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Derek's Barbados Collection

Posted: 05 July 2007

Derek Germaney is our resident photographer.

It's his hobby, and here he shares with us some of his photographic art from Barbados, where his daughter has a holiday home.

First are the buildings and idyllic beaches and further down the page are pictures which include people and other creatures on the island.

Soup bowl
Derek calls this a 'soup bowl' - a rather nice bowl!


Ruin
This ruin caught Derek's eye and made a lovely composition.

 
Abstract Art
This house was painted in such vivid colours the photo was called "Abstract Art".
In the next photo Derek has used editing software to really convert it into an abstract subject!


Abstract Two!
Tricks with editing software.

This one's real
The pink leaves with the blue clapboard house wall in the background caught Derek's eye.

 Bathsheba Rocks
This lovely stretch of coast is on the Eastern, or Atlantic, side of the island.
None but the foolhardy go bathing or boating here as the sea is always very turbulent and has strong currents that could draw an intrepid adventurer out to sea.
This is the cooler part of the island and seems less populated, but has an atmosphere of great solitary beauty about it all of its own.
Two tourists, conveniently placed beside the rocks, provide perspective.

 
Barbados supermarket staff pose for a photo


Three little girls from school are we . . . . .

 
Maureen Germaney looks up at the Spanish Moss
It is claimed that the Bearded Fig Tree gave Barbados its name.
(Portguese: Isla de los Barbados - Island of the bearded ones).
The Portuguese discovered the island in the early 1500's but it was the British who colonised it.

 
Cherry Tree Hill
This is one of the best photo spots on the island and overlooks the eastern Atlantic coast.


Speightstown High Street
Derek wrote: "I thought that the lady waiting for a bus helped to make this shot worthwhile.  It would have lacked human interest without her.  The picture made quite a reasonable water colour as well."


Quiscalis Lugubris
The locals call these birds blackbirds - understandably.
They have a crafty nature.  They stand back and allow the much smaller Bajian Sparrows, who are very bold, pick up the piece of bread that you put out to feed them.  When the sparrow is further away from you they steal it.  However, this one had his greedy beady eye on our spare ribs at an open air restaurant, and was only about six feet away.


Poseur
Spike, that's the parrot, with Ron.


Green Monkey
They really do have a green hue about them, but they are not so green as they look.  This one at the Wild Life Park tried to snatch my camera away.  You also see them in the trees around the island occasionally.

The header picture is:   Carribean Sunset

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