Some vacation snapshots...

We just returned from 3 weeks in sunny south Florida, our second trip there in 2008. We hope to go at least a couple times in 2009. It's amazing there and the absolute perfect vacation for us. My in-laws have a house there and they aren't really the type to go out and do things, so they enjoy hanging out with the kids while my husband and I get to go out kid-free!

1. Unfortunately Bailey was sick the first few days of our trip, so we just hung out. She and daddy took a little walk on the dock when she was feeling better and then our vacation actually started. Rented a couple lenses, this was taken with the 70-200 f2.8 IS.

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Awesome pictures. Really 7 & 8 are real treasures.

great captures. Makes me realize how bad i need a family picture

Excellent vacation photos, my favorites are the first and last.

Really good, nice pics and memories captured. thanks for sharing.

WOW amazing!! question though... Did you use your flash at all.. and if so what were the settings for the really sunny days at the beach?

All great and I gotta say, well worth all your hard work on the last. Gorgeous family shot.

Okay, now I really NEED the 70-200! Great shots Andrea, looks like a great vacation. I checked out your flikr...this shot is PERFECT! http://flickr.com …/andrearubash/3​181302928/

RebelChick wrote in post #7069474
WOW amazing!! question though... Did you use your flash at all.. and if so what were the settings for the really sunny days at the beach?

I used flash on the family photo because I needed it to even out the light. The sky was still bright, but our backs were to the light. I exposed for the sky and put the flash in ETTL and let it do its thing (I may have set it at -1/3 to compensate since there was nice bounceback coming from the sand -- I'm not sure what series that one was from - some were without compensation).

The rest of the beach shots were no flash because the kids were facing full sun... just exposed for them. Light on them was the same as the light from the sky. You can tell that it started to get a little harsher up near the corners, but I try to keep the brightest parts of the sky out of the shots and it usually helps. If they had been in different light, I would have used flash for sure.

rmr21 wrote in post #7069552
Okay, now I really NEED the 70-200! Great shots Andrea, looks like a great vacation. I checked out your flikr...this shot is PERFECT! http://flickr.com …/andrearubash/3​181302928/

I feel like such a dork with the cliche sunset silhouettes, but hey... we don't get to the beach very often, let alone one that faces the exact perfect direction and has intense sunsets like those... so I had to do it.

AndreaBFS wrote in post #7069630
I feel like such a dork with the cliche sunset silhouettes, but hey... we don't get to the beach very often, let alone one that faces the exact perfect direction and has intense sunsets like those... so I had to do it.

It may be cliche, but I'm a total sucker for those types of shots....especially when done as well as yours.

Oh these are beautiful!

these are ALL great Andrea. I got to 4&5 and thought I'd chosen my favorites, but they just kept getting better. I can't chose.

Wow, great job! I love #1 and #7. We have made a trip to SW Florida for the past seven years, usually in February. Beautiful area and with today's high in Minneapolis around -5, your photos are particularly enticing

Gorgeous! I love so many of them.. but 2, 4, & 5 are my favorites.

Nice work! Bet you'll be buying your own 70-200 this year.... hard not to want one after playing with, huh? It's on my wish list.