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The ‘Namaste’ Boy from Tatopani village, Langtang Region, Nepal

I trekked the Tamang Heritage Trail, in Langtang, Nepal in October 2016. In Tatopani village, I met this little Nepalese boy. He seemed very busy that morning, chopping up a wooden stick with a kind of knife. When he noticed me, though, he stopped right away. He gently leaned forward and solemnly greeted me with a polite “Namaste.”

I grabbed my camera right away and quickly took some pictures of him. As I was trekking for six days, I used a compact, light camera – a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX300 (20.1MP), easy to carry and with a 50x optic zoom. For shooting this photo, I used: ISO160, aperture priority – f/4.5, focal length – 25 mm, and exposure time – 1/60 seconds. I haven’t altered the photo by any means, I have just resized it to fit the current requirements.

Even now, when I look at this photo, I remember his smiling face. He would have wanted to say so many things but, due to our language barrier, he was unable to express all of them in such a short amount of time. His twinkling eyes, though, hide a huge curiosity behind his little hands: “Who are you?, Why your skin is so white?, What are you doing here?, Where do you come from?” are questions he would have liked to ask me if he could. He offered me a subtle smile instead, expressing everything he couldn’t put into words. Eventually, I failed when I tried to find out his name. He only wanted to greet a stranger with a traditional “Namaste.”

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Inle Lake Leg-rowing Fisherman in Myanmar

Taken with a Sony RX100M2 compact camera on an auto setting. No Photoshopping that I can remember.

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USA Today 10Best: Best ways to enjoy the water in Jamaica

Thank you USA Today 10best for publishing my photo slideshow about Jamaica: “These are the most fun and unique water activities in Jamaica“
Best ways to enjoy the water in Jamaica
Ready for adventure? There are so many ways to experience the blue Caribbean waters in Jamaica.
Sandals Resorts Discover Scuba Diving

Discover Scuba Diving

Have you always wanted to breathe underwater? Choose discover SCUBA diving and test out your underwater skills.

Beaches Negril

Paddle Boarding

You can lie, kneel, or stand on a paddle-board and explore the sea.

Island Routes Jamaica

Kayaking

Take your kayaking to the next level and splash through rapids and ride the fast-flowing currents past stunning scenery.

Island Routes Jamaica

Bamboo River Rafting

Do you want to see the rainforest and meet the animals? Navigate the waters on a 30-foot bamboo raft on the Martha Brae River.

Sandals Montego Bay

Scuba Diving

Descend under water with your tank and search for underwater creatures like green moray eels, turtles, barracudas, soft corals and schools of fish.

Sandals Negril

Wakeboarding

Have you been wakeboarding yet? You will be towed behind a motorboat and you ride the wake. You can learn to do tricks.

Sandals Negril

Glass Bottom Boat

Enjoy a ride across the sea while watching the schools of fish, colorful corals and underwater water creatures in a glass bottom boat.

Sandals Royal Caribbean

Snorkeling

Take your diving mask, snorkel and fins to observe what happens beneath the sea. You can swim out from the beach or from a boat but remember your sunscreen or better wear a swim shirt or rash guard so you do not get sunburnt on your back.

Catamaran

Catamaran is from a Tamil word, kattumaram, which means “logs tied together.” The tours often include snorkeling, dancing and cocktails!

 

 

 

Island Routes Jamaica

Horseback Ride and Swim in Montego Bay

Do you want to learn what ‘horsepower’ really means? You can ride into the Caribbean Sea with your horse. You do not need to have any previous experience!

Island Routes Jamaica

Climb Dunn’s River Falls

Ascend a 600 foot waterfall as part of a human chain. You will hold hands and climb one of Jamaica’s most magnificent natural treasures. Afterwards soak in lagoons in the mountains above Ocho Rios.

Beaches Negril

It’s Banana Boat Time!

Climb aboard with your friends and get ready for a thrilling ride with screams of delight and lots of laughter.

Beaches Negril

Get Wet and Wild in the WaterPark

Pirates Island is an 18,000 square foot Water Park with fast-flying water slides, a 650 foot lazy river and an ice cream machine. You might never leave.

Island Routes Jamaica

Deep Sea Sport Fishing

Get ready for cold drinks, sunshine and finding your fish. The experienced captain and crew will take you to the best spot to catch Blue Marlin, Wahoo, Dolphinfish (Mahi Mahi), Tuna and Sailfish.

Island Routes Jamaica

Jungle River Tubing

Your tubing adventure in the White River begins at the 17th century Old Spanish Bridge. You will twist and turn through an old coconut plantation and below bamboo, over mini rapids and along limestone riverbeds.

Find your perfect holiday in Jamaica whether you are afraid of the water or not!

See my other USA Today 10best photo slideshow of what to do OUT OF THE WATER!

Thank you to @10best for publishing my #photo #slideshow about #Jamaica: "Things to do in Jamaica if you're afraid of the water"https://t.co/UTRCBTCk8w#usatoday #travel #caribbean #article
My #videos: https://t.co/zOni1cPTm0 pic.twitter.com/zFw8Qj7dEz

— Lisa Niver (@wesaidgotravel) May 5, 2019

 

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Biomuseo- Bridge between the Americas in Panama

Canon Power Shot- enhanced light/ color on my HP computer

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Speckles of Human Perseverance – United States of America

As dusk approached, cars left the park and the night sky began to sparkle. I noticed speckles of light from afar illuminating well renowned grandeur granite wall El Capitan / ‘The Captain’. Believe it or not, those are human rock climbers beginning or continuing their ascent up the mighty 3000 ft. vertical rock formation. Night time offers cooler temperatures and aids in providing better friction for holds. Having just watched the Dawn Wall film and being an avid recreational rock climber myself, I was still engulfed in the world of climbing. These individual speckles of light are each on different journies, with the final destination being the same – the top of El Cap. Whatever the reason for their motivation to climb the wall, an immaculate degree of persistence, technical focus, absurd physical and mental strength and perseverance is required for such a feat. It was a greater reminder that humans are capable beyond words – a humbling experience and observation I had during my 2nd trip to Yosemite National Park.

Equipment used:

Camera Body: Nikon D5500

Lense: Sigma 18-35mm f1.8

Camera Metadata:

Exposure: 81 seconds (bulb) [longggg exposure]

Aperture: f/10 [sharpness and far depth of field]

ISO: 500 [to increase the amplification properties of the sensor to improve picking up image details]

Post Processing:

Editing via Lightroom only: Basic, bring out shadows to 100%, reduce highlights to half, warm up the image, increase clarity, S shape on tone curve, bring out contrast + vibrance + saturation, luminance noise reduction to 20 and smoothness to 80, crop to 9×16 (width x height), lens corrections

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Spotted in Bulgaria

I took this photo from my terrace. It was so beautiful, I just couldn’t resist snapping a photo.

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Join me at Sandals Montego Bay! What will you LOVE?

I loved my stay at Sandals Montego Bay! You can watch my journey with my videos! I will share some of them here and hope you get to visit and see the property yourself!

Remember there are 21 restaurants so this all-inclusive does not mean you are going to buffet after buffet. Actually, you never have to eat at a buffet at all. You can order your favorite treats all day long! The drinks and the activities are included too! My favorite thing was going Scuba diving and watching the stunning sunsets!

VIDEO #1: Welcome to Sandals Montego Bay Jamaica Feb 23, 2019

I flew from Los Angeles to Miami and then into Montego Bay, Jamaica and the jewel toned water of the Caribbean was gorgeous. I went to the Sandals Resorts Lounge at the airport, made a few new friends and had a welcome drink. I was transported by private car a short distance to Sandals Montego Bay. I ate at the Jamaican Jerk Shack with a view of the water and a breeze in my hair. Remember at Sandals Resorts everything is included and it is adults only! The food, drinks, activities are included. There is no tipping allowed. Get ready to RELAX! I loved my swim-up suite. There is a giant soaking tub on my patio and my lounge chairs are literally in the pool! The mini bar has full size bottles and they are refilled daily.

Video #2: Join me in Sandals Montego Bay Jamaica

I loved my first day at Sandals Montego Bay!I had sunset drinks at Latitudes Over-the-water bar and decided to eat at Tokyo Jo’s! There are so many restaurants to eat it. You can stay at one resort but play at three and eat at over twenty different restaurants with Sandals Royal Caribbean and The Inn at Sandals. It is beautiful, it is relaxing and Sandals is waiting for you!You can have your photo taken at sunset and then eat with your toes in the sand at Dino’s pizza and Stewfish. Play basketball, swim in the pool, stroll along the water, sit in a hammock over the water! How will you choose? You can have a candle light dinner by the sea or work out in the fitness center. Float in the pool on a raft or go scuba diving. It is adults only and all of the restaurants, drinks and activities are included. There is no tipping at Sandals. I loved my dinner at Tokyo Jo’s so much I ate there two nights in a row! There is live music at night and you can have dessert at Cafe de Paris!

Sherine and Lisa at lunch at The Jerk Shack, Sandals Montego Bay

Video #3: My day at Sandals Montego Bay in Jamaica

There are so many choices here.

Over twenty restaurants and so many activities!

Today I ate at Bayside for breakfast and got ready to go SCUBA diving!

Can you believe that the diving in INCLUDED!

I loved the dive boat and my buddies. See my next video for the underwater footage.

You can go on a catamaran or a paddle board, play basketball, buy art, have a massage or sit in the pool.

What will you do?

I loved walking on the beach and meeting the friendly team members!

Latitudes is an over-water bar and has a gorgeous view for your sunset cocktails. We ate at Tokyo Jo’s which is only at Sandals Montego Bay!

See my next article for more of my part 2 of adventures at Sandals Montego Bay!

Want to learn more about the 10th anniversary of the Sandals Foundation? Click here to read my article in the Jewish Journal.

I also wrote two articles for USA Today 10best about best activities in Jamaica IN THE WATER and OUT OF THE WATER! Enjoy!

Read about my Jamaica journey in the Jewish Journal.

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Rising Up in the Canary Islands

I captured this image using the following gear:

– Camera Sony A7RII

– Lens: Vario-Tessar 16-35 f4.0

– Filters: Nisi Polarizer, Soft Gradient 3 Steps

– Postprocessing workflow:

—-> Adobe Lightroom to adjust basic parameters like: White balance, chromatic aberration, scaling.

—-> Adobe Photoshop to blend 3 bracketed captures: (shadows, midtones and highlights.

—-> Google Nik Collection to enhance some parts of the image.

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Governor’s Island, New York City, USA

There is a bike trail that leads to a hiking trail on Governor’s Island. We road to the hiking trail and hiked up to the top which is where I took the photo. I used my mirrorless Canon EOS M10 to take this photo. I didn’t edit the photo at all.

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… on the go! in El Salvador

This was taken with iPhone out the plane window. I love the blue so intensified it with the ‘light’ sliders in normal iPhone editing.

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