Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


May 15, 2010: Krabi Islands and Jelly Fish

When I was here in March - I went on a 4 Island tour with maybe 12 other people. Each place we stopped was full of people. The water was not clear and snorkelling was awful. So I decided to try again - hire a boat and say go here and go there and stop here - and here is the story.

I started in the morning with a walk down to the beach and explore the area - just looking for interesting photo opportunities. Started at the Ao Nang Terrace - and their fountain

may 15 5264 ao nang terrace

An elephant fountain

may 15 4583 elephant drops

Three white flowers

may 15 4601 3 flowers

The texture of a palm tree

may 15 4628 texture

A tree skeleton

may 15 4630 skeleton

Frangipani and my hand.

may 15 4645 frangipani

A bee harvesting.

may 15 4655 bee flower

A mini temple

may 15 4671 mini temple

Then some people photos - workers here

may 15 4672 construction worker

This man wanted me to take his photo - so I did

may 15 4673 phone man

Welding

may 15 4676 welding

A fleet of longtail boats

may 15 4683 fleet

A boatman

may 10 4689 boatman

Where Kerm and Noi and I had dinner

may 15 4693 dinner place

A white flower

may 15 4700 white flower

A red flower

may 15 4704 red flower

A farm of long tail boats - low season

may 15 4709 longtail farm

A boat lady - actually later I decided she was the boat driver's girlfriend

may 15 4720 boat lady

And off we go - battery and extra petrol

may 15 4725 liftoff

Our team

may 15 4761 our team

As we approached this island - lots of huge jellyfish

may 15 4912 rock island

A huge jellyfish - maybe 1/2 meter in diameter. These are much bigger than what I saw in Greece

may 15 4850 jellyfish

Taking photos of them underwater was a challenge. Autofocus clearly has problems and here is the best I could do

may 15 4858 jellyfish

A pinkish jellyfish

may 15 4862 jellyfish

Here was good detail - and you can see the trailing hairs that I suspect will sting you

may 15 4868 jellyfish

This is probably the best photo I got

may 15 4886 jellyfish sharp

Another view

may 15 4888 jellyfish sharp

Coming to the surface

may 15 4889 jellyfish

A rock island - I really like the colors of the limestone(I think)

may 15 4915 rock island

Then more jellyfish

may 15 4988 jellyfish

Swimming

may 15 4997 jellyfish

A boat coming towards us

may 15 5024 cliff boat

ANd a wave

may 15 5038 fishermen

And more jellyfish

may 15 5081 pink jellyfish

Popping up to the surface

may 15 5087 jellyfish

ANother well focused image

may 15 5093 jellyfish sharp

Interesting play on the light. I'm using a circular polarizing filter to try to eliminate as much reflected light as possible

may 15 5096 jellyfish sharp

Pink jellyfish

may 15 5104 pink jellyfish

Another rock island

may 15 5106 rock hill

Three hills

may 15 5109 3 hills

A group of tourists

may 15 5115 boat island

Island colors

may 15 5117 limestone colors

This is Chicken Island - but looks more like a camel

may 15 5120 camel clouds

From the other side - a one hump camel

may 15 5124 camel clouds

Time for a coka cola break

may 15 5141 island 7 eleven

Longtail boats

may 15 5144 longtail boats

Too many people for me

may 15 5148 island visitors

A deserted beach

may 15 5150 island clouds

A lonly rock island

may 15 5155 lonely rock

Longtail boat in action

may 15 5159 longtail boat

Clouds over Ao Nang

may 15 5161 clouds

Island colors

may 15 5168 island colors

Three + mounds

may 15 5170 3 hills

More colors

may 15 5172 rust island

A narrow passage

may 15 5174 island passage

Island rocks

may 15 5177 island rocks

A large and colorful rock island

may 15 5196 rock

Nearly empty beach

may 15 5198 rock beach

Two hills

may 15 5203 two hills

Driving by knee

may 15 5217 driving riding

Chimney Rock

may 15 5224 chimney rock

Ao Nang

may 15 5236 ao nang

As we arrived, stuff was being loaded on another boat

may 15 5262 loading

Spa Lady

may 15 5273 spa lady

White flower

may 15 white flower

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C. Frank Starmer

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