Lagoon

The BVI is presently in its hurricane season. We were on hurricane watch for the past two weeks, for Anna, Bill and Erica hurricanes.

During this period, one the biggest charter companies in the territory, park their boats in this lagoon.


Its is basically a safe haven for the yachts. The lagoon is completely surrounded by mangrove trees. The swells from the ocean do not enter into this area.

Flamingos At The Pond

You may be thinking that these pictures were taken in the evening around 6:30pm, well it was the total opposite. I took these pictures this morning (5th September 2009 at around 8:30am.

What happened was I had my camera set on automatic therefore my camera was focusing on the trees that were in front of me. You see these birds were in a pond on Beef Island, British Virgin Islands. It is a rare site to see them there.

The pond is surrounded by mangrove trees. I tried to get as close as possible until I reached a point where the soil under my feet was very soft - like quick sand.I had to reset my camera to manual settings - I did not adjust anything else. I was so excited! Thus the reason the pictures look like they were taken in the evening.

I used this website to crop these pictures.

Update
7th September 2009
I discovered that I could adjust the lighting (with my camera) on my photos after they have been taken. These are the results and then I cropped them (using the online cropper above).
Cool eh?

Bougainvillea In Full Bloom

I got the inspiration for this photo from one of the blogs that I follow.

A few days after I read the blog, I saw this beautiful bunch of bougainvillea flowers. I can't remember if I ever saw the flowers in a bunch like this. They look absolutely gorgeous! 

I had a mini plant once but as I had to migrate to Tortola BVI, I gave the plant to my mother. It was in a lovely champagne shaped vase. She loves flowers, plants so she took her usual good care of the plant. Everyone one in the neighborhood is always complimenting her about the plant. They are really lovely when they are in full bloom.