Sunday (13-March-2016) — At Sea, Indian Ocean

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 68: At Sea, Indian Ocean.

Active day for the Sunrise Breakfast Club. It has now been several days since Neptune Day where 50+ students had their hair shaved as part of the crossing the equator celebrations.

Indian Ocean Dawn Panorama from the deck of the MV World Odyssey. Clouds and Sun Beams. Composite of images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 23 mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec). (David J Mathre)
Indian Ocean Dawn Panorama from the deck of the MV World Odyssey. Clouds and Sun Beams. Composite of images taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 23 mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec). (David J Mathre)
Indian Ocean Dawn Panorama from the deck of the MV World Odyssey. Clouds and Sun Beams. Composite of 39 images taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the composite created with AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Indian Ocean Dawn Panorama from the deck of the MV World Odyssey. Clouds and Sun Beams. Composite of 39 images taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens. Raw images processed with Capture One Pro and the composite created with AutoPano Giga Pro. (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Sun Rising Over the Clouds. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Sun Rising Over the Clouds. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Silhouette Photographer at Sunrise. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Silhouette Photographer at Sunrise. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Yet another sunrise portrait.  MV World Odyssey At Sea. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Yet another sunrise portrait. MV World Odyssey At Sea. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Lost in Thought. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Lost in Thought. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Yet another sunrise portrait.  MV World Odyssey At Sea. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Yet another sunrise portrait. MV World Odyssey At Sea. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. My head is cold after losing my long blond hair. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. My head is cold after losing my long blond hair. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. TV Trivia from Lost. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. TV Trivia from Lost. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. In the southern hemisphere, shadows are backwards. Alt title: Alien Shadow Photographer.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. In the southern hemisphere, shadows are backwards. Alt title: Alien Shadow Photographer. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Shadow Alien Photographer. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Shadow Alien Photographer. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Face to Face with Frederick the Great. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Face to Face with Frederick the Great. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Mind Meld with Frederick the Great. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (David J Mathre)
Sunrise Breakfast Club. Mind Meld with Frederick the Great. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (David J Mathre)
I'm now Frederick the Great. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (David J Mathre)
I’m now Frederick the Great. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (David J Mathre)

Saturday (12-March-2016) — At Sea, Pacific Ocean

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 67: At Sea, Indian Ocean.

Sunrise Breakfast Club. On mornings that the sunrise isn’t impressive, we find other subjects to photograph.

Blue Eyes wearing a Niqab. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 35 mm, f/1.8, 1/125 sec). (David J Mathre)
Blue Eyes wearing a Niqab. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 35 mm, f/1.8, 1/125 sec). (David J Mathre)

All is Revealed. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 35 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 35 mm, f/4.5, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (01-March-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 56: Palaces and Princes Field Trip. Bharatpur and Agra, India.

Power lines in and around Bharatpur, India. Modern to less than modern (including some DIY), but functional infrastructure. Check the images out in full screen mode. Notice the pile of cow pies drying under the transformer in the 2nd image.

Power Lines and Sun Burst from a moving bus near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 10.4 mm, f/10, 1/4000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines and Sun Burst from a moving bus near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 10.4 mm, f/10, 1/4000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines and Cow Pies in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 11.6 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines and Cow Pies in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 11.6 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 28 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Power Lines in a Village Near Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 10-30 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 28 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec) (David J Mathre)

Tuesday (01-March-2016) — India

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 56: Palaces and Princes Field Trip. Bharatpur and Agra, India.

While waiting for our bus, I was taking pictures of butterflies in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden in Bharatpur, India. Then what I thought was a hummingbird showed up. It turns out that hummingbirds are not native to India. I think this is a Purple Sunbird. I will let others more knowledgeable about Indian birds confirm the ID. The Sunbird posed for several minutes.

Common Tiger Butterfly on a Yellow Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Common Tiger Butterfly on a Yellow Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Common Tiger Butterfly on a Pink Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Common Tiger Butterfly on a Pink Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Common Tiger Butterfly on a Red Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Common Tiger Butterfly on a Red Flower in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (David J Mathre)
Purple Sunbird on a Rose Stem in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec) (David J Mathre)
Purple Sunbird on a Rose Stem in the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel Garden located in Bharatpur, India. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec) (David J Mathre)

Monday (22-February-2016) — Burma (Myanmar)

Gone to See the World. Semester at Sea Spring 2016 Voyage on the MV World Odyssey. Day 48: Yangon, Burma (Myanmar).

Holding the moon with the Magician lurking behind. From the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey at dock in the port of Rangoon. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 55-200 mm VR lens (ISO 6400, 55 mm, f/5.6, 1/30 sec).

Viewing the Full Moon from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Composite image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 55-200 mm VR lens (ISO 6400, 200 mm, f/5.6, 1/30 sec) (David J Mathre)
Viewing the Full Moon from the aft deck of the MV World Odyssey. Composite image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 55-200 mm VR lens (ISO 6400, 200 mm, f/5.6, 1/30 sec) (David J Mathre)