Tropical Dreams by beachzz
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I was going thru some very old fotos, (like so old I took them with my Pentax K1000 --with FILM, remember that??!!) and found some shots I took in Mexico. There's a village south of Puerto Vallarta called Yelapa and it's accessble only by boat. When I stayed there, electricity had yet to come and it was pretty basic living. Things have changed, they've got power, cell phones, computers, the whole nine yards now. At any rate, this is looking down on the beach, my favorite place!!
Oh, and the only time the hills are that green is in the summer,when it rains like crazy, gets up to about 100 degrees and is so humid you can't breathe. I know my friends in the south will appreciate that!! Oh, and with no electricity, that means NO fans, AC, NOTHING to make you feel better. I spent 3 weeks there in the summer once--NEVER again!!
Comments (19)
3x3
lovely capture..beautifull shadows and highlighs my friend x 5+
MrsLubner
Gives a great impression of the tropics. Very lovely.
bmac62
Unusual colors but that has to be coming from old prints or negatives. I've got lots of our favorite family pictures while we were stationed in Europe that have turned a shade of orange. At least they are still viewable. Thinking of three weeks with no power in tropical heat...did you feel like castaways?
durleybeachbum
Sounds like a nightmare! And yet it looks so wonderful!
awjay
super postwork
flavia49
extraordinary shot and postwork!! Bravo!
Enmos
Gorgeous ! Where are the dino´s ? :p
MrsRatbag
You're a braver woman than I am...I couldn't live in that kind of climate without air conditioning! Nice tropical capture!
vaggabondd
Very nice capture, wish I was there ;)
Susank
Nice capture!
junge1
Berasutiful lush landscape that says it all!
danapommet
Great scan from an old photo. Very lush greenery. I have to try and scan some of mine. Dana P
hipps13
wonderful capture warm hug, Linda
sandra46
I made some of my best photos wit a Pentax K10000, but without film. I should retrieve them. You did a great pic here. I like the effect on the leaves.
goodoleboy
I have a Pentax-built Sears film SLR that I purchased in 1981, which will probably never be used again. Took tons of shots with it over the years, including my current run of Albuquerque hot air balloon photos. But I digress. Excellent light/dark contrast, and extremely lush green foliage in this capture, Marilyn.
auntietk
This looks nice and warm, and the beach is beautiful!
Thelby
Yeah, this is where I need to spend and week or two!!!
sharky_
Time and progress sure moves fast... Nice capture. Aloha
anahata.c
I'm sure Bill knows, maybe negatives really add to that saturated look...but maybe it was in your eye and choices as well. The sky color, the heavy contrasts on the leaves, and the sense of it all being drenched captures the feel of those torpid places. I've been on the Gulf of Mexico & in southern Spain, so at least I have a 'sense' of those places. However, I've had many friends from India, and they tell me of weeks where it's so hot and humid, you feel like you're walking in an ocean rather than in air. This shot feels like that: You got the overheated intensity. (I once was with a yogi from Calcutta, and it was 102F here in Chicago. I was wilted. He smiled & said, "what, you don't like these spring breezes???")