 02/22/2005 : 10:40:54

Nice pictures, Charlie!

While vacationing on the east coast of Florida a fews years back, my wife thought I was nuts because instead of sleeping in every morning, I would get up before dawn, grab my coffee, and walk out onto the beach to watch the sunrise...Ahhh, Life is good!

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Midpoint
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Response Posted - 02/22/2005 : 10:55:28

Just one word "Awsome" Saved them for my background on my desktop thanks for the pix...

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Response Posted - 02/22/2005 : 12:12:02

Very nice pictures. I am the kind who likes to sleep in the morning (when I grab my coffee and go outside, I need sunscreen!) so I appreciate people who take pictures of what I'm missing

. Maybe someday I can pay back with night-time pictures.

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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 02/22/2005 : 12:46:31

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Midpoint
 Saved them for my background on my desktop thanks for the pix...

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Just what I like to hear!

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Gloss
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Response Posted - 02/22/2005 : 17:15:06

Are you sure those weren't sunset pictures?

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/22/2005 : 18:14:19

[url="http://homepage.mac.com/fhopper/PhotoAlbum66.html"]sunrise at Cheney[/url]

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mwalkup
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Response Posted - 02/22/2005 : 20:29:14

Very, very nice pictures.
You did an excellent job Charlie, regardless of your condition..

Mwalkup
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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 02/23/2005 : 00:34:23

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Gloss
 Are you sure those weren't sunset pictures?
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Playa del Carmen is in the state of Quintana Roo on the Yucatan peninsula on the east side of Mexico. I would have loved to get pics of the sunset from there but to get the sun on the horizon I would have had to been in San Miguel on the island of Cozumel every evening and I was doing well just to be outside our condo.

Here's some more...

Here's one of the very rare and elusive Quintana Roo Four Winged Grey Pelican
(Quatrosis flytus negro e blanco pelicanos)

And one of the more popular tourist attractions... "The Bottomless Pit"
(We never did find the bottom of this hole!)

Edited by - Charlie Vick on 02/23/2005 09:25:26

Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 02/23/2005 : 08:33:21

Awesome pics Charlie!

Did you get to do any sailing or were you hard aground the whole time?

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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 02/23/2005 : 09:22:51

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Ben - FL
 Awesome pics Charlie!

Did you get to do any sailing or were you hard aground the whole time?
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On the hard the whole time.
The only sailboats I saw where the two pictured above and one in Cozumel which looked to be a red hulled C28-30 on the hook about 75 yards out.

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