(Some background):
Between work and vacations, it has been a busy couple of months for me!
As a thank you to my sister for her help during my break-up with my ex (and all that entailed - emotionally, physically, financially, and personally) of 13+ years; I took her on her second cruise (and my first) in mid October.
What will follow over the next many days (weeks perhaps) are a few of the "winners" of that trip of the photos I took (or at least IMHO). I had to to try to balance the "photographer" in me; and trying to make this trip "special" for my sister.
While not the "best" photo; the attached image perhaps shares best how I felt about this trip. The first time in 10+ years that I allowed myself to lounge by a pool or beach.
And the shear awe of seeing the cruise-ship that I was on in it's full splendor. The Caribbean Princess was an amazing ship. 3100 passengers. The rear most "deck" was the Skywalker Lounge looming 18 floors as they count them.
[shooting data: Panasonic LX-1 in JPEG mode, at 19.2mm (85mm 35mm FOV), f/4.5, 1/250, ISO 80]