November 2009 Photo of the Month

Playa del Carmen, Mexico © Jay Goodrich

Winter is slowly creeping upon us. I was thinking of a place. Someplace that I have only been to once. Playa del Carmen, Mexico. I am not a beach goer in any sense of the word. I would rather sit and freeze my but off in the mountains any day of the week, searching for untracked snow, before choosing to sit on the beach and relax. Chalk it up to my type ‘A’ personality or what ever else you can think of, but my wife Heather will tell you that I never sit still. Never. I can not even watch an hour-long show on tv before I must get up and write something down, head to the kitchen for a snack, or answer an incoming e-mail on my iPhone.

So why am I thinking of a place where the main activity is just sitting there? Why do I want to go there all of a sudden? I am not sure, maybe because I have been sick for a while, maybe because I have been feeling cold, or maybe because I have been working my butt off in the office imagining the next trip or destination; and for some reason that place has come to mind. I did have fun there. Drinking all sorts of high-end tequilas mostly. I was with my entire extended family so maybe that has something to do with it too. I don’t know. Maybe I will never know.

I do love this image though. It is one of those rare instances where I chose to use my fisheye lens that I use so often in adventure photography. I am trying to use it more often in nature because it does a great job of creating a leading edge for the viewer to follow. I think after revisiting this image, I am going to try that lens a little more often. It was taken with a Canon 5D, 15m fisheye f2.8 lens, Gitzo tripod and Kirk BH-1 ballhead. Edited and mastered through Lightroom and Photoshop.

Related posts:

1. March 2009 Photo of the Month
2. May 2009 Photo of the Month
3. November 2008 Photo of the Month
4. February 2009 Photo of the Month
5. November 2007 Photo of the Month

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