{"id":1233,"date":"2010-11-08T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2016-12-07T12:15:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T19:15:16","slug":"evening-parasailers-over-st-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/11\/08\/evening-parasailers-over-st-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Parasailers over St. Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Evening<\/a>\u00a0Evening Parasailers over St. Thomas –\u00a0 D70, handheld, f4, 1\/500, 18-70mm at 38mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Usually my camera lens is pointed towards a bird of some sort,\u00a0birds are my passion. On occasion though do I take images of other things.<\/p>\n

I was sailing out of St. Thomas at sunset when these parasailers caught my eye and fortunately I had my camera in hand with a wide angle lens attached. I composed the image to include some of the hills on the island, the sky and the parasailers. I loved the vivid colors of the silks in the parasail, the clouds in the background and the light of sunset.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was sailing out of St. Thomas at sunset when these parasailers caught my eye and fortunately I had my camera in hand with a wide angle lens 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