Vacation Blues (mirror pool reflection)

            Made it back! Hello my friends : )

Little story behind this one... 

One morning (while on holiday in the Greek island of Crete) I decided to wake very early in hopes of capturing some interesting morning shots.
After shooting a few pre-dawn beach photos,  I walked towards an interesting rock-pier, but had to cross some hotel grounds to access it.

When walking past this pool,  I glanced back and saw this mirrored reflection of the hotel in the water! 
I desperately wanted to capture the moment (but didn't want to spend more than a minute here as I was trying to hurry and reach the rock-pier before sunrise) so I simply laid my camera down upon the edge of the pool and took 2 shots... and this was one of them : )

I was so surprised that this quick shot turned out at all,  as it was taken during pre-dawn light and I didn't have time to make fine adjustments before moving on.

The blues you see in the sky (directly over the hotel) quickly changed (by the minute!) after this shot.   The glow from the coming sunrise quickly affected it as I walked on towards the pier.  
The blueness of the pool water also caught my attention... I think the reflection is very special near the pool ladder & lamp lights : )

This area was beautiful... so of course the title (  Vacation Blues  ) has two meanings ; )

This is SOOC (straight out of camera),  no cropping or color adjustments either.   
That doesn't make it any more special,  I simply tried to leave it the way I remembered it that early morning... very soft predawn blues with subtle hints in the sky of the coming glow : )

I thought it turned out pretty well, considering I was in such a hurry to carry on and make it to the next location.
(note: Taken with my Sony HX90V compact)

 Thanks guys for taking a moment to have a look 
...thought it was time to add more 'blues' to my photostream! 

Hope you find something interesting or enjoyable here : )
Truly appreciate your support... wishing you a wonderful day ahead my friends!!!

p.s.  Glad to be back!
I will slowly try to catch up with everyone during the coming days...

 : ) 

CRUSH

Taken on: June 16, 2016

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Camera: Sony DSC-HX90V, f/3.5, 1/30 sec, 4.1mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-HX90V
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	4.1mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	DSC-HX90V v1.00
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